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Stage Plays

Eggs
(adaptation of book by Jerry Spinelli)
commissioned by People’s Light & Theatre;
Provincetown/NYU workshop production, 2008.
to premiere 2009.

Bleachers in the Sun
(The Ugly Ugly)
premiere, Smashbox Productions, Honolulu, 2008

...and LA is Burning
New. Workshopped at the New Harmony Project, 2007.

Getting Near to Baby
(adaptation of book by Audrey Couloumbis)
commissioned & premiered by People’s Light & Theatre, 2008
Provincetown/NYU workshop production, 2006.

Framed
New Dramatists workshop, 2005;
premiere by Smashbox Productions, Honolulu, 2007

River Rat and Cat
premiere, Childsplay AZ, 2006
Provincetown/NYU workshop production, 2005

Nothing is the Same
premiere, Honolulu Theatre for Youth (HTY), 2004;
Seattle Children's Theatre (SCT) 2006.
Kennedy Center New Visions/New Voices Festival, 2004
TCG-Pew Charitable Trust Grantee

The Forgiving Harvest
premiere, People’s Light & Theatre, 2003;
Provincetown/NYU workshop production, 2003.
other productions.
AATE Distinguished Play Award
AT&T: Onstage Award

The Othello
(hip-hop adaptation for 4 characters from Shakespeare)
premiere, HTY, 2002;
other productions.

Mask of the Unicorn Warrior
commissioned by SCT; premiere, 2001.

Krisit
commissioned by A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle;
premiere, Primary Stages, NYC, 2001.

Holiday Wrappings
(with Gary Pak/commissioned by HTY)
premiere, 1999.

It Comes Around
workshop productions at New Dramatists,
A Theatre Under the Influence, Seattle, 1999,
at the New Harmony Project, 2007.

The Garden of Rikki Tikki Tavi
premiere, HTY, 1998;
numerous productions.

Frog and Toad (Forever)
commissioned by SCT; premiere, 1998;
Milwaukee First Stage, 1999.

The Witch of Blackbird Pond
(adaptation of the book by Elizabeth George Speare)
commissioned by SCT; premiere, 1996;
The Coterie (Kansas City)
other productions.

Accidental Friends
commissioned by Idaho Theatre for Youth (ITY); premiere, 1994.;
other productions.

The Last Paving Stone
commissioned by ITY; premiere, 1998;
HTY, 2003;
other productions.

the Portrait the Wind the Chair
commissioned by SCT; premiere, 1995;
GeVA Theatre; Childsplay (AZ);
other productions.

Afternoon of the Elves
(adaptation of the book by Janet Taylor Lisle)
commissioned by SCT; premiere, 1993;
Kennedy Center New Visions/New Voices Festival, 1993;
The Children's Theatre Company (MN)
HTY, Milwaukee First Stage, People’s Light & Theatre,
other  productions.
AATE Distinguished Play Award

The Bottom of the Ninth
commissioned & premiered by Bay Package Productions; 1995
(San Francisco & Chicago).

The Snowflake Avalanche
Seattle Group Theatre, 1993;
Mixed Blood Theatre, 1994.

Rain. Some Fish. No Elephants.
premiere, Horizon Theatre (Atlanta), 1988;
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, 1989;
New Theatre of Brooklyn, 1989;
numerous productions.

The Game of Light
(Toast and Jam)
commissioned by New City Theatre, Seattle;
workshop productions at New Harmony Project;
ASK Theatre Projects; and others.

Gerald’s Good Idea
workshop productions at New Play Center (Vancouver);
The Sundance Institute;
Mark Taper Forum; Empty Space Theatre;
New York Theatre Workshop; and others.

the Secret wife
workshop productions at Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey;
Arena Stage, New Dramatists and others.

The New Dark Clarity
 commissioned and workshopped by ASK Theatre Projects, 2000.

Life Gap
workshop productions at Williamstown Theatre Festival;
New Dramatists, Manhattan Punchline, and others.

Other Plays & Performance Pieces
Fork in the Road
Halloran
The Tenants
Melina’s Fish
Deceptions Major and Minor
The Beethoven
American 60s in Three Ax
The Richard Play
Y York: No Props
Picnic!

Screen/teleplays
Little Bear
Wild Things/Nelvana/Nickelodeon
several episodes over several seasons.
Science Sleuths
Math Sleuths
Science Forums
Science Sleuths Elementary
Bioethics Forums
Health Sleuths
PBA
and other educational interactive media
for Videodiscovery, Seattle.
NY Film Festival Bronze;
National Educational Film & Video Festival, Bronze;
National Educational Film & Video Festival, Silver.
The Water People, spec screenplay
Mountain Girl, spec screenplay

Publications
Accidental Friends
Dramatic Publishing.

Afternoon of the Elves
Dramatic Publishing.
   also in Six Plays from Seattle Children’s Theatre,
   Smith & Kraus
   and in Around the World in Twenty-One Plays,
   Applause Books.
also in Language Arts and Literature, course 3
Perason/AGS Globe

The Forgiving Harvest
Dramatic Publishing

Fork in the Road
anthologized in Ten By Ten
   Dramatic Publishing

The Garden of Rikki Tikki Tavi
Dramatic Publishing.

The Last Paving Stone
Dramatic Publishing

Life Gap
anthologized in Facing Forward
Dramatic Publishing

Mask of the Unicorn Warrior
Dramatic Publishing

Nothing is the Same
Dramatic Publishing

The Othello
Dramatic Publishing.

Plays by Y York
     (the Secret wife, Gerald’s Good Idea, The Snowflake Avalanche)
Broadway Play Publishing.

Plays by Y York Vol. II
(The Game of Light, Krisit, Rain. Some Fish. No Elephants.)
Broadway Play Publishing.

the Portrait the Wind the Chair
Dramatic Publishing
also anthologized in Six Plays from Seattle Children’s Theatre.
Smith & Kraus

Rain.Some Fish. No Elephants.
Broadway Play Publishing.

The Witch of Blackbird Pond
anthologized in Eight Plays for Children, UT Press
and in Theatre for Children, St.Martin's Press.

miscellaneous scenes & monologues
anthologized in Childsplay, Limelight Editions.

Teaching
University of Washington Extension,
Advanced playwriting, 1994-1998.
Freehold Theatre School,
Beginning Playwriting, Seattle, 1997-1999.
Mililani Middle School, beginning playwriting workshops, 1998.
NEA/Honolulu Theatre for Youth,
Master Class for writers of fiction and poetry, HI, 1999.
Honolulu Theatre for Youth/Moloka`i High School,
beginning playwrighting, 1999.
Playwrights Hui/Honolulu Theatre for Youth
(beginning, intermediate, advance, and playwright mentor), 1999-2005.
Kumu Kahua Theatre, Introduction to Playwriting, Summer 2000.
ASU Summer Abroad, Graduate Playwriting, 2001.
ASU West workshop, 2002.
People’s Light and Theatre Co., 2004.
NYU, 2005.
Last Frontier Playwriting Festival, 2005-2008
Ko`olau Writers’ Workshop, 2002, 2005.
Bamboo Ridge try4write 2002, 2006.
ASU graduate workshop, 2006.
ASU West workshop, 2006.
Windward Arts Council, 2007
Sarah Lawrence, 2008

Awards, Honors, Memberships & Support
Hawai`i Award for Literature 2004, awarded 2006
AATE Distinguished Play Award, 2001 & 2006
AT&T: Onstage Award, 2004
Provincetown Playhouse NYC, New Works, 2002, 2005, 2006
TCG-Pew Charitable Trust Grantee, 2002–04
New Visions, New Voices, Kennedy Center, 1993, 2004
AATE Charlotte Chorpenning Award, 2002 (body of work)
ASK Theatre Projects, 1996, 1998, 2000
King County Washington Arts Commission Grant
Seattle Arts Commission Grant
Seattle Artists Trust Gap Grant, 1999
San Jose Rep, New America Plays, 1998
Berrilla Kerr Playwriting Award, 1997
New Harmony Project, 1996
Arena Stage, New Play Festival, 1996
Sundance Playwrights Lab, 1989,1996
Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, 1995
member, Dramatists Guild
member, New Dramatists, 1987-94
Mark Taper Forum, New Works Festival, 1993
New Dramatists Joe Callaway Award, 1999