LAUREN YEE - is proud to be a Signature Theatre resident playwright. She is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and librettist based in New York City. Prior to the pandemic, Lauren was named by American Theatre as the second-most-produced playwright of that upcoming season. Recent plays include Cambodian Rock Band with music by Dengue Fever (South Coast Rep, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, Signature Theatre, East West Players), The Great Leap (Denver Center, Seattle Rep, Atlantic Theatre, Steppenwolf, American Conservatory Theatre), King of the Yees (Goodman Theatre, Center Theatre Group), and Mother Russia (Seattle Rep, Signature Theatre, upcoming at Hampstead Theatre, South Coast Rep, Trinity Rep). She is writing the book for the musical adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time, with music and lyrics by Heather Christian. Honors include the Doris Duke Artists Award, Whiting Award, Steinberg/ATCA Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters literature award, Horton Foote Prize, Kesselring Prize, Primus Prize, a Hodder Fellowship at Princeton, and the #1 and #2 plays on the 2017 Kilroys List. TV: "Pachinko” (Apple), “Soundtrack” (Netflix), “Interior Chinatown” (Hulu), “Billions” (Showtime), “Clipped” (FX). She's previously developed pilots for Netflix and Apple and is currently developing TV and feature projects for Netflix and Universal. BA: Yale, MFA: UCSD. laurenyee.com