Haruna Lee, formerly Kristine Haruna Lee, is a Taiwanese Japanese American theater maker and writer.
Early life and education
Lee was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Japan.[1] They moved from Japan to the United States when they were eight. They did an undergraduate degree at NYU.[2]
Career
Inspired by a myth about Sedna, Lee wrote War Lesbian. The musical, composed by Katie Hathaway, who Lee met at New Dramatists,[3] premiered at Dixon Place in 2014, co-presented by Lee's company, harunalee.[4][5] Lee appeared in the show playing Ellen DeGeneres.[6] In 2016, Lee performed Communing with You with their mother, Aoi Lee. The 30-minute Butoh piece was performed at Brooklyn Arts Exchange.[7] Lee played Jackie in The Offending Gesture at the Connelly Theater in 2016.[8] They played Meryl Streep as Francesca from The Bridges of Madison County in STREEPSHOW! in 2017.[9]
Lee's play, Suicide Forest, premiered in 2019 with Ma-Yi Theater Company and directed by Aya Ogawa.[10] Lee played the schoolgirl, Azusa, in this production.[11][12] Lee's mother, Aoi, also appeared in the show, which Ma-Yi remounted in 2020.[13]
In 2023, Lee was invited to join the New Dramatists' resident playwright company until 2030.[14]
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