Susan Soon He Stanton is an American playwright, television writer, and screenwriter. Stanton was a producer and writer for HBO's Succession, for which she won Emmy, WGA, and Peabody Awards. She has also written for The Baby, Modern Love, Dead Ringers, and Conversation with Friends.
Biography
Stanton is from Aiea, Hawaii. She is Korean and Chinese. Stanton attended NYU Tisch School of the Arts for a BFA and Yale School of Drama for an MFA Stanton was an inaugural recipient of the Venturous Playwrights Fellowship, an inaugural recipient of the Lark’s Van Lier Fellowship, and a two-time Sundance Institute Theater Lab Resident Playwright.
Awards
- Leah Ryan Fund for Emerging Women Writers 2017
- The Kilroys’ List 2015, 2016, 2017
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series (Succession) 2022, 2023
Bibliography
Plays
- we, the invisibles
- Today Is My Birthday
- Both Your Houses
- Takarazuka!!!
- Cygnus
- Solstice Party!
- The Things Are Against Us
- The Underneath
Films
- Dress (2013, dir. Henry Ian Cusick)
Opera
References
- ^ Berger, John (2022-10-23). "Susan Soon He Stanton earns Emmy for her work on HBO's 'Succession'". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
- ^ Vary, Cynthia Littleton,Michael Schneider,Adam B.; Littleton, Cynthia; Schneider, Michael; Vary, Adam B. (2022-03-20). "'CODA,' 'Don't Look Up,' 'Hacks' and 'Succession' Win Top Prizes at 2022 Writers Guild Awards". Variety. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
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- ^ "Playwright Fellowships". Venturous Theater Fund. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
- ^ "Van Lier Fellowship". Rattlestick Theater. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
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- ^ "Sundance Institute Announces Artists and Projects for Two Fall Theatre Labs - sundance.org". 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
- ^ "Playwright Susan Soon He Stanton Wins Leah Ryan's Fund for Emerging Women Writers". womenandhollywood.com. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
- ^ Tran, Diep (2017-06-23). "The Kilroys Are Here With More Plays by Women". AMERICAN THEATRE. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
- ^ Green, Jesse (2017-12-10). "Review: In 'Today Is My Birthday,' Love Is a Butt Dial". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-11-03.