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Velina Hasu Houston | |
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| Born | Velina Hasu Houston May 5, 1957 At sea, en route between America and Japan |
| Occupation | Playwright, author, screenwriter |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | Mid-1970s – present |
| Genre | Multiple |
| Subject | Racism, sociology, feminism, immigration, assimilation |
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Velina Hasu Houston (born Velina Avisa Hasu Houston on May 5, 1957)[1] is an American writer. Primarily an internationally acclaimed playwright[2] and librettist, she is also a published poet, screenwriter for film and television,[3] and essayist.[4]
Her work draws from her experience of being multiracial as well as from the immigrant experiences of her family, her multi-ethnicity, and intersection of culture, race, gender, and region.[5]
Houston is best known for her play Tea, which portrays the lives of Japanese international brides, often known as war brides, who move to the United States with their U.S. American serviceman husbands who are of varied racial backgrounds. Tea had its professional premiere Off-Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club in 1987, and was designated by Roundabout Theatre as an American theatre canon classic.[6] Since its premiere, the play continues to be produced globally. The Los Angeles Female Playwrights Institute referred to Tea as "one of the most widely produced Asian American plays worldwide."[7]
- ^ "Asian American Playwrights: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook, Book by Miles Xian Liu". Greenwood Press, 2002. Archived from the original on February 4, 2008. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
- ^ "Velina Hasu Houston | LATW". LA Theatre Works.
- ^ "Velina Hasu Houston | Writer, Producer, Additional Crew". IMDB.
- ^ Houston, Velina Hasu (1991). "The Past Meets the Future: A Cultural Essay". Amerasia Journal. 17: 53–56. doi:10.17953/amer.17.1.u263482493745313.
- ^ Velina Hasu Houston https://www.velinahasuhouston.com/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Roundabout Theatre Announces 2023 Refocus Project Lineup". American Theatre. May 2023.
- ^ "The FPI Files: Hero Theatre's Revival of TEA". Los Angeles Female Playwrights Institute. April 20, 2022.