Chloé Hung

Chloé Hung is a Chinese-Canadian playwright currently residing in Brooklyn. A graduate of NYU Tisch’s MFA in dramatic writing program, her first play All Our Yesterdays debuted at the Toronto Fringe Festival to sold out shows and was curated in the prestigious Next Stage Theatre Festival where it received rave reviews. The Globe And Mail named Chloé “a writer to watch.” Her next play Issei, He Say (or the Myth of the First) was workshopped at the John F. Kennedy Center with the National New Play Network and received its world premiere production at New Jersey Repertory Company. For the New Jersey Rep production, Issei, He Say has received an Edgerton Foundation New Play award. Her play Three Women of Swatow was workshopped with Tarragon Theatre’s Playwrights Unit and received Canada’s RBC...

Chloé Hung is a Chinese-Canadian playwright currently residing in Brooklyn. A graduate of NYU Tisch’s MFA in dramatic writing program, her first play All Our Yesterdays debuted at the Toronto Fringe Festival to sold out shows and was curated in the prestigious Next Stage Theatre Festival where it received rave reviews. The Globe And Mail named Chloé “a writer to watch.” Her next play Issei, He Say (or the Myth of the First) was workshopped at the John F. Kennedy Center with the National New Play Network and received its world premiere production at New Jersey Repertory Company. For the New Jersey Rep production, Issei, He Say has received an Edgerton Foundation New Play award. Her play Three Women of Swatow was workshopped with Tarragon Theatre’s Playwrights Unit and received Canada’s RBC Emerging Playwrights Award, with its world premiere in April 2022 and a second production at Centaur Theatre in November 2024. She has workshopped plays with Great Plains Theatre Commons, The Stratford Festival of Canada's Playwrights Retreat, The Banff Centre's Playwrights Lab, Geffen Theatre's Writers' Room. She was named to IAMA Theatre's Rhimes Unsung Voices Commission and is a Playwrights' Center Core Writer. For TV, Chloé has written for Queen Sugar (OWN), Cherish the Day (OWN), The Watchful Eye (Freeform/Hulu), and has developed for Netflix. Her short films include SIGNAL and GEM & SHAZ (the latter can be seen in Canada on Crave).

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Scripts

Alien of Extraordinary Ability

by Chloé Hung

6
Cast Size
6—10
Genre
drama,
political

In this NO EXIT meets MR. BURNS drama, several people of varying visa statuses wait in a windowless room for entry into the United States, as they confront the hierarchy of immigration, the world around them implodes turning the tables of who is in power.

In this NO EXIT meets MR. BURNS drama, several people of varying visa statuses wait in a windowless room for entry into the United States, as they confront the hierarchy of immigration, the world around them implodes turning the tables of who is in power.

Model Minority

by Chloé Hung

9
Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
drama

A comedy in which four sheltered Chinese-American teens want to perform an original rap song for their church’s talent show but none of them know how to DJ. When an African-American student answers their flyer, they all must confront their prejudices. A play about the appropriation of African-American culture by Asian-Americans.

A comedy in which four sheltered Chinese-American teens want to perform an original rap song for their church’s talent show but none of them know how to DJ. When an African-American student answers their flyer, they all must confront their prejudices. A play about the appropriation of African-American culture by Asian-Americans.

Three Women of Swatow

by Chloé Hung

5
Cast Size
3
Genre
dark comedy

When Mother accidentally kills her husband, three generations of women must come together to solve a bloody situation. This darkly comedic play takes a look at the legacy of abuse, the power of family, and how to prevent the resurrection of a headless chicken.

When Mother accidentally kills her husband, three generations of women must come together to solve a bloody situation. This darkly comedic play takes a look at the legacy of abuse, the power of family, and how to prevent the resurrection of a headless chicken.

All Our Yesterdays

by Chloé Hung

4
Cast Size
2
Genre
drama

When eighteen-year-old Ladi and her younger sister, Hasana, are kidnapped from their school by Boko Haram, they must work together to survive. While Hasana’s Asperger’s colours her understanding differently from her sister’s, Ladi must face her own demons including the burden of responsibility and the folly of her selfishness.

When eighteen-year-old Ladi and her younger sister, Hasana, are kidnapped from their school by Boko Haram, they must work together to survive. While Hasana’s Asperger’s colours her understanding differently from her sister’s, Ladi must face her own demons including the burden of responsibility and the folly of her selfishness.

Issei, He Say (or the Myth of the First)

by Chloé Hung

4
Cast Size
4
Genre
drama

As Lucy Chu reflects on her first year as an immigrant in Canada in 1969, she explores the convergence of lives when, amidst post-World War II tensions, her Chinese family moves in next door to, Mr. Yamamoto, a Japanese-Canadian man who was interned during the war. As Mr. Yamamoto gets closer to each member of the Chu family, he helps them navigate the waters of assimilation while also forcing them to deal with...

As Lucy Chu reflects on her first year as an immigrant in Canada in 1969, she explores the convergence of lives when, amidst post-World War II tensions, her Chinese family moves in next door to, Mr. Yamamoto, a Japanese-Canadian man who was interned during the war. As Mr. Yamamoto gets closer to each member of the Chu family, he helps them navigate the waters of assimilation while also forcing them to deal with their own prejudices.

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