Weiko Lin
Born in Taiwan and fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Weiko immigrated to the United States when he was eight years-old and grew up in Pasadena, California. He received his B.A. in English (Creative Writing - Playwriting) and M.F.A. at UCLA. Recipient of a Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award and a finalist of the Princess Grace Playwriting Fellowship, Weiko's original plays and musicals have been produced, workshopped,...
Born in Taiwan and fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Weiko immigrated to the United States when he was eight years-old and grew up in Pasadena, California. He received his B.A. in English (Creative Writing - Playwriting) and M.F.A. at UCLA. Recipient of a Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award and a finalist of the Princess Grace Playwriting Fellowship, Weiko's original plays and musicals have been produced, workshopped, or received stage readings at various theaters. They include UCLA Royce Hall, UCLA Black Box, Veteran's Wadsworth Theater, David Henry Hwang Theater, Chicago's Silk Road Rising, The Loft Ensemble, and Japanese American National Museum.
He also received commission to write the book outline of the opera FORMOSA by Texas A&M University-corpus Christi. His original song LOVE THAT WAS from his musical HARRIET Z (Music by Christopher Wong) was performed as part of the ASCAP Songwriting Showcase at 2018 Dramatist Guild National Conference.
A Fulbright Senior Specialist, Weiko has taught playwriting and screenwriting at Northwestern University's MFA Writing for the Stage and Screen program. Based in Los Angeles and Boston, he is an Associate Professor at School of the Arts at Emerson College.
A Dramatist Guild of America member, he is represented in theatre by United Talent Agency.
HONORS: Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award, Princess Grace Playwriting Finalist, Austin Film Festival Playwriting Finalist, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Nicholl Fellowship Finalist, Fulbright Senior Specialist