Photo of David Yee by Dahlia Katz.
Bio
David Yee is a mixed race (half Chinese, half Scottish) playwright and actor, born and raised in Toronto. He is the co-founding Artistic Director of fu-GEN Theatre Company, Canada’s premiere professional Asian Canadian theatre company. A Dora Mavor Moore Award nominated actor and playwright, his work has been produced internationally and at home. He is a two-time Governor General’s Literary Award nominee for his plays lady in the red dress and carried away on the crest of a wave, which won the award in 2015 along with the Carol Bolt Award in 2013. In 2023 he was named Laureate of the prestigious Siminovitch Prize in Theatre for his groundbreaking work in playwriting. He currently teaches playwriting at the University of Toronto and works extensively in the Asian Canadian community as an artist and an advocate.
Published Work
among men – Playwrights Canada Press
acquiesce – Playwrights Canada Press
carried away on the crest of a wave – Playwrights Canada Press
paper SERIES – Playwrights Canada Press
lady in the red dress – Playwrights Canada Press
Awards
- Siminovitch Prize in Theatre for Playwriting Laureate (2023)
- Nominated for the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, no foreigners (2020)
- Nominated for the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, acquiesce (2017)
- Governor General’s Award for Drama Laureate, carried away on the crest of a wave (2015)
- Winner of the Carol Bolt Award for Outstanding New Play, carried away on the crest of a wave (2013)
- Finalist for the Carol Bolt Award for Outstanding New Play, paper SERIES (2011)
- Finalist for the Governor General’s Award for Drama, lady in the red dress (2010)
- Nominee for the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, lady in the red dress (2009)
