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Butterflies from the Bronx

by David Zheng

May 24, 2022

Essays Butterflies from the Bronx
Butterflies from the Bronx

 

 

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DAVID ZHENG is a Chinese American playwright and visual artist from The Bronx. His work has been developed at The Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, MCC Theater, The Labyrinth Theater Company, Cherry Lane Theater Company, The Lark, and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. He is a 2021 Bronx Cultural Vision Fund awardee, former NYTW 2050 Fellow, 2020 Eugene O’Neill National Playwright’s Conference recipient, 2018-2019 member of the Public Theater Emerging Writers’ Group, and a 2018 Van Lier New Voices Playwriting Fellow at The Lark. Films: YOU GO GIRL! (Sundance Official Selection 2022). David is currently developing an original pilot with Sony Pictures. David is a member of Ma-Yi writers Lab.

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