brian dang, playwright/poet
- envisioning a future communing, of ideas and people in shared creation (art, community, etc.)
- obliteration of (my)self into something more whole
- an opportunity to freeze time as we know it
- an acknowledgement of suffering, a breath, a reaching for joy
Brian Dang (they/them) is a Vietnamese/Chinese poet/playwright and teaching artist based in Seattle, WA & Providence, RI. Brian is a proud resident playwright at Parley (Seattle), a 2021 Tennessee Williams Scholar at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and 2023 Lambda Fellow. Their plays are a mixture of devised and scripted elements, often about the political domestic. Their plays include This time (Undermain Fund for New Work, O’Neill Finalist ‘22, Many Voices Fellowship Semi-Finalist ‘22) and a white haunting (Princess Grace Fellowship Finalist ‘21, MAP Theatre). Their poetry work includes 49 words I wish I could write in my family’s language, a collaborative translation project. They are pursuing an MFA at Brown. They really like bread.