Kimber Lee
Affiliated Writer
New York, NY
Biography

KIMBER LEE  

Plays include to the yellow house (upcoming World Premiere at La Jolla Playhouse), untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play (2019 O'Neill National Playwrights Conference), the water palace (2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Finalist and Special Commendation Award), tokyo fish story (South Coast Rep, TheatreWorks/SV, Old Globe), brownsville song (b-side for tray)(Humana Festival, LCT3, Long Wharf Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Seattle Rep, Moxie Theatre, Shotgun Players), and different words for the same thing directed by Neel Keller (Center Theatre Group). She has developed work with Lark Play Development Center, The Ground Floor/Berkeley Rep, Page 73, O’Neill NPC, Hedgebrook, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Great Plains Theatre Conference, ACT Theatre/Seattle, Premiere Stages, and Magic Theatre. Lark Playwrights Workshop Fellow, Dramatists Guild Fellow, member of Ma-Yi Writers Lab, and recipient of the Ruby Prize, PoNY Fellowship, Hartford Stage New Voices Fellowship, 2020-2021 Hodder Fellowship, 2020 Helen Merrill Award, 2020 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Finalist, 2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Special Commendation and Finalist, inaugural winner of the 2019 Bruntwood Prize International Award, and 2021 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts. MFA: UT Austin. 

Agent Information

The Gersh Agency

Seth Glewen

sglewen@gersh.com

212-634-8124

Successes

Kimber Lee named a finalist for the 2020 Susan Smith Blackburn prize for their play untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play, receiving $5,000. 

Kimber Lee's untitled f*ck miss sa*gon play (srly this is not the title), is in the running for the Bruntwood Prize International Award.