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Name
  
Julia Cho


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Born
  
1975 (age 39–40)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Education
  
Amherst College (1996)UC BerkeleyNew York UniversityJuilliard School

Occupation
  
playwright, television writer

Similar
  
Suji Kwock Kim, Liz Cho, Young Jean Lee

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Julia Cho (born 1975) is an American playwright and television writer who has won national awards for her work.

Contents

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Early life and education

Cho was born in Los Angeles, California, and is the daughter of Korean immigrants. Her mother is a nurse and her father worked for an aerospace company where his job relocation led the family to move to Arizona. The Arizona desert is used as the setting for several of her plays.

She graduated from Amherst College in 1996 with a degree in English, the University of California, Berkeley where she earned a masters degree in English literature, New York University's dramatic writing program (MFA), and the Juilliard School where she was a Lila Acheson Wallace Playwriting Fellow.

Career

She has had five plays at South Coast Repertory.

As a screenwriter, Cho has written for the television series Big Love and Fringe.

Plays

  • 99 Histories, Pacific Playwrights Festival, South Coast Repertory, 2002
  • BFE, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 2003
  • The Architecture of Loss, Ny Theatre Workshop, 2004
  • How To Be A Good Son, Kobe City University Of Foreign Studies (Kobe, Hyogo, Japan), 2004
  • Bay and The Spectacles of Doom, La Jolla Theater's POP Tour (La Jolla, CA, United States), 2005
  • Durango, Public Theater, NY, 2006
  • 100 Most Beautiful Names of Todd, Ensemble Studio Theatre, NY, 2006
  • The Winchester House, Boston Court, 2006
  • First Tree in Antarctica, Ensemble Studio Theatre, NY, 2007
  • The Piano Teacher, South Coast Repertory, CA, 2007
  • Post It, Thumping Claw (festival of one-acts, Actor's Playpen, Hollywood, CA), 2008
  • Round And Round, Milagro Theater, NY, 2008
  • The Language Archive, South Coast Repertory, 2009

    • Awards

  • 2004 L. Arnold Weissberger Award, for BFE (award administered by Williamstown Theatre Festival)
  • 2005 Barrie and Bernice Stavis Playwriting Award (National Theatre Conference) for Durango
  • 2005 Claire Tow Award for Emerging Artists
  • 2009 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for The Language Archive.

    • Reviews

    Love is a loony business in Julia Cho’s wryly beguiling new play, The Language Archive, making its world premiere at South Coast Repertory. Commissioned by New York’s Roundabout Theatre Company, The Language Archive revolves around George, a professional linguist who’s a dud at communication—especially with his love-hungry wife, Mary, who’s set to leave him.

    Personal life

    As of 2010, Cho and her husband live in West Los Angeles.

    References

    Julia Cho Wikipedia
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