169:(November 23, 1949 – September 29, 2018) was an internationally produced playwright whose works have been produced at the Old Globe Theatre, San Diego; Singapore Repertory Theatre; Latchmere Theatre, London; Queens Theatre in the Park, NY; Bailiwick Theatre, Chicago;, Whitefire Theatre, Los Angeles; Grove Theater Center, Los Angeles, and Company of Angels, Los Angeles. His fully produced plays include
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Ong was a 16-time recipient of the City of Los
Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Artist-in-Residence grants. He has worked on many oral history projects in several underserved communities—notably Asian American—resulting in presentation of stories not often portrayed in mainstream media. These
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Dream of the Red
Chamber (stage adaptation), Central Library ( 2000), commissioned by Library Foundation of LA; Action Theatre, Singapore (2001). Awarded an Inglewood Growing Artists Performed Projects (IGAPP) grant for 2017; full six-hour staged adaptation presented in Edward Vincent Jr Park and
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In 1998, Ong received a DramaLogue Award for
Excellence in Writing for his play, People Like Me. In 2014, he was recognized with the Lee Melville award by Playwrights' Arena for Outstanding Contribution to Theater in Los Angeles. in 2018, he was awarded the Dean's Arts and Humanities Award from
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Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University, in recognition of distinguished alumni who have enhanced appreciation of the arts and humanities at the local, state, national or international level. Ong was an Active Member of the Dramatist Guild.
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Short plays include: Winter; The Valley of the Bones; Legit; Seppuku!; Who's F***ing the Horse?; Stella!; Leonardo Doesn't Live Here
Anymore; Sunset in Silver Lake; Dim Sum and Then Some; The Birth of Narcissus; The Saga of Lulu Wong; Four Walls.
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Madame Mao's
Memories, Theatre/Theater, Los Angeles (1989); Latchmere Theatre, London (1990); TheatreWorks, Singapore (1991); Edinburgh Festival (1993); Old Globe Theatre, San Diego (1994)
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Golden Flower
Princess (Thai folktale); The Fire Boy (Japanese folktale); Lady White Snake (Chinese folktale); The Marriage of Bolak Sonday (Filipino folktale)
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Rachel Ray (adaptation of
Anthony Trollope's 19th century novel), The Coop, Pacific Resident Theatre (workshop production) 2010
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Workshops for Youth, David Geffen Center (Jul-Aug 96), South Gate High School (1996), American Youth Foundation (1995)
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Chinese American Stories, Thai American Stories, Pinoy Stories, and Sikh American Stories, among others.
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Voices of Hiroshima, Faith United Methodist Church, (1999); West. Los Angeles United Methodist Church (1997)
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Fabric, Singapore Repertory Theatre (1999); Nomad Theatre, Surrey, England (2000); Company of Angeles (2010)
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The Old Lady Who Popped Out of the Sidewalk and Became a Christmas Tree, Theatre East (2006)
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Lee Melville Award (Outstanding Contribution to Theater in LA) Playwrights' Arena (2014)
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Korean American Stories, Korean American Youth & Community Service Center (2008/09)
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Sweet Karma, Fabric, Legend of the White Snake, People Like Me, Madame Mao's Memories
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The Blade of Jealousy, Whitefire Theatre (2018). Inspired by Tirso de Molina's
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Sweet Karma, Queens Theatre in the Park, NY (2009); Grove Theater Center (2013)
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The Silkworm Scientist, LA History Project, Los Angeles Theatre Center (2001)
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The Call of the Nightingale, (workshop production) Company of Angels (2011)
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The Old Lady Who Popped Out Of The Sidewalk and Became a Christmas Tree
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The Legend of the White Snake, Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock (2005)
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DramaLogue Award for Excellence in Writing – "People Like Me" (1998)
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Stories of the Visually-Impaired or Deaf, Braille Institute (2009)
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Odd Birds (book of musical), Los Angeles Theatre Center (1999)
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Ong died September 29, 2018, following three years of cancer.
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Sikh American Stories, Sikh Gurdwara of Los Angeles, (2013)
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Youth Drama Workshop, TeenScape, LA Public Library (1998)
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Thai American Stories, Palm Village Senior Housing (2011)
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Letters of Wei Jingsheng Ocean Park Branch Library (1997)
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Middle Eastern/North African Stories, The Markaz (2015)
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193:His other completed works include
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504:"Artist, Immigrant: Henry Ong"
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