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Norman Yeung

ノーマン・ユング

Nōman Yūn gu

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
Guangzhou, China
国籍
Canada
言語
English
居住地歴
Guangzhou, China → Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada → Toronto, Ontario, Canada → Los Angeles, California, USA

経歴

職業
actor, playwright, filmmaker, visual artist
活動期間
2003年〜2024年
所属
Tarragon Theatre, Stratford Festival, fu-GEN Theatre Company
所属団体
Stratford Festival Playwrights Retreat, fu-GEN Theatre Company Kitchen Playwrights Unit, Canadian Stage BASH! Artist Development Program, Tapestry New Opera LibLab
ノミネート
2019 Carol Bolt Award nomination (Theory), 2017 Safe Words New Canadian Play Award nomination (Theory), 2010 Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations (Pu-Erh)

学歴

University of British Columbia
Acting
学位: BFA
国: Canada
Ryerson University
Film Studies
学位: BFA (Honours)
国: Canada

受賞歴

Herman Voaden National Playwriting Competition First Prize
2015
対象作品: Theory
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Theory

2010年 play

A film professor fighting the online terror of a mysterious student. Explores hypocrisy, free speech, and cancel culture.

internet terrorpolitical hypocrisyfree speechprivilegebias

Pu-Erh

2010年 play

About how language unites and divides an immigrant family.

immigrationpower of languagefamily

Black Blood

2012年 opera libretto

Post-apocalyptic opera about victims in a war over resources.

warresource conflictdestruction

全著作

  • Theory
  • Pu-Erh
  • Deirdre Dear
  • Lichtenstein's an 8
  • Black Blood

作風・主題

文体
intellectually provocativesocially criticaltense dialogue
頻出モチーフ
language and communicationpolitical conflictidentity

評価・遺産

Canadian multifaceted artist excelling in theatre, film, and visual arts. Known for cultural activism as a Chinese Canadian, with plays premiered and acclaimed in Canada and the US.

引用

  • That Theory has gained urgency and relevance since I wrote the first draft in 2009 is uncanny and alarming.
    出典: DC Metro Theater Arts interview (2019年)

豆知識

  • Appeared in Resident Evil: Afterlife, the highest-grossing film in the franchise.
  • Featured in the book Voices Rising: Asian Canadian Cultural Activism as a Chinese Canadian cultural activist.