Wang, Lucy
WANG, Lucy
(Lucy Halpern)
PERSONAL:
Born in United States; married Thomas Halpern. Education: University of Texas, graduated; University of Chicago, M.B.A.; studied acting at Weathervane Community Playhouse.
ADDRESSES:
Agent—Andrea Simon, ASA, 14011 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423. E-mail—lucywang@sbcglobal.net.
CAREER:
Playwright. Advance, Inc., board member. Served as deputy chief of staff during administration of Mayor Dinkins of New York; Kidder, Peabody and Co., New York, NY, mortgage bond trader. Franklin Hills Community Garden, coordinator.
MEMBER:
Dramatists Guild, PEN West, Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights.
AWARDS, HONORS:
Roger L. Stevens Award, Kennedy Center, 1994, and Chilcote Award, Chilcote Foundation, 1995, both for Junk Bonds; Berrilla Kerr Award, 1996, for plays; Thurber fellowship for attendance at Ohio State University, 1997.
WRITINGS:
But Still like Air I'll Rise (play; originally titled Junk Bonds; produced in New York, NY, at Here Theater, 1994), Temple University (Philadelphia, PA), 1997.
Contributor of articles, poetry, and short stories to periodicals, including Crain's New York Business, New People, Sistersong, Transglobal Crossings, and Manchester Press. Some writings appear under the name Lucy Halpern.
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:
PERIODICALS
Crain's Cleveland Business, May 1, 1995, Scott Suttell, "Playwright Finds Muse in Days on Wall Street," p. 32.
New York Times, November 20, 1994, Hubert B. Herring, review of Junk Bonds, p. F7.