Ming Peiffer (born circa 1988) is an Asian American playwright and was the first Asian American woman playwright to be nominated for a Drama Desk Award.[1] She was also a New York Theater Workshop 2050 Fellow[2] and a runner up for the 2016 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' Paul Stephen Lim Playwriting Award.[3]
Ming Peiffer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1988  |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Writer, playwright |
| Website | https://mingpeiffer.com/ |
Early life and education
editPeiffer grew up in Columbus, Ohio.[4][5] She has a Taiwanese mother and a white father.[1]
In 2010, Peiffer graduated from Colgate University with a Bachelor's degree in Theater Arts and Mandarin Chinese.[6] In 2016, Peiffer graduated with a master's degree from the Columbia University School of the Arts's playwriting program.[7][8]
Career
editIn 2016, Peiffer's play i wrote on ur wall and now i regret it came in second place for the Kennedy Center's Paul Stephen Lim Playwriting Award.[3] Peiffer wrote for the 2017 Netflix show Gypsy.[8] Also in 2017, a play Peiffer had written about a half-Korean half-white girl coming of age in 1980s Ohio – Usual Girls - was nominated for The Kilroy's List.
In 2018, Usual Girls was featured in The New York Times Critic's Pick[9] and its run was extended twice at the Roundabout Theater Company.[8][4] Usual Girls was also nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play in 2019.[10]
Peiffer also wrote for the 2020 Netflix show Locke & Key.[8] On August 18, 2020, "Finish the Fight" – a virtual play written by Peiffer – premiered as part of The New York Times Events.[11] "Finish the Fight" was commissioned by The New York Times for the 19th Amendment centennial.[12][5] In September 2020, Peiffer tweeted about how she quit writing for Netflix's show Grand Army due to racism.[13][14]
In 2021, Peiffer's short play about an Asian dominatrix and her white client was featured for the Wrath portion of the 2021 New York iteration of Moisés Kaufman's "Seven Deadly Sins."[15] Ngozi Anyanwu, Thomas Bradshaw, and Bess Wohl were also featured playwrights for that iteration of "Seven Deadly Sins."[15]
In 2022, Peiffer, alongside writers Jihan Crowther, Joanna Castle Miller, Gina Young, Anna Ziegler, and Tyler English-Beckwith, worked on the short play anthology – Keep This Far Apart - which focuses on 6 women's experiences and was directed and filmed by an all-female production team over Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[16][17][18]
References
edit- ^ a b Articulate | Ming Peiffer: Not A "Usual Girl" | Season 5 | Episode 22 | PBS, retrieved 2023-11-18
- ^ "NYTW / 2050 Artistic Fellowship". NYTW. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ^ a b Coakley, Jacob. "Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Names Winners."Theater Buzz. 29 April 2016.https://www.mesacc.edu/sites/default/files/pages/section/news/media-coverage/Stage%20Directions%20-%20Kennedy%20Center%20American%20College%20Theater%20Festival%20Names%20Winners.pdf
- ^ a b Harris, Elizabeth A. (2018-12-24). "Ming Peiffer: Why Her 'Usual Girls' Audiences Got So Personal". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ^ a b "'Finish the Fight' by Alumna and Professor Ming Peiffer '16 Commissioned by 'The New York Times' | School of the Arts". arts.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ^ "Career Paths in the Arts | Colgate University". www.colgate.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ^ "Columbia Alumni and Faculty Win Big at 2019 Drama Desk Awards | School of the Arts". arts.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ^ a b c d Harris, Elizabeth (23 December 2019). "Playwrights Are Finding 'Television Money' Helps Pay the Bills". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ Collins-Hughes, Laura (5 November 2018). ""Review: Brutal Intimacy and Exuberance Defines 'Usual Girls'"". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "64th Annual Drama Desk Awards Nominees". ny1.com. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ^ Vincentelli, Elisabeth (13 August 2020). "Theater to Stream: 'Finish the Fight' and a Starry 'Jacksonian'". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ "Finish the Fight: The Story Behind the Story". timesevents.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ^ "Why Netflix's New Teen Drama 'Grand Army' Is At The Center of Racism Allegations". Cosmopolitan. 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ^ "Why This New Netflix Teen Show Is Already Stirring Up Controversy". Bustle. 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ^ a b Collins-Hughes, Laura (23 June 2021). "Storefronts Turned Stages for 'Seven Deadly Sins'". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ Veitch, Mara (2022-06-03). "We The Women Is Making Plays for The Digital Age". Interview Magazine. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ^ Awards, Independent Shorts (2021-08-03). "Keep This Far Apart". Independent Shorts Awards. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ^ "WE THE WOMEN". WE THE WOMEN. Retrieved 2023-11-18.