susan soon he stanton

SUSAN SOON HE STANTON
Susan Soon He Stanton is a playwright, television writer, and screenwriter originally from ‘Aiea, Hawai‘i, and now living in New York and London. Her plays have been produced internationally and regionally across the United States: WE, THE INVISIBLES (Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival); TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY (Page 73, Yale Repertory Theatre); BOTH YOUR HOUSES (ACT New Strands/ Crowded Fire); TAKARAZUKA!!! (Clubbed Thumb, East West Players, Oregon Shakespeare Festival Workshop); CYGNUS (WP Theater Pipeline, Kilroys List); SOLSTICE PARTY! (Live Source); THE THINGS ARE AGAINST US (Washington Ensemble Theatre); MOANA, JR (book) for Disney Theatrical Group, among others.  Her reimagined TURANDOT, music by Puccini and Christopher Tin, will be produced by Washington National Opera in 2024.

Susan worked on all four seasons of HBO’s SUCCESSION as a writer/producer, for which she has received Emmy, Writers Guild of America, and Peabody Awards. Television work includes Amazon/Annapurna’s DEAD RINGERS; Hulu/ BBC’s CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS, adapted from the novel by Sally Rooney; HBO/Sister Pictures’ THE BABY; Amazon’s MODERN LOVE; as well as several projects in development. She is a co-writer of the award-winning feature film, BROOKLYN LOVE STORIES. Her film DRESS won the Audience Award at the Hawai‘i International Film Festival.

She is a two-time Sundance Theater Lab Resident Playwright. Theatre awards and honors include a Venturous Award at The Lark Play Development Center, Susan Glaspell Prize, Kilroy’s List, and the Leah Ryan FEWW Award. Susan is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch Dramatic Writing Program and Yale’s David Geffen School of Drama. Writers Groups past and present include Page 73’s Interstate 73, New Dramatists, and MaYi’s Playwright’s Lab, Primary Stage’s Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group, the Public’s Emerging Writer’s Group, Civilians R&D, and SoHo Rep’s Writer Director Lab, among others. She has worked as a writing consultant for Disney Theatrical Entertainment and Disney Creative Entertainment.

She has taught playwriting at UT Austin’s MFA Program, SUNY Purchase, New York University, Yale University, as well as various other institutions regionally and internationally.