Biography

Kit Yan is a NYC based writer from the Kingdom of Hawaii. Kit is a recipient of the 2023 Helen Merrill Award, 2022 ASCAP Harold Adamson Lyric Award, 2021 Jonathan Larson Grant , 2021 Kleban Prize, and the 2019 Vivace Award. Fellowships and residencies include Sundance, MacDowell, Hermitage, The Dramatists Guild Foundation, The Playwright’s Center, and Lincoln Center. Their work has been produced at Lincoln Center, The American Repertory Theater, East West Players, and The Smithsonian among many others. Kit is a proud member of the WGAE and a graduate of the 2023 WGAE Staff Writer Bootcamp. Kit has collaborated with Disney, Mighty Oak, Cookies and Milk, and their short films written with director, Jess X Snow, have screened at over 30 film festivals including BFI London FIlm Festival, Outfest, BlackStar, Ann Arbor, LA Asian Pacific Film Festival, Toronto Reel Asian (National Film Board of Canada Best Short Award), and Philly Asian Film Festival (Best Experimental Short Award), and been supported with grants from the Smithsonian, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Sundance Institute. Kit is currently developing work for tv and film with their writing partner Melissa Li.