Kit Yan

Kit Yan is a Yellow American New York-based artist, born in Enping, China, and raised in the Kingdom of Hawaii. Kit is a 2021 Kleban Prize recipient for Libretto, a Vivace Award recipient for big ideas in musical theater, a former Musical Theater Factory Makers Fellow, Playwright’s Center fellow, Company One/Pao Arts Fellow, Lincoln Center Writer in residence, Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellow and MacDowell Fellow. Their works include Interstate, which won "Best Lyrics" at the 2018 New York Musical Theater Festival, Queer Heartache, which won 5 awards at the Chicago and SF Fringe Festivals, and Miss Step which received a first draft commission from 5th Avenue theater.