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Mike Lew

Mike Lew (co-book writer) is a New York based playwright whose works include Teenage Dick (Donmar Warehouse & London school tour, Public/Ma-Yi, Wooly Mammoth, Huntington, Pasadena Playhouse, O’Neill); tiny father (upcoming Geffen, Barrington, Chautauqua, Audible); Tiger Style! (TheatreWorks, South Coast Rep, Olney, Huntington, La Jolla Playhouse, Alliance, O’Neill); Bike America (Ma-Yi, Alliance); and microcrisis (Ma-Yi, InterAct).

Alongside composer Sam Willmott he and Rehana Lew Mirza cowrote the book to Bhangra Nation (Birmingham Rep, La Jolla Playhouse; Project Springboard and Rhinebeck workshops).

He is a Tony Voter and member of the Dramatists Guild Council. Awards/Fellowships: Guggenheim, New Dramatists, Mellon/Howlround, Lark Venturous, NYFA, PEN, Richard Rodgers, Lanford Wilson, Helen Merrill, Weissberger, Heideman, and Kendeda. Education: Juilliard, Yale.