Keiko Green

Keiko Green (she/her) is a playwright, screenwriter and performer based in Los Angeles and Seattle. Productions include: You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World! (South Coast Rep; Oregon Shakespeare Festival – Upcoming), Empty Ride (Old Globe), Young Dragon (Seattle Children’s Theatre, Kennedy Center – Upcoming), Gorgeous (Raven Theatre), Exotic Deadly: Or the MSG Play (Old Globe; San Francisco Playhouse; Pork Filled/SIS Productions – Upcoming), Hells Canyon (Theater Mu; Washington Ensemble Theatre – Upcoming), The Bed Trick (Seattle Shakespeare Company; Artists Repertory Theatre – Upcoming), Wad (American Lives Theatre – Upcoming), Sharon (Cygnet Theatre) and Hometown Boy (Actors Express; Seattle Public Theater). Her plays have been developed by the Old Globe, the Kennedy Center, the National New Play Network, Playwrights Realm, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Atlantic Theater Company, and twice by the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference.

Past and Current Affiliations: CTG Writers Workshop, Geffen Writers Group, Seattle Rep Writers Group, ACT Core Company, Chance Resident Playwright, Theater Mu’s Mu Tang Clan. She currently holds commissions from Manhattan Theatre Club/Sloan Foundation and Atlantic Theatre Company. Awards/Honors: Susan Blackburn Award Finalist, Kilroys List, San Diego Critics Circle Award (Outstanding New Play), Gregory Award (Outstanding New Play), Sound on Stage Award (Outstanding New Play).

As a screenwriter, she has worked on multiple projects, including Hulu’s Interior Chinatown and Apple TV’s Margo’s Got Money Troubles. As an actor, she has performed at theaters nationwide and originated the role of Connie in Lauren Yee’s The Great Leap at the Denver Center and Seattle Rep. BFA: NYU Drama – Experimental Theatre Wing, MFA: UCSD Playwriting.