LLOYD SUH is originally from Indianapolis, Indiana and is the winner of the 2019 Herb Alpert Award for Theater and the 2020 winner of the Horton Foote Prize. His play The Chinese Lady premiered as a co-production by Barrington Stage Company and Ma-Yi Theater Company, and was hailed a New York Times Critics’ Pick during its NY run. The play now continues to have productions around the country. It returned to New York City in a co-production between the Public Theatre and Ma-Yi Theatre Company in 2022. This season, Lloyd’s play The Far Country premiered at the Atlantic Theatre and was also a New York Times Critics’ Pick, and his play The Heart Sellers premiered at Milwaukee Rep. Lloyd’s play Charles Francis Chan’s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery was produced by NAATCO. His play The Wong Kids in the Secret of the Space Chupacabra Go! debuted at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis and Ma-Yi Theatre in New York. It received the AATE Distinguished Play Award and the Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best Family Show. His play Bina’s Six Apples premiered in a co-production between Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis and Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. Lloyd was presented with the National Asian American Theatre Company’s Lilah Kan Red Socks Award in recognition of an artist’s commitment to community service. He served on the National Steering Committee in creating the first National Asian American Theatre Conference and the first National Asian American Theatre Festival. He served as an official artist delegate to the 2007 World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya and the inaugural US Social Forum in Atlanta.
