Brandon Zang is a playwright from Vancouver, British Columbia.
Through speculative worldbuilding, Brandon reimagines questions of diaspora and belonging, grounding immigrant narratives in genres ranging from mystical realism to solarpunk. He writes characters who create their own fabulations as a form of revolution against the imperialist and capitalist bindings in which they find themselves.
Brandon’s plays have been produced by CHUANG Stage (Nüwa in Fairyland), Boston Playwrights’ Theatre (The Recursion of a Moth), Cellunova Productions (The Recursion of a Moth, forthcoming), and The Theater Offensive (Xiaohu Dreams of Snow, forthcoming), and has received developmental support from the Kennedy Center, Lifeline Theatre, The Road Theatre Company, the Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, Millay Arts, Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Boston Theater Company, Queen’s University, East 15 Acting School, and the College of Charleston. Awards include the Voaden Prize (Queen’s University), the David Mark Cohen Playwriting Award (KCACTF), the National Student Playwriting Award Second Place (KCACTF), and the Pacific Rim Prize (Kumu Kahua Theatre). Brandon is a proud alumnus of Boston Playwrights’ Theatre at Boston University, where he received his MFA.
Brandon teaches playwriting at Boston University’s School of Theatre, and he is also a freelance dramaturg and translator. He is currently based between New York City and Boston.