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), Cellunova Productions (The Recursion of a Moth), Boston Playwrights’ Theatre (The Recursion of a Moth), and The Theater Offensive (Xiaohu Dreams of Snow, forthcoming), and has received developmental support from the Kennedy Center, Lifeline Theatre, The Road Theatre Company, Theater Mu, 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 currently developing commissions with the Kennedy Center and Trademark Theater.

Brandon is a proud alumnus of Boston Playwrights’ Theatre at Boston University, where he received his MFA. He teaches playwriting at Boston University’s School of Theatre, and also works as a freelance dramaturg and translator.

Brandon is currently based between New York City and Boston.

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臧凤炎是中英双语剧作家、翻译与戏剧构作，现居纽约和波士顿，任教于波士顿大学。他生于天津，幼年随家人移居加拿大，在北美长大，后毕业于波士顿大学，获剧作专业艺术硕士(MFA)学位。他的代表作包括《梦女娲》（Nüwa in Fairyland）、《归蛾转》（The Recursion of a Moth）、《小虎梦雪》（Xiaohu Dreams of Snow）。这些作品在美国、加拿大、英国有多家专业剧团上演，并获得Voaden Prize（女王大学）、全国学生剧作奖第二名（肯尼迪中心）等国家级奖项。他的中文剧《桃花源记》2026年入围桂林艺术节终选名单。

臧凤炎擅长以科幻与奇幻式的世界构建，审视离散与归属感的命题。他笔下的人物置身于逃避主义、魔幻现实主义等故事里，凭借自己无限的想象力反抗帝国主义与资本主义的束缚，把想象本身变成一种革命。

作为中英双语翻译，臧凤炎擅长处理跨文化语境下的现代对白，并站在剧作家的立场，重新诠释原文的言外之意。