Velina Hasu Houston

Biography

Velina Hasu Houston (born Velina Avisa Hasu Houston on May 5, 1957) is an American writer. Primarily an internationally acclaimed playwright and librettist, she is also a published poet, screenwriter for film and television, and essayist. Her work draws from her experience of being multiracial as well as from the immigrant experiences of her family, her multi-ethnicity, and intersection of culture, race, gender, and region. Houston is best known for her play Tea, which portrays the lives of Japanese international brides, often known as war brides, who move to the United States with their U.S. American serviceman husbands who are of varied racial backgrounds. Tea had its professional premiere Off-Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club in 1987, and was designated by Roundabout Theatre as an American theatre canon classic. Since its premiere, the play continues to be produced globally.

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