Ying Ying was born in Beijing and grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She earned a Juris Doctorate from Yale Law School and practiced corporate law before restarting her life as a writer and performer. She is a NYTW 2050 Artistic Fellow for the 2023/34 season, and a member of The Public Theater’s 2020–2023 Emerging Writers Group and the Parent/Caregiver Playwrights Group. She is an alumna of The Tank Playwrights Group, The Tank TV Writers Group, and Harvardwood’s TV Writers Group. Her plays include This Could Be You (Public Theater’s Spotlight Series), Dance Moms (Premiere Play Festival semi-finalist, NEA grant recipient), and Baskin Robbins at a Mall (Rule of 7×7 at The Tank). Her work has been developed or seen at The Public, Project Y Theatre, The Tank, Boomerang Theatre, Rule of 7×7, Decent Company, Yes Noise, The Brick, and on The Highline (so many helicopters, lesson learned). Her humor writing and videos have appeared in publications such as the NYT, Buzzfeed, Wired, MSN, Lifehacker, Men’s Health, and Mental Floss. She has two small and delicious children.
