Kim Yaged is an award-winning writer and photographer with extensive experience in film and television. Kim’s work frequently addresses issues of identity with a focus on using art for social change. Her operetta www.love was showcased by the New York City Opera and won four “Best” awards, including Best Musical and Best Original Production. Kim received the Kennedy Center’s Meritorious Achievement Award for her play America, which also won the Audience Award at the Downtown Urban Theater Festival. Her play Hypocrites & Strippers was a finalist in the Bay Area Playwrights Festival. An excerpt of Hypocrites & Strippers is included in Best Women's Monologues for the 21st Century. Kim's play vessels was commissioned for the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust in conjunction with an exhibit by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Kim was a head writer for Ricky is Famous, produced by Jeff Goode Entertainment. There were staged readings of her television pilot Jersey City at Sony Studios and the Stella Adler Theatre in Los Angeles. Kim’s photographs have been shown in London, Berlin and Tunisia, and her stories and poetry have been published by Random House, Cleis Press, Ballantine Books, Applause, and Arsenal Pulp Press.
America at Here Arts Center
Audience Award winner at NYC Downtown Urban Theater Festival
