About Me

Miyoko Conley is an Asian American playwright, games writer, and scholar. She is also part of the team at the UCLA Center on Resilience and Digital Justice, where she works as the Operations Manager and Editorial Lead.

Miyoko’s plays plays interrogate contemporary crises and existential questions through speculative worlds, with humorous, emotional characters. They have been presented at various theatres and organizations, including at La Rorschach Theatre; Jolla Playhouse; Playwrights Foundation; Copious Love; SCRiB LAB; and others.

As a games writer, she completed the Talespinners Games Writing Mentorship Programme, where she developed Where We Go From Here, a short, post-apocalyptic game that focuses on empathy and kindness. Miyoko is also a localization writer and has worked with clients such as 8-4 Ltd. and Aksys Games.

Miyoko’s scholarly work focuses on transnational audience engagement with Asian popular culture, particularly in anime and K-pop media. More broadly, she writes about intersections of theatre and popular culture. She has been published in Made In Asia/America: Why Video Games Were Never (Really) About Us and the journal Transformative Works and Cultures.