[2] She is known for her work on American Crime, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Southland, and Blue Bloods.
[4] Son's parents met in Philadelphia, where her father was a student at the College of Pharmacy (now the University of the Sciences) and her mother was an exchange nurse at Lankenau Medical Center.
[2] Son credits seeing Joseph Papp's production of Hamlet at the Joseph Papp Public Theater and New York Shakespeare Festival on a 1983 high school senior class trip for her inspiration to be a playwright.
[4] Her play BOY premiered at La Jolla Playhouse in 1996 and was directed by Michael Greif.
The storyline for BOY is based on Son's mother's family adopting a male cousin.
[12] The play's initial run featured Jessica Hecht, Saul Stein, Sandra Oh, Saundra McClain, Kevin Carroll, and Rick Holmes.
After the first night's performance of Stop Kiss, Son realized she would no longer have to do "copyediting, proofreading, waitressing, and temping"—jobs she took to support herself before the play came out.
[7] In 2014, Stop Kiss was produced at the Pasadena Playhouse, where it made the Los Angeles Times' "Best of 2014" list.
[14] In 2006, Son wrote Satellites, a play Sandra Oh starred in that was directed by Michael Greif at The Public Theater.
[21] It will be produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Red Arrow’s U.S. scripted arm, Fabrik Entertainment.