Kevin Tang, Davenport College

Kevin Tang is a math and computer science major and first-time playwright. He plans to continue writing even as he pursues a career in math and computer science. He believes programming and writing a script both require the writer to “know the skeleton of what [they’re] trying to say and where [they’re] going.”

His play, Retracing Echoes, offers a look at love in both physical and emotional diaspora. Described as an investigation into the role of memory and people’s relationship with remembering, the play explores a “bright nostalgia” that the author suspects most college students are familiar with, particularly seniors in college.