Yellow Face Av David Henry Hwang

'A pungent play of ideas with a big heart. 'Yellow Face' brings to the national discussion about race a sense of humor a mile wide, an even-handed treatment and a hopeful, healing vision of a world that could be.'--'Variety' 'Charming, touching, and cunningly organized as well as funny, with] an Ibsenite reach and stature far beyond any issues of Hwang's self-image.'--'The Village Voice' 'It's about our country, about public image, about 'face,'' says David Henry Hwang about his latest work, a mock documentary that puts Hwang himself center stage as it explores both Asian identity as well as race in America. The play begins with the 1990s controversy over color-blind casting for 'Miss Saigon,' before it spins into a comic fantasy, in which the character DHH pens a play in protest and then unwittingly casts a white actor as the Asian lead. 'Yellow Face' also explores the real-life investigation of Hwang's father, the first Asian American to own a federally chartered bank, and the