Come enjoy a special performance for IUCC members at The Wayward Artist. Meet the cast and creative team following the performance for a talkback. All IUCC members get a $10 discount off the adult ticket price. Use promo code IUCC when purchasing tickets. Laugh together with IUCC friends at a night out experiencing live theatre.
Get ready for a rollercoaster ride through the comically tangled web of truth and fiction in David Henry Hwang's uproarious memoir! Picture this: Asian-American playwright DHH, fresh from snagging a Tony Award for the sensational "M. Butterfly," finds himself at the forefront of a uproariously funny protest against the casting of Jonathan Pryce as an "Eurasian pimp" in the original Broadway production of "Miss Saigon." His battle cry? No more "yellowface"!
But hold onto your seats because karma's about to serve up a hearty dose of irony. DHH's righteousness takes a hilarious twist when he blunders spectacularly, mistaking the thoroughly Caucasian actor Marcus G. Dahlman for a mixed-race talent and casting him as the lead Asian character in his very own Broadway-bound comedy, "Face Value." When the truth about Marcus's ethnicity comes crashing down, DHH goes into overdrive, concocting a side-splitting scheme to save face—literally—by passing Marcus off as a "Siberian Jew"!
Meanwhile, DHH's dear old dad, Henry Y. Hwang, an immigrant with an affinity for the American Dream and crooner extraordinaire Frank Sinatra, gets unwittingly embroiled in the wild late-1990s anti-Chinese hysteria that leads to the notorious "Donorgate" scandal and the sensational arrest of nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee.
As DHH grapples with this topsy-turvy world of race, identity, and reputation, you'll be in stitches as he navigates the complex and ever-changing role of "face" in modern-day America. This memoir will have you laughing, pondering, and shaking your head in disbelief—all at the same time! 😂