David Yee Hosts "A Conversation with David Henry Hwang"

A Conversation with David Henry Hwang

fu-GEN’s Artistic Director David Yee will be hosting a conversation with Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang next week! Together they will discuss Hwang’s work, life and philosophies, delve into the sordid political-ness of being Asian in the arts... and maybe play a quick game of ‘Six Degrees of John Lone’. Hwang is best known as the author of M. Butterfly and Yellow Face, and is one of the most influential Asian American artists currently working in North America. fu-GEN is proud to be involved with the Toronto premiere of David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face, and excited to be part of a conversation that is so linked to our community. Tickets are only $5 for arts workers, which is an exceedingly cheap price to hear one of the pioneers of Asian American theatre speak and engage with the arts community. 

When: Tuesday March 8th, 7:00 p.m.
Where: Hart House Theatre, 7 Hart House Circle
Cost: $10 adults / $5 arts workers, students and seniors
Box Office: www.uofttix.ca 416.978.8849

Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang

 

Yellow Face is a head-spinning backstage comedy from the Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang in which mistaken racial identities collide with family, media and politics. This ferociously funny, utterly unreliable memoir chronicles David Henry Hwang’s struggle to define racial identity in the mixed-up melting pot of contemporary America. Part fact, part fiction - provocative yet full of heart, Yellow Face is a tale of cultural politics, family fortunes, and artistic integrity; an insightful look at the pitfalls and promise of our “P.C.” world.

Yellow Face runs March 4^th – 12^th 2011 at Hart House Theatre.
Tickets: Adults - $25, Students/Seniors - $15
Contact Hart House Box office for more information: www.uofttix.ca, 416.978.8849