CLOSING NIGHT: YELLOW FACE

Daniel Dae Kim, Francis Jue, and Shannon Tyo are expected to be in attendance for the screening and Q&A, moderated by Stephen Gong.

The Broadway play from Roundabout Theatre Company follows DHH (Daniel Dae Kim), a fictionalized version of playwright David Henry Hwang, as he joins Asian American protesters speaking out against the casting of white actor Jonathan Pryce as the Eurasian lead of Miss Saigon – a real-life controversy in the 1990s – only to find that when it comes time for him to cast his next play, he makes the same mistake by casting a white actor (Ryan Eggold) as his lead, thinking he is multiracial Asian. Francis Jue plays DHH’s immigrant Chinese father targeted by the U.S. government, a role Jue originated for the 2007 world premiere. The play was filmed on Broadway by Great Performances on PBS.

This program is co-presented by Asian American Journalists Association, KOHO Co-Creative Hub, Contemporary Asian Theater Scene (CATS), and Silicon Valley Asian Pacific Film Festival.