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YELLOW FACE

Category

Play

Country

Australia

Run Dates

Apr 23 - May 8, 2021

Run Time

105 minutes

Run Dates

2021.04.23 ~ 2021.05.08

KXT on Broadway

Australian Premiere

About the show

After taking a stand against the whitewashing of an Asian role in an upcoming Broadway musical, famous playwright David Henry Hwang becomes a role model for the Asian community. But when he accidentally casts a white man as the Asian lead in his new play, he rushes to cover up his mistake. Blurring the lines between fiction and reality, this semi-biographical comedy tackles cultural identity in the western world. How much of it do we put on for show and how much is truly who we are? SIX NOMINATIONS FOR 2021 SYDNEY THEATRE AWARDS BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION; BEST DIRECTION TASNIM HOSSAIN; BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEAD ROLE SHAN REE TAN; BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE JONATHAN CHAN; BEST SOUND DESIGN PREMA YIN; BEST ENSEMBLE

YELLOW FACE Info

Details

by David Henry Hwang Director Tasnim Hossain Production Designer: Ruru Zhu Lighting Designer: Lucia Haddad Sound Designer: Prema Yin Set Builder: Amanda Torrisi Intimacy Coordinator: Shondelle Pratt Accent & Dialect Coach: Linda Nicholls-Gidley Assistant Director: Brooke Lee Stage Manager: Lillian Lee CAST Jonathan Chan Helen Kim Adam Marks Kian Pitman Idam Sondhi Whitney Richards Shan-Ree Tan production photo ©Clare Hawley

Where it's been performed

KXT on Broadway

KXT on Broadway

Sydney

Australia