The cast and schedule are set for the Public Theater's forthcoming production of David Henry Hwang's new play Yellow Face. A co-production with the Center Theatre Group, this backstage comedy begins previews on November 19 and opens on December 10, directed by Leigh Silverman. The limited engagement will run through December 23.
The cast of Yellow Face includes Noah Bean, Francis Jue, Julienne Hanzelka Kim, Kathryn Layng, Hoon Lee, Lucas Caleb Rooney and Anthony Torn.
Hwang puts himself center stage in Yellow Face as alter-ego DHH tells his side of the explosive controversy stirred up when he led the protest against the hiring of Jonathan Pryce in the original Broadway production of Miss Saigon. Truth and fiction are hard to separate as Hwang gives us a backstage look at his search to confront the roles that race and ethnicity play in America.
Hwang premiered his first play, FOB, in 1981 at the Public, which went on to produce The Dance and the Railroad, Family Devotions, The Sound of a Voice and the original off-Broadway production of Golden Child.
Yellow Face will feature sets by David Korins, costumes by Myung Hee Cho, lights by Donald Holder and original composition and sound design by Darron West.
