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Yellow Face Synopsis and Character Descriptions

Yellow Face

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Type:	Play
Written By:	David Henry Hwang

Synopsis:	Yellow Face is David Henry Hwang’s self-mocking drama about his reaction to the casting of the white Jonathan Pryce as a Eurasian character in his Broadway play M. Butterfly. Hwang was loudly critical of the casting choice, and he decides to write a play about the experience. He finds the perfect actor – Marcus G. Dahlman – to play the lead Eurasian role, only he doesn’t realize that Marcus is not Asian. When Hwang discovers that Marcus is white, he invents a story that Marcus has “Siberian Jew” ancestry. Meanwhile, Hwang’s father, HYH, is caught in a political contribution scandal, and the two of them are forced to examine their relationship and heritage. Yellow Face is a sideways look at Hwang’s common themes of race and assimilation. Almost all actors play multiple roles, many of them real people in politics, the media and theatre.
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Yellow Face Characters
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Name	Gender	Vocal Part	Age Range	Role Type
DHH	male	spoken	35 – 44	lead
Marcus G. Dahlman	male	spoken	25 – 34	lead
HYH	male	spoken	55 – 64	lead
Leah Anne Cho	female	spoken	28 – 37	supporting
Announcer/FBI Interrogator/Reporter (“Name Withheld on Advice of Counsel”)	male	spoken	45 – 54	supporting
Jane Krakowski/Various	female	spoken	35 – 44	supporting
Stuart Ostrow/Various	male	spoken	61 – 70	supporting

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