Yellow Face

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Show Original Premiere In May 2007

The show was first mounted in May 2007 by Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles at the Mark Taper Forum.

Off-Broadway Run December 2007

The play opened Off-Broadway at the Joseph Papp Public Theater in NYC in December 2007 and closed son afterwards in January 2008.

YouTube Movie 2013

In 2013, the play was reworked into a two-part YouTube video directed and adapted by Jeff Liu

UK Play Premiere 2013

The show made its UK premiere at the Park Theatre in Finsbury Park, London in May 2013. A year later the play transferred to the Royal National Theatre.

North Carolina Run 2022

After a ten year gap, the play finally appeared at Theatre Raleigh in 2022 and was directed by Telly Leung.

What's Yellow Face Like?

An Asian playwright protests the casting of non-Asian actor Jonathan Pryce as a Vietnamese character in “Miss Saigon.”

As the playwrights protests largely go unanswered, he finally writes a play called “Face Value” about the “Miss Saigon” controversy and casts an actor who he believes is part Asian to be in one of the lead Asian roles — only then to find out that the actor is actually fully white.

Is Yellow Face Good for Kids?

The subject matter of race relations may not be suitable for all age groups, 16 years and above are recommended.