Monthly Play Reading Group! Think book club, but for theatre! This is an opportunity for those interested in theatre, discovering new scripts, trying out a bit of light acting, or hearing stories brought to life. All are welcome! 

There will be some scripts printed, but bring along a laptop if possible so that you can access the play online.

Description of this month's Play: Asian American playwright DHH, fresh off his Tony Award win for M. Butterfly, leads a protest against the casting of Jonathan Pryce as the Eurasian pimp in the original Broadway production of Miss Saigon, condemning the practice as “yellow face.” His position soon comes back to haunt him when he mistakes a Caucasian actor, Marcus G. Dahlman, for mixed-race, and casts him in the lead Asian role of his own Broadway-bound comedy, Face Value. When DHH discovers the truth of Marcus’ ethnicity, he tries to conceal his blunder to protect his reputation as an Asian-American role model. Confronting the shifting boundaries of race, and the ways in which we interpret ourselves, David Henry Hwang (and DHH) reveal that our faces are always more complex than they appear.

Content Advisory: Racism and Anti-Asian sentiments, mild profanity, euphemistic mentions of pornography and sex toys.