Yellow Face is not a straightforward narrative and it’s not at all politically correct. [It] is delightful entertainment, with a cast of brilliant and disciplined actors. Every moment is a treasure.
Read More[The] thoughtful philosophy and relevance of the topic of racial stereotyping and profiling make Yellow Face well worth the time. Scott's direction and cast [...] give the script a top-drawer reading. Tom Burch's simple but elegant Asian-influenced unit set and Matt Guither's smart costumes of business attire add to the production's sophistication and class.
Read MoreAt face value, this show is about cultural identity. Remove the mask and at the heart of Yellow Face, Playwright Hwang wrote a beautifully complicated and charming tribute to his father.
Read MoreDirector Steve Scott’s fast-paced and documentary style staging makes for a blend of richly funny satire and biting irony that gives the many levels of ‘face’ a unique theatricality [...] The performances are strong and the work is engaging.
Read MoreThere is so much nuance and device at work in this play that the whole thing could easily become a trainwreck, but it’s a testament to the strength of Hwang’s writing, Steve Scott’s assured directing and the multitalented cast—especially the energetic David Rhee as DHH—that it instead turns into one of the finest rides I’ve had in the theater in a long while.
Read MoreYellow Face is the journey of the doppelganger character, my doppelganger “DHH,” and how he transforms from one who is actually interested in Asian-American things to someone who is interested in keeping up an image of being an Asian-American role model.
Read MoreA revealing backstage comedy from the Tony Award-winning writer of M. Butterfly, this ferociously funny, utterly unreliable memoir chronicles David Henry Hwang's struggle to define racial identity in the mixed-up melting pot of contemporary America. Part fact, part fiction, Yellow Face explores the pitfalls and promise of our "PC" world.
Read MoreDavid Henry Hwang has finally found a home in Chicago. Make that three homes for three plays. The playwright’s work is seldom done here, but this summer marks a turnaround.
Read MoreChicago theater goers can become better acquainted with the wry humor of award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang, this summer... Hwang offers audiences a double chance to see how circumstances can take strange, often humorous twists due to cultural preconceptions, misconceiptions and differences.
Read MoreSeven is a groundbreaking documentary play based on interviews with seven women's rights activists from seven countries around the world—Afghanistan, Cambodia, Guatemala, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, and Russia. The interviews were conducted by seven award-winning women playwrights.
Read MoreSilk Road Theatre Project is rolling out a new series of short-form video plays designed to be accessible to mobile device and tablet users, shot cinematically, on theater sets, sometimes followed by live or online discussion.
Read MorePut seven of the most celebrated Asian American playwrights into a room and give each of them the topic of DNA heritage as the basis for a ten-minute play. Oh, and make them all take DNA tests and have them grapple with the results. It sounds like it might be a reality TV show, but in fact, theatre impresario Jamil Khoury did just that.
Read MoreThe actors were skilled and seemed in touch with their numerous characters, while the plays themselves utilize humor and drama to explore the many facets of DNA and genetics through topics such as family relationships, ethnicity, religion, adoption, mental disease and self.
Read MoreDawn’s Light: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi by Jeanne Sakata chronicles the true story of one Japanese American’s enduring fight for his constitutional rights. Gordon Hirabayashi was a happy-go-lucky twenty-four-year-old college student living in Seattle when Pearl Harbor was attacked in late 1941. The government’s decision to remove and imprison all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast – including American citizens without due process of law – turned Gordon, a Quaker, into a crusader. Dawn’s Light faithfully documents Gordon’s historic decision to heed his conscience and pursue his faith in the protections of the Constitution all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read MoreA Gala fundraiser hosted by Silk Road Theatre Project’s Board of Directors, featuring cuisines inspired by cultures along the Silk Road. Guests also enjoyed Silk Road Cocktails, created exclusively for Threads of Silk by Adam Seger, one of Chicago's most famous mixologists.
Read MoreConfession is set in Spain towards the end of decades of dictatorship and civil war in the 1930s. On a late winter afternoon, an old American Priest sits waiting to hear confessions in a derelict church. As he begins to fall asleep, the Priest is disturbed by a presence entering the church. Not sure at first if it is real or part of a dream, the Priest eventually recognizes the figure as the Dictator come to say his final confession and receive absolution. The Priest has, however, no intention of granting absolution to a tyrant whom he has always despised. But the Dictator is not used to being thwarted, and an intense power struggle ensues with the characters locked in a deadly embrace.
Read MoreEffectively presented through multiple time frames and nonlinear action, the plot unspools like a curse that spares neither innocents nor killers. The audience itself seems caught in the crossfire that detonates Dale Heinen’s Chicago premiere until detachment becomes impossible.
Read More[Theatre’s] strong suit is its ability to evoke empathy. A well told story can bring home the plights of vastly different people and circumstances. And that’s where Scorched succeeds.
Read MoreThis $10,000 grant was awarded to ten theatre companies across the nation, including Silk Road Theatre Project (Silk Road Rising) toward its general operating expenses.
Read MoreThis $15,000 award was received by Artistic Director Jamil Khoury for playwriting, as 3Arts strives to enrich, strengthen, and sustain the arts and the community.
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