If you're in Silicon Valley or the Bay Area, this run is a good chance to see Hwang's signature work. It's a play that twists the classic Puccini opera Madama Butterfly and takes all the stereotypes about Asians, Asian sexuality and Orientalism and turns them on their heads.
The Theatreworks production begins previews Wednesday at the Mountain View Center for Performing Arts.
Editor in Chief Harry Mok wrote about growing up on a Chinese vegetable farm for the second issue of Hyphen and has been a volunteer editor since 2004. As a board member of the San Francisco and New York chapters of the Asian American Journalists Association, Harry has recruited and organized events for student members. He holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was also a graduate student instructor in the Asian American Studies Department.
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