Interview with David Henry Hwang

Playwright David Henry Hwang and Halcyon Theatre's artistic director Tony Adams talk about his plays, the state of playwrighting and more.

David Henry Hwang is one of America's greatest living playwrights. Over his thirty-plus year career he has been a three-time Pulitzer finalist and won a Tony Award for M. Butterfly, the first Asian-American to do so. His work has been produced in over four dozen countries across the globe. In addition to his work as a playwright, he has written musicals, libretti for operas (he is America's most-produced living opera librettist) and works in film and television.

This summer three of his plays are being produced in Chicago, Chinglish premiered at the Goodman before heading to Broadway this fall. Yellow Face was seen at Silk Road Theatre Project, and Halcyon is producing his early play Family Devotions. David recently came back to town for three days, and spent time with each of his shows, watching Chinglish and Yellow Face over the weekend, and then watching a rehearsal run-through of Family Devotions last Monday. Armed with a flip cam, he and I sat down in the lobby of the Greenhouse Theater Center--where Family Devotions will perform beginning August 11--for a conversation while the cast was warming up.


Note: There was some unanticipated arrivals to the theatre while we were talking, hence the http://halcyontheatre.org/blog/tony/2011/08/interview-david-henry-hwangbackgr... noise, so the full interview is transcribed below. Hope you enjoy.

-Tony

For a full transcript visit http://halcyontheatre.org/blog/tony/2011/08/interview-david-henry-hwang

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