Yellow Face - Theater Mirror

The cast of ‘Yellow Face’ at The Footlight Club. Photos by Elizabeth Bean

The Footlight Club presents Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang. Directed by Michelle Aguillion. Set Design by Nolan DuPont Love. Props Design by Jasmine Santos. Lighting Design by Tim Gregor. Sound Design by Chris Brousseau. Costume design by Nancy Ishihara/Emma Joyce. At The Footlight Club, 7A Eliot Street, Boston, through February 22, 2025.

Linda Chin

Even before stepping foot in the venerable Footlight Club to see their production of preeminent playwright David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face, a hilarious and thought-provoking farce that explores the complexities theater makers face in casting shows with cultural authenticity and the prejudice and discrimination Asian Americans face in their daily lives, I admit to feeling tickled to be part of history in the making.

Cast of “Yellow Face” at Lyric Stage. Photos by Mark S. Howard

“Yellow Face.” Written by David Henry Hwang. Directed by Ted Hewlett. Scenic Design by Szu-Feng Chen; Projections Design by Megan Reilly; Lighting Design by Baron E. Pugh; Costume Design by Mikayla Reid; Sound Design by Arshan Gailus. Presented by The Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Clarendon St., Boston. Run has ended.

By Shelley A. Sackett

Some plays are just good for you. Like drinking a peanut butter, kale, bone meal, and flax seed smoothie, the benefits outweigh the temporary discomfort. With the smoothie, its promise of increased vigor and decreased ailments offset its taste and texture. With “Yellow Face,” David Henry Hwang’s Obie award-winning play presented by The Lyric Stage Company of Boston, its thought-provoking and post-theater-conversation-inducing messages outweigh the lackluster nature of its two-hour theatrical experience.

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Essay/Review on History of ‘Yellow Face’, now at The Footlight Club

“Yellow Face” Raises Difficult Issues About Race at the Lyric Stage Company