Normally we who cover theater for DC Metro Theater Arts collect our favorites as the year draws to a close, but this has not been a normal year. In mid-March the 2020 season was interrupted by a pandemic and theaters went dark for who knows how long. Shows that were running closed. Shows in production got canceled. Suddenly the theater community felt profound uncertainty and anxiety.
Yellow Face at Silver Spring Stage
Silver Spring Stage put a unique imprint on this important work by playwright David Henry Hwang. Employing satire to explore racism, Yellow Face explores ethnic divisions through parody only to find some questions too serious to laugh at. The elements combined to make this production one not to miss. —Andy Arnold