The Greene Space and TCG Welcome CHINGLISH Playwright David Henry Hwang, 5/7

On Monday, May 7th at 7pm, WNYC's The Greene Space and Theater Communications Group will welcome Chinglish author David Henry Hwang.

This evening will feature a conversation with Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director of The Public Theater in NYC and readings by HWANG with guests BRIAN D'ARCY JAMES, BD Wong, Jennifer Lim, and Francis Jue. The event will be followed by a signing books including Hwang's newly published play from TCG Books, Chinglish, which received its Broadway premiere in fall 2011 and was named "Best American Play of 2011" by TIME magazine.

TCG Playwrights in Conversation: An Evening with David Henry Hwang will be held Monday, May 7 at 7pm at The Greene Space, located at 44 Charlton Street (at Varick Street), New York, NY.

TICKETS: $15, available at www.thegreenespace.org

Live Video Webcast will be available to stream at www.thegreenespace.org.

David Henry Hwang's plays often explore the Asian American experience in contemporary society. He is the author of the Tony Award-winning M. Butterfly, a finalist for the 1988 Pulitzer Prize. Other plays include Golden Child, FOB, The Dance and the Railroad, Family Devotions and Pulitzer Prize-finalist, Yellow Face; his opera libretti include three works for composer Philip Glass. From 1994-2001, he served an appointment of President Clinton on the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.