BWW Reviews: THINKING OF YU Captivates and Inspires, Through May 5April 26, 2013Carole Frechette's THINKING OF YU tells the story of Maggie (Danielle Desormeaux), a woman who becomes fixated on a small newspaper article about Yu Dongyue, a Chinese journalist just released from prison after serving 17 years for throwing paint on a portrait of Chairman Mao during the 1989 student riots in Tiananmen Square. He is now mentally disabled, having suffered repeated beatings over almost two decades.
BWW Interviews: Carole Frechette Reflects on THINKING OF YU, Social EngagementApril 24, 2013Carole Frechette is a multi award-winning playwright based in Montreal. Her newest play, THINKING OF YU, which is set against the backdrop of the student riots at Tiananmen Square, is making its Quebec English-language debut at the Centaur Theatre in April. BroadwayWorld caught up with Ms. Frechette to talk about her inspiration for writing the play and the themes that unite her oeuvre to date.