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Yellow Face
David Henry Hwang
Face 2 Face
by Richard Hellesen, Michael Silversher
Synopsis
This play employs cartoon-silly masks and slapstick characters from commedia dell,'arte drama to confront - with remarkable frankness - children's cruelty over racial differences.
A boy named Benno is rejected because his face mask is brown, while the other three kid's are pasty-pale white.
Benno runs away on an imaginary journey.
He meets colorfully hip variations on characters from commedia dell'arte.
It is a play that says it's better to look beyond the color of one's skin and it talks about being comfortable with who you are.
The music is a bit of funk and a lot of pop rock and full of spiky, splendid lyrics.
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"Hellesen and Silversher are the kind of beings you want writing for the young stage: talented, insightful, full of respect for their audience, and cheerful."
— Salt Lake Tribune
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Face 2 Face is a play written by Richard Hellesen and published by Concord Theatricals.
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