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A Korean-American Woman Playwright Tries A Black Identity Politics Show

THEATRE Posted: June 5, 2014 12:53 am

“At first, [Young Jean Lee] envisioned The Shipment as a hip-hop dance piece. It failed completely. It was designed to make the mostly white audience uncomfortable, she said. Instead, they loved it. … ‘It was one of the worst artistic experiences of my life – seeing all the black people walk out and the white people happy, so happy.'”

THEATRE Published: 06.04.14

Read the story in The Guardian (UK) Published: 06.04.14

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