David Henry Hwang

David Henry Hwang’s stage works include the plays “M. Butterfly,” “Chinglish,” “Yellow Face,” “Kung Fu,” “Golden Child,” “The Dance and the Railroad,” and “FOB,“ as well as the Broadway musicals “Elton John & Tim Rice’s Aida” (co-author), “Flower Drum Song” (2002 revival) and “Disney’s Tarzan.” Hwang is a Tony Award-winner and three-time nominee, a three-time OBIE Award-winner, and a two-time Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

He is also America’s most produced living opera librettist, whose works have been honored with two Grammy Awards, and a Writer/Consulting Producer for the Golden Globe-winning television series “The Affair.” Hwang serves as Head of Playwriting at Columbia University School of the Arts and as Chair of the American Theatre Wing.

“Soft Power,” a collaboration with composer Jeanine Tesori, premiered to acclaim in spring 2018 at Los Angeles’ Ahmanson Theatre and San Francisco’s Curran Theatre, and will open in New York City in 2019.