Soft Power

Performance Dates
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Opening Performance

A visionary musical fantasia by Tony Award winners David Henry Hwang (Yellow Face, M. Butterfly) and Jeanine Tesori (Fun Home, Kimberly Akimbo).

After the 2016 election, when a Chinese American playwright is attacked by an unknown assailant, he hallucinates a Golden Age musical comedy about a Chinese theater producer and Hillary Clinton falling in love. Hilarious and biting, this political satire dares to ask: Does American Democracy still work? And is it worth believing in?

An exhilarating ride through political absurdity with a faceoff between Chinese and American exceptionalism, Soft Power makes an electric debut in the nation’s capital.

Production Information

Show Type
Comedy
Musical
Approximate Running Time
85 minutes

Cast

Performer
Role
Xue Xing
Hillary Clinton
Randy Ray & Others
Betsy Ross & Others
Waiter & Others
Chief justice & Others
Bobby Bob & Others
Holden Caufield & Others
VEEP & Others
Jing & Others
Flight Attendant & Others

Creative Team

Director
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Choreographer for musicals
Musical Director
Sound Designer
Lighting Designer
Music Supervisor