A. Rey Pamatmat: In the lobby for a production of my play Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them I overheard a woman say, "This play would get done everywhere if the main characters weren't Asian." Discussing the same play, a young future theater professional asked, "Why are Kenny and Edith Filipino?" To which I replied, "Why are you white?" And in the year following my apparent need to justify putting Asian-American ch…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:48PM on May 19, 2013