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FOB (play) - Wikipedia

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FOB
Revival by Asian American Theater Company
Written by	David Henry Hwang
Characters	Dale Grace Steve
Date premiered	June 8, 1980
Place premiered	Joseph Papp Public Theater New York City
Original language	English
Subject	East/West cultural stereotypes
Genre	Drama
Setting	Los Angeles; early eighties

FOB is a 1980 Obie Award-winning play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. His first play, it depicts the contrasts and conflicts between established Asian Americans and "fresh off the boat" (FOB) newcomer immigrants.

Production history

The play premiered at the Stanford Asian American Theatre Project in 1979 under the direction of the author and was further developed at the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in July 1979.^[1]

It received its professional debut on June 8, 1980 Off-Broadway at the Joseph Papp Public Theater, closing on July 13, 1980.^[2] It was directed by Mako, with John Lone and Tzi Ma in the cast. According to William C. Boles (professor of English at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida), "for a first-time play premiering off-Broadway, FOB received fairly complimentary notices."^[1]^[3] Joseph Papp supported Hwang's work, producing his first four plays.^[1]

The play was revived Off-Broadway at the Pan Asian Repertory Theater at Playhouse 46 in May 1990, directed by Hwang.^[4] The play was produced by the Asian American Theater Company, San Francisco, California at the Magic Theatre, with direction by Mitzie Abe from March 24 to April 10, 2005.^[5]

It is published as part of Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays by Theatre Communications Group and also in an acting edition published by Dramatists Play Service.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Boles, William C. Understanding David Henry Hwang, Chapter 2, Univ of South Carolina Press, 2013, ISBN 1611172888
^ " 'FOB' Listing" Archived 2014-08-12 at the Wayback Machine lortel.org
^ "'FOB'; Comedy by David Henry Hwang. Directed by Mako" Christian Science Monitor, June 12, 1980
^ Gussow, Mel. "Review/Theater. Culture Shock in Hwang's 'F.O.B.'" New York Times, May 20, 1990
^ "2005 Production" Asian American Theater Company

External links

FOB at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
2005 revival by the Asian American Theater Company

Obie Award for Best New American Play

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v t e Works by David Henry Hwang
Full-length plays	FOB (1980) Family Devotions (1981) Rich Relations (1986) M. Butterfly (1988) Face Value (1993) Golden Child (1996) Peer Gynt (1998) Tibet Through the Red Box (2004) Yellow Face (2007) Chinglish (2011) Kung Fu (2014)
Short plays	The Dance and the Railroad (1981) The House of Sleeping Beauties (1983) The Sound of a Voice (1983) As the Crow Flies (1986) Bondage (1992) Trying to Find Chinatown (1996) Bang Kok (1996) Merchandising (1999) Jade Flowerpots and Bound Feet (2001) The Great Helmsman (2007) A Very DNA Reunion (2010) Cain and Abel (2014)
Film/television	Blind Alleys (1985) M. Butterfly (1993) Golden Gate (1994) The Lost Empire/The Monkey King (2001) Possession (2002) The Affair (2016)
Music theatre	1000 Airplanes on the Roof (1988) The Voyage (1992) The Silver River (1997) Aida (2000) Flower Drum Song (2001) Ainadamar (2003) The Sound of a Voice (2003) Tarzan (2006) Alice in Wonderland (2007) The Fly (2008) Dream of the Red Chamber (2016) An American Soldier (2018) Soft Power (2018)

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