Editing David Henry Hwang (section)

===Trilogy of Chinese America===
Hwang's early plays concerned the role of the [[Chinese American]] and [[Asian American]] in the contemporary world. His first play, ''[[FOB (play)|FOB]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/20/theater/review-theater-culture-shock-in-hwang-s-fob.html|first=Mel |last=Gussow|title=Review/Theater; Culture Shock in Hwang's 'F.O.B.'|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 20, 1990|access-date=February 26, 2019}}</ref> explores the contrasts and conflicts between established Asian Americans and "[[Fresh off the boat|Fresh Off the Boat]]" new immigrants. The play was developed by the National Playwrights Conference at the [[Eugene O'Neill Theater Center]] and premiered in 1980 [[Off-Broadway]] at the [[Joseph Papp Public Theater]]. In 1981 it won an [[Obie Award]] for Best New American Play.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.obieawards.com/events/1980s/year-81/|title=1981 Winners|publisher=Obie Awards|access-date=February 26, 2019}}</ref> Papp produced four more of Hwang's plays, including two in 1981: ''[[The Dance and the Railroad]]'', which tells the story of a former [[Chinese opera]] star working as a [[coolie]] laborer in the 19th-century American West,<ref name=newyorktimes>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/31/theater/stage-dance-railroad-by-david-henry-hwang.html|title=Stage: 'Dance, Railroad,' by David Henry Hwang|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Frank |last=Rich|author-link=Frank Rich|date=March 31, 1981}}</ref> and ''[[Family Devotions]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/19/theater/theater-hwang-s-family-devotions.html|title=Theater: Hwang's 'Family Devotions'|work=The New York Times|first=Frank |last=Rich|date=October 19, 1981}}</ref> a darkly comic take on the effects of Western religion on a Chinese-American family. This was nominated for the [[Drama Desk Award]]. Those three plays added up to what the author described as a "Trilogy of Chinese America."<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://jadtjournal.org/2017/06/04/the-theatre-of-david-henry-hwang/|title=The Theatre of David Henry Hwang (Review)|journal=Journal of American Drama and Theatre |date=June 5, 2017 |volume=29|number=2 |first=David |last=Coley}}</ref>