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===Since 2010=== Hwang worked on a theatrical commission for the [[Oregon Shakespeare Festival]] and [[Arena Stage]] in Washington, DC. This was a musical version of [[Aimee Mann]]'s album ''[[The Forgotten Arm]]'', with Mann and Paul Bryant. He also worked on screenplays for [[DreamWorks Animation]] and directors [[Justin Lin]] and [[Jonathan Caouette]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barclayagency.com/?/site/speaker/david-henry-hwang|title=The Steven Barclay Agency- David Henry Hwang|access-date=February 27, 2019|year=2010|publisher=Stephen Barclay Agency}}</ref> In 2013, a production of ''Yellow Face'' premiered on [[YouTube]]. It was directed and adapted by [[Jeff Liu]], and featured [[Sab Shimono]] among other actors.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-yellow-face-christopher-gorham-20130606-story.html|title=A play on YouTube? 'Yellow Face' debuts, starring Christopher Gorham|first=David |last=Ng|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=June 10, 2013|access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref> In 2014 two new Hwang plays were premiered. The first, ''Kung Fu'', about the life of [[Bruce Lee]], premiered as part of his residency at the [[Signature Theatre Company (New York City)|Signature Theatre]] [[Off-Broadway]]. The play opened February 24, 2014 in a production directed by Leigh Silverman, and featuring Cole Horibe, who had gained fame in the TV series, ''[[So You Think You Can Dance]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/world-premiere-of-david-henry-hwangs-kung-fu-to-feature-so-you-think-you-can-dance-star-cole-horibe-com-210060|title=World Premiere of David Henry Hwang's Kung Fu to Feature "So You Think You Can Dance" Star Cole Horibe|first=Carey |last=Purcell|magazine=Playbill|date=October 22, 2013}}</ref> The second was ''Cain and Abel'', one of many plays included in ''The Mysteries'', a re-telling of Bible stories. Conceived by Ed Sylvanus Iskander, ''The Mysteries'' also featured the work of playwrights [[Craig Lucas]], [[Dael Orlandersmith]], [[José Rivera (playwright)|Jose Rivera]], and [[Jeff Whitty]].<ref>{{cite news|title=In the Beginning, the Words of Many|first=Laura |last=Collins-Hughes|work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/theater/the-mysteries-rewrites-a-medieval-tradition.html|date=March 28, 2014|access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref> In 2014, Hwang joined the Playwriting Faculty of the [[Columbia University School of the Arts]] Theatre Program. He was appointed the director of the Playwriting Concentration and will serve as an Associate Professor of Theatre in Playwriting. [[Hilton Als]] of the [[The New Yorker|''New Yorker'']] has described him as "the most successful Chinese American playwright this country has produced."<ref name=Als>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/2014/02/10/140210goli_GOAT_theatre_als|title=Exit the Dragon|magazine=The New Yorker|date=February 2, 2014 |first=Hilton |last=Als |access-date=13 February 2024}}</ref> In 2016, Hwang became a writer and consulting producer of the [[Golden Globe]]-winning television series ''[[The Affair (TV series)|The Affair]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://arts.columbia.edu/news/dhh-affair-interview|title=An Interview with David Henry Hwang on Writing for Showtime's "The Affair"|publisher=Columbia University|date=November 22, 2016|access-date=February 27, 2019 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20190624053204/https://arts.columbia.edu/news/dhh-affair-interview |archive-date=24 June 2019}}</ref> and in 1993 wrote a song "Solo" in association with [[Prince (singer)|Prince]].<ref>{{cite web|title=David Henry Hwang Recalls The Time He Wrote A Song With Prince|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/David-Henry-Hwang-Recalls-The-Time-He-Wrote-A-Song-With-Prince-20160422|first=Michael |last=Dale|website=BroadwayWorld|date=April 22, 2016|access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref> In the fall of 2016, the San Francisco Opera premiered ''[[Dream of the Red Chamber (opera)|Dream of the Red Chamber]],'' an opera by Hwang and Bright Sheng, based on the eighteenth-century Chinese novel of the same name.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sfopera.com/globalassets/main-site-assets/pdf/program-articles/pages-from-sfo016-drc-insert-final-rev.pdf|first=Stephen |last=Roddy|title=Delving Deeper into "Dream of the Red Chamber"|publisher=San Francisco Opera|access-date=February 26, 2019}}</ref> In the summer of 2016, Hwang became the chair of the board of the [[American Theatre Wing]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://americantheatrewing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ATW-David-Henry-Hwang-Release-FINAL.pdf|title=Tony Award-Winning Playwright David Henry Hwang to Succeed William Ivey Long as New Chair of the American Theatre Wing|publisher=American Theatre Wing|access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref> In the Spring of 2018, Hwang's ''[[Soft Power (musical)|Soft Power]]'' premiered at the [[Ahmanson Theatre]] in Los Angeles, California. The music and additional lyrics are by [[Jeanine Tesori]]. Its cast is largely Asian.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-ca-cm-soft-power-asian-representation-20180506-story.html|title='Soft Power' has a cast that's almost entirely Asian. Here's why that's a radical idea for American theater|last=Fung |first=Lisa|date=May 3, 2018|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref> It transferred to Off-Broadway at the Public Theater in September 2019 (previews).<ref>Meyer, Dan. [http://www.playbill.com/article/david-henry-hwang-and-jeanine-tesoris-soft-power-opens-october-15# "David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori’s Soft Power Opens October 15"] Playbill, October 15, 2019</ref> In May 2020, it was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, making Hwang the first person to be a three-time finalist without winning.
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