On May 17, David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori sat down in front of a full house at the Curran with Stephen Gong, Executive Director of San Francisco's Center for Asian American Media, to discuss the origins of their newest show, how to write a great song, and making art out of crisis. An edited transcript of their conversation follows.

Reflections of the creation of SOFT POWER, and the journey along the way. An essay by David Henry Hwang.

At the Asian Art Museum through July 1, local artist Eliza Gregory is presenting Testimony—a project in which she invites Bay Area residents to share their personal stories as immigrants, and investigates the many layers of meaning within their experiences.

Carole Shorenstein Hays talks to THE CURRAN[T]’s Gracie Hays about FUN HOME, ECLIPSED, and the Curran’s exciting next act - which is also her own.

Local novelist Vanessa Hua revisits her family’s favorite musicals (and her father’s singing), and looks back at how David Henry Hwang emboldened her to tell her own stories