he ended up protesting that. >> ronny: david henry hwang. >> yeah. ended up -- this play is about him writing a play where he actually for his next play -- it's a little bit meta. he ends up mistakenly hiring a white actor to play an asian lead in his own play. and so that's what this show is about. and i play david henry hwang. >> ronny: and that actually is based on a true story. >> so much of this play is actually based on true events, he actually wrote a play called face value right after that, which was based on "miss saigon" and that play, the story of the casting of that play is in this play buried. >> ronny: so this is like inception -- play inception and i guess you just get attracted to extremely convoluted plot lines. >> [laughs] that's right, that's right. >> ronny: one of the main themes of the play is the idea of whether or not people of different races can play other races as actors. i guess what is your stance on that as an actor, a respected actor in the theater community. >> i have an opinion about it and it's kind of a hot take. >>