American Politics Through the Eyes of China

Soft Power brings together some of theater's best talents. Written by Tony award-winning David Henry Hwang and with music by multi-award-winning composer Jeanine Tesori, this visionary musical fantasia fuses humor and an original script to tell the unexpected love story of a Chinese executive falling for Hillary Clinton, following the 2016 election, as imagined by a man on the edge of consciousness.

It was described by the show's original director Leigh Silverman (Ethan Heard takes the reigns for this staging) as "an extraordinary story about where we are, at this moment, in this country... told in the most ambitious, wildly inventive way...within the container of the most delightful musical theater." Don't miss Soft Power's debut as it shakes up Signature Theatre's 2024/25 Season this summer!