Artwork from MANJA's production of FOB

FOB is a 1980 Obie Award-winning play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. Hwang's first play, it depicts the contrasts and conflicts between established Asian Americans and "Fresh Off the Boat" newcomer immigrants. The play premiered at the Stanford Asian American Theatre Project in 1979 under the direction of the author and was further developed by the O'Neill Playwrights Center. It received its professional debut on June 8, 1980 Off-Broadway at Joseph Papp's Public Theatre. It was directed by Mako, with John Lone and Tzi Ma in the cast. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Obie Awards, short for Off-Broadway Theater Awards, are annual awards bestowed by the newspaper The Village Voice on theater artists performing in New York City. ... Template:Unsourced A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is someone who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... // David Henry Hwang (born August 11, 1957) is a contemporary American playwright who has risen to prominence as the preeminent Asian American dramatist in the U.S. He was born in Los Angeles, California and was educated at Stanford University and the Yale School of Drama. ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... Joseph Papp (1921 - 1991) was an American theatre producer and director. ... Mako or similar may be: Places Makó, a town in Hungary Makung, a city on the main Pescadore Island in the Taiwan Strait (alternate romanization) People Mako Akishino, Princess of Japan Makoto Iwamatsu (1933 – ), a Japanese actor Benjamin Mako Hill, a Debian developer Other Mako shark, one or more species... John Lone (尊龍, pinyin: Zūn Lóng), (born October 13, 1952 as 吳國良) is an Asian American actor. ... Tzi Ma is a Chinese-American actor who has made numerous appearances in American films and TV series. ...

It is published as part of Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays by Theatre Communications Group and also in an acting edition published by Dramatists Play Service. The Theatre Communications Group is an organization dedicated to the promotion of non-profit professional theatre in the United States. ... Dramatists Play Service, Inc. ...