[14] His adaptations include A Winter People[15][16] (based on Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard); Federico García Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba.

Yew also edited an anthology of contemporary Asian American plays, "Version 3.0", for Theatre Communications Group Publications.

He also directed the world premieres of David Henry Hwang's and Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar at the Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music and Rob Zuidam's Rage D'Amors (Tanglewood); and the New York premiere of Huang Ruo's and David Henry Hwang's An American Soldier at Perelman Performing Arts Center.

His productions and plays have included such actors as Sandra Oh,[23] Chita Rivera,[24] Daniel Dae Kim,[25] Ruthie Ann Miles, Raúl Castillo,[26] Joel de la Fuente,[27] Tsai Chin,[28] Amy Hill,[29] Dennis Dun,[30] Tamlyn Tomita,[31] Ali Ahn, Monica Raymund,[32] BD Wong,[33] Margaret Cho, William Jackson Harper,[34] Raymond Lee, Garrett Wang,[35] amongst others.

Yew has directed numerous world premiere productions by other writers, including Lauren Yee’s Cambodian Rock Band;[36] Marcus Gardley’s Gospel of Lovingkindness[37] at Victory Gardens and black odyssey at Denver Center Theatre; Lucas Hnath’s Hillary and Clinton[38] at Victory Gardens; Naomi Iizuka's Strike-Slip[39] at Actors Theatre of Louisville/Humana Festival and Citizen 13559[40] at the Kennedy Center; Luis Alfaro’s Oedipus el Rey[41] and Mojada[42] at the Public Theater; and Julia Cho's Durango[43] at the Public Theater and Long Wharf Theatre.