Directed by Leigh Silverman, the cast featured Hoon Lee and Noah Bean as the leads, with Francis Jue as HYH and others, Kathryn Layng, Anthony Torn, Julienne Hanzelka and Kim Lucas Caleb Rooney.

[6] In 2021, Yellow Face premiered in Australia at the Kings Cross Theatre, Sydney, opening on 23 April and closing on 8 May after a sold-out run.

The production featured Hansel Tan as DHH, Alan Ariano as Henry Y Hwang, and Pascal Pastrana as Marcus G. Dahlman.

[12] The play was presented on Broadway by Roundabout Theatre Company for a limited run from October 1 through November 24, 2024, with previews beginning September 13.

[15] In 2013, the play was produced as a two-part YouTube video directed and adapted by Jeff Liu, starring Ryun Yu as DHH, Sab Shimono as HYH, and Christopher Gorham as Marcus G. Dahlman, with the rest of the cast played by Ki Hong Lee, Emily Kuroda, Linda Park, Justin James Hughes, Michael Krawic, and Tracy Winters.

The audio adaptation stars Jason Biggs as Marcus G. Dahlman, Ashley Park as Leah Anne Cho and others, Wendell Pierce as NWOAOC and others, and Benedict Wong as HYH.

The rest of the cast from the Off-Broadway production (Bean, Torn, Rooney, Kim, Layng and Jue) perform additional voices, alongside Dick Cavett, Margaret Cho, Ronan Farrow, Fritz Friedman, Joel de la Fuente, Margaret Fung, Gish Jen, Jane Krakowski, Mark Linn-Baker, and Frank Rich, several of whom voice themselves.

He begins in 1990 with the controversy over the casting of Jonathan Pryce, a Welsh actor, in an Asian role in Miss Saigon as the musical transfers from London to New York City.

DHH fears he will appear hypocritical for the casting after his protest of yellow face, but is unable to fire Marcus on the basis of his race.

DHH beseeches Marcus to reveal his true identity as white, deciding he cares more about defending the Chinese American community than hiding his mistakes.

At the character’s request, DHH writes Marcus a "happy ending" in which he moves to a small village in China and is eventually accepted into the community there.