Playwright David Henry Hwang Opens Up About 'The Time I Got Stabbed In The Neck'

The theatre industry was taken aback this past December when it was reported that playwright David Henry Hwang was recovering from a wound suffered when he was stabbed near his Brooklyn home in a seemingly random attack.

By the time the news spread he was safely at home after surgery, and it wasn't long before the playwright sent out a message on Twitter thanking everyone for their outpouring of support and assuring that he was doing fine.

In today's New York Times, Hwang writes of the incident in a simple, straightforward manner.

"Carrying my groceries around 9 p.m., I crossed onto my block, about a dozen doors from my home. Suddenly, out of nowhere, I felt as if someone had hit me on the back of my head. I yelled an expletive. Turning around, I saw the silhouette of someone running away across the street. I wasn't going to take off to pursue my assailant, so I decided to continue home."

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Currently a professor at Columbia University, Hwang burst onto the New York theatre scene with his premiere Broadway play, M. BUTTERFLY, which earned him a 1998 Best Play Tony Award and was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize For Drama. His other Pulitzer finalist play was YELLOW FACE in 2008. He was last represented on Broadway with CHINGLISH in 2011.