It's said that history is written in stone, but playwright Lauren Yee finds it in the ordinary, whether in the groove of a Cambodian psych-rock record, at a basketball game in Beijing 1989 or in 1990s post-Soviet Union.

San Francisco-born Yee has made a career of exploring the crossover of the personal and the political, finding humor in the heart of great historical change.

In this episode of Asians in Art, we trace her trajectory from a childhood interest in storytelling to her position as one of the most vital voices in US theater.

Inside the Episode:

- Yee's childhood in San Francisco and how it fostered a unique perspective on identity.

- The stories behind her acclaimed plays, from The Great Leap's exploration of US-China relations at a critical juncture to Mother Russia's portrait of post-Soviet change.

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