The cover photo, taken by writer Stephanie Lee, depicts the Asian-American stars Derek Zhou, Annie Tsui and Emily Zhang of the recent Play production “Heaven Can Wait.” The article, “Acting Out,” explore diversity — and the lack thereof — in performance from the perspective of local theater students. "826 Valencia" describes a San Francisco nonprofit combatting the achievement gap through creative writing. And in “A Picture of Politics,” Olivia Brown and Kaitlyn Ho demonstrate that creative expression has the potential to in uence the very powers which govern the world around us.