Cowboy Versus Samurai
by Michael Golamco

Cowboy Versus Samurai Book Cover
Cowboy Versus Samurai Cover

Highlights

Present DayRole(s) for Asian Actor(s)Unit Set/Multiple SettingsComedy

Synopsis

A politically edgy examination of inter-racial dating and identity through irony, humor, and social commentary, Cowboy Versus Samurai is a laugh-out-loud, romantic comedy exploring the sexual dynamics that surface around race when an attractive Korean American woman moves to town.

Travis Park is a high school English teacher and the only Korean American man living in a dusty cowboy town known as Breakneck, Wyoming.

When a gorgeous, whip-smart Asian American woman moves into town, he immediately falls for her; the only problem is that she only dates white men.

In this savagely funny and often-moving re-telling of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano De Bergerac, one man must choose allegiance between his cowboy friend (a dim, handsome, Caucasian P.E. teacher named Del) and his Asian Brother-with-a-Capital-B (crazed, militant Asian of Unknown Origin, Chester).

He must choose between the Asian American and the American within himself – between Cowboy and Samurai – in a pursuit of a love that may only be as real as the love letters he writes for someone else.

Characters

Character
DEL

late twenties/early thirties, Caucasian.  He is ruggedly handsome, an All-American Cowboy.

TRAVIS

late twenties/early thirties, Korean American.

CHESTER

late twenties/early thirties, Asian American of Unknown Origin

VERONICA

28-35, Korean American.  She's beautiful, glasses-wearing.

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Publication

PublisherSamuel French
Year2006
BindingPaperback
ISBN-139780573699405
ISBN-100573699402

Cowboy Versus Samurai is a comedy play written by Michael Golamco and published by Samuel French (2006).

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Samuel French · 2006

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