

Soul Samurai
Qui Nguyen
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.
| 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. |
Michael Golamco on Cowboy Versus Samurai
Cowboy Versus Samurai is a comedy play written by Michael Golamco and published by Samuel French .
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