Vietgone
by Qui Nguyen

Vietgone Book Cover
Vietgone Cover

Highlights

120 mins Present Day Role(s) for Asian Actor(s) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Awards & Recognition

Drama Critics Circle

Winner! 2016 LA Drama Critics Circle Ted Schmitt Award Winner! 2016 ATCA/Steinberg New Play Award

Synopsis

An all-American love story about two very new Americans.

It’s 1975.

Saigon has fallen.

He lost his wife.

She lost her fiancé.

But now in a new land, they just might find each other.

Using his uniquely infectious style The New York Times calls “culturally savvy comedy” – and skipping back and forth from the dramatic evacuation of Saigon to the here and now – playwright Qui Nguyen gets up close and personal to tell the story that led to the creation of… Qui Nguyen.

Press Reviews

"CRITICS' PICK! “Vietgone is easily the freshest, most exuberantly youthful piece I’ve seen at MTC in ages: a punch-drunk mash-up of hip-hop, road movies, sex farce and Vietnamese-American history. Oh, also kick-ass fights."

— Time Out New York, Read More

"CRITICS' PICK! “A raucous comedy by Qui Nguyen that strafes just about every subject it tackles and every character it presents... Mr. Nguyen’s fresh and impish voice rarely lets up as he thumbs his nose at our expectations."

— The New York Times, Read More

"An unlikely intermingling of family play, history play, sex farce, action flick, and cultural critique. It is overtly rollicking and sneakily moving."

— The Guardian

"CRITICS' PICK! “Vietgone careens wildly, threatening whiplash to heighten our amusement. By the end, however, this riotous theatrical cartoon won me over with its simple honesty."

— Los Angeles Times

"Vietgone rides a wave of profane irreverence, sprawling storytelling, spiky humor, bald stereotypes and in the end a searing personal testament that honors the people on whose soil the war was fought... Nguyen understands confidently that his story possesses an intrinsic weight and he doesn’t need to preach. He writes with laughter, satire, anger and profanity."

— The Star Tribune

Characters

Character
QUANG

(M) A helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. Adventurous, charming, rugged.

TONG

(F) A Vietnamese refugee. Strong-willed, effortlessly sexy, and fiercely independent.

HUONG

(F) Tong’s mother. Outspoken, surprisingly flirtatious, unpredictable.

NHAN

(M) Quang’s best friend. Boisterous, loyal, horny.

BOBBY

(M) American soldier. Naïve, earnest, sweet.

AMERICAN GIRL
AMERICAN GUY
ASIAN GIRL
ASIAN GUY
CAPTAIN CHAMBERS
FLOWER GIRL
GIAI
HIPPIE DUDE
NINJAS
PLAYWRIGHT
PROTESTORS
REDNECK
BIKER
TRANSLATOR

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Vietgone at MTC: Montage

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573706479
ISBN-10 0573706476

Vietgone is a comedy play written by Qui Nguyen and published by Samuel French .

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Fee: Minimum Fee: $120 per performance

Restrictions: Major Markets Plus (US) / Standard Plus Add'l Postcodes (UK)

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