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Vietgone
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 3m
Image: 2016 Manhattan Theatre Club Production (Carol Rosegg)
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Cast Size
2w, 3m -
Duration
More than 120 minutes (2 hours) -
Subgenre
Biography, Romantic Comedy -
Target Audience
Adult, Teen (Age 14-18)
Accolades
- Winner! 2016 LA Drama Critics Circle Ted Schmitt Award
Winner! 2016 ATCA/Steinberg New Play Award
Details
Summary
History
Cast Attributes
Keywords
Performing Groups
- Time Period New Millennium/21st Century, 1970s
- Setting Several locations over the journey of Quang and Tong from Saigon to Fort Chaffee, Arkansas.
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes, Period Costumes
- Additional Features Play with Music, Stage Combat
- Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Cautions
- Drugs
- Strong Language
- Mild Adult Themes
- Smoking
Media
“Fresh and impish... a raucous comedy by Qui Nguyen that strafes just about every subject it tackles and every character it presents.” – The New York Times
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
“An unlikely intermingling of family play, history play, sex farce, action flick, and cultural critique. It is overtly rollicking and sneakily moving.” – The Guardian, 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
“Vietgone makes you believe that epic tales of heroism and loss exist all around us in this nation of immigrants.” – TheaterMania, Read More
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, Read More
“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, Read More
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Videos
Vietgone at MTC: Montage
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Qui Nguyen and May Adrales discuss Vietgone
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Vietgone - South Coast Rep Excerpts
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Vietgone - San Diego Rep Promo
Photos
Image: 2016 Manhattan Theatre Club Production (Carol Rosegg)
Image: 2016 Manhattan Theatre Club Production (Carol Rosegg)
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
Qui Nguyen
Qui Nguyen is a playwright, screenwriter, and co-founder of the Obie Award-winning Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company of NYC.
His plays include Vietgone (2016 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award, 2016 LADCC Tim Schmitt Award, 2016 Edward M. Kennedy Prize finalist); War ...