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Vietgone

by Qui Nguyen
Will Dao
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Saigon has fallen, and two Vietnamese refugees meet in an Arkansas relocation camp before setting out on a rip-roaring road trip across America. Qui Nguyen tells the hilarious and only slightly not-true version of how his parents met and built a life for themselves in a new land.

Recorded before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in February 2020.

Original Music by Shane Rettig

Director: Tim Dang

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

  • Will Dao as Nhan and Khue
  • Desiree Mee Jung as Huong, Translator and Redneck Biker
  • Greg Watanabe as Playwright, Bobby, Giai, Hippie Dude and Captain Chambers
  • Paul Yen as Quang Jeena Yi as Tong, Thu, and American Girl

    Associate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse Erikson

    Recording Engineer and Sound Designer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

    Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin

    Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

    Production Manager: Erica R. Christensen

    Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll

    Editor: Mitchell Lindskoog

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    • Release date

      July 29, 2020

    • Formats

      • OverDrive Listen audiobook

        • ISBN: 9781682661086
        • File size: 51067 KB
        • Duration: 01:46:23

    • Languages

      • English

    • Reviews

      • AudioFile Magazine
        This vivid comedic production set in 1975, after the fall of Saigon, is about two Vietnamese refugees living in America who fall in love. Paul Yen, who portrays Quang, begins the play by blaring rap lyrics to set the tone of the story. Jeena Yi, playing Tong, unmasks her feelings through her sharp, short-tempered tone. Will Dao, Desiree Jung, and Greg Watanabe, who portray an array of diverse characters, move in and out of American and Vietnamese accents. The author flips cultural stereotypes and turns this live stage performance into a boisterous, out-of-the-box, yet thought-provoking story about letting go and starting again in a new land. T.E.C. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

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