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Young asian couple on a laden motorcycle moving quickly with an open cloudy sky.

Ellen and Ray van der Horst present

Vietgone

  • By Qui Nguyen
  • Directed by Joanie Schultz

April 27 – June 2, 2024

ROSENTHAL SHELTERHOUSE THEATRE

ABOUT THE SHOW

An all-American love story about two very new Americans. It’s 1975. Saigon has fallen. He’s lost his wife, she’s lost her fiancé, and home as they’ve known it will never be the same. But this isn’t a story about war: It’s a story about falling in love. Based on playwright Qui Nguyen’s family, Vietgone tells the partially true and endlessly entertaining tale of how his parents, Quang and Tong, met in a refugee relocation camp in Arkansas during the Vietnam War. They navigate their very new lives as very new Americans amidst family pressure, the challenges of migration and a culture full of motorcycles, cowboys, fast food and dreams. With irreverent humor, hip-hop and heightened theatrical storytelling, this original story reinvents the romantic comedy genre and captures your heart.


ADVISORY

Vietgone is recommended for older teenage and adult audiences. In this hopeful, funny and irreverent story about love, the characters sometimes express their emotions through rap music, use very strong language and make sexual references. The play includes descriptions of violence, discrimination, and the aftermath of the war in Vietnam.  

VIEW PROGRAM

You can view the Digital Program now online.

Digital Program

RUNNING TIME

This show runs approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes, with a 20-minute intermission.

 

Photo by Tony Arrasmith/Arrasmith & Associates.


ARTISTS


Rebecca Hirota

Tong

Olivia Oguma

Thu/Huong

Julian Remulla

Playwright/Giai/Bobby

Hyunmin Rhee

Quang

Viet Vo

Nhan/Khue

Qui Nguyen

Playwright

Joanie Schultz

Director

Chelsea M. Warren

Set Designer

Jessica Wegener Shay

Costume Designer

Jennifer Fok

Lighting Designer

Shane Rettig

Original Music/Sound Designer

Rod Kinter

Fight Director

cara hinh

Associate Director

Stephanie Klapper, CSA

Casting Director

Andrea L. Shell

Stage Manager

Shelby Scaffidi

Assistant Stage Manager


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