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1. • • Qui Nguyen wrote Vietgone to tell the story of his parents' meeting at a Vietnamese refugee camp in Arkansas in 1975.
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     'Vietgone': A Sex Comedy About Mom, Dad And Refugee Camps - NPR

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   Why did Qui Nguyen write Vietgone?

   • Qui Nguyen wrote Vietgone to tell the story of his parents' meeting at a Vietnamese refugee camp in Arkansas in 1975. Playwright Qui Nguyen usually describes his show, Vietgone, as a "sex comedy" about his parents. He also acknowledges that that's a strange thing to do. The play does have a lot of sex in it.

   'Vietgone': A Sex Comedy About Mom, Dad And Refugee Camps

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   Is Vietgone based on a true story?

   • Vietgone is an ode to the real-life courtship of Playwright Qui Nguyen’s parents. Forced to leave their country during the height of the Vietnam War, two refugees find themselves at the same relocation camp in Arkansas – the land of Harleys and hot dogs.

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   What is Vietgone about?

   • After all, Vietgone tells a personal story for Nguyen — that of his parents’ courtship. The play begins as Tong Thi Tran and Quang Nguyen, two Vietnamese refugees who have never met, arrive at the Fort Chaffee refugee camp in western Arkansas. Both escaped Saigon days before it fell, and both have left behind loved ones.

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   Is 'Vietgone' a story about war?

   • “This is not a story about war; it’s a story about falling in love,” the playwright tells us at the outset of “Vietgone,” a play by Qui Nguyen that manages to be both as puckish as a comic book and as poignant as a family tragedy. The “playwright” (who’s not really the playwright, but an actor portraying him) also says it’s not about his parents.

   Vietgone Review: Vietnamese Refugees’ Love, War and Rap

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   How did Qui Nguyen's parents meet?

   • At an Arkansas refugee camp in 1975, Qui Nguyen's parents met. Qui Nguyen's free-wheeling rebel play, Vietgone, tells this story. Sueko, also the Deputy Artistic Director at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., said, ‘Qui uses all of the traditional elements of a Brechtian play in Vietgone.’

   What is ‘Vietgone’? Above all, ‘a heart-expanding love story’

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   What did Nguyen discover about his parents?

   • Nguyen discovered that his parents' meeting wasn't love at first sight, like they'd told him. It was purely a hook up. He found out that his mom left a younger brother and boyfriend behind when she fled Vietnam, and he learned more about the pain his parents felt over what they'd lost.

   'Vietgone': A Sex Comedy About Mom, Dad And Refugee Camps

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3. www.americantheatre.org › 2017/02/17 › qui-nguyenQui Nguyen Keeps It in the Family With ‘Vietgone’

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   Feb 17, 2017 · Qui Nguyen Keeps It in the Family With ‘Vietgone’. The playwright talks with his director about his personal inspirations for the play. It’s like the start of an ’80s romcom: When Qui Nguyen and May Adrales first met, they couldn’t stand each other.

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5. www.nytimes.com › 2016/10/26 › theaterReview: ‘Vietgone,’ a Refugee Tale With Laughs and Rap

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   Oct 26, 2016 · Qui Nguyen’s raucous comedy about Vietnamese refugees in America in 1975 smartly nails the dissonance of immigration.

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6. www.denvercenter.org › news-center › vietgone-not'Vietgone': Not just another war story - Denver Center for ...

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   Aug 6, 2018 · Vietgone is an ode to the real-life courtship of Playwright Qui Nguyen’s parents. Forced to leave their country during the height of the Vietnam War, two refugees find themselves at the same relocation camp in Arkansas – the land of Harleys and hot dogs.

7. newyorktheater.me › 2016/10/27 › vietgone-reviewVietgone Review: Vietnamese Refugees’ Love, War and Rap

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   Oct 27, 2016 · One may ask why a Vietnamese refugee is rapping in 1975, but is that any more anachronistic than Hamilton rapping in 1776? Nguyen, who is a fight director as well as co-founder of the pop-besotted, self-described “geek theater” company Vampire Cowboys, manages to work in fisticuffs with a redneck biker and martial art maneuvers with masked ...

8. www.denvercenter.org › news-center › what-isWhat is ‘Vietgone’? Above all, ‘a heart-expanding love story’

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   Jul 30, 2018 · Vietgone is an ode to the real-life courtship of Playwright Qui Nguyen’s parents. Forced to leave their country during the height of the Vietnam War, two refugees find themselves at the same relocation camp in Arkansas – the land of Harleys and hot dogs.

9. www.mercurynews.com › 2018/03/16 › why-is-vietgone'Vietgone' author: My mom dissed the first draft of story

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   Mar 16, 2018 · Playwright Qui Nguyen penned "Vietgone" based on his parents' immigrant story, but he had to learn how to make it funny.