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Thao P. Nguyen's Fortunate Daughter: Family, Gay Community Collide

Stage Werx 446 (446 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94103)
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This latest solo show from noted writer-performer Thao P. Nguyen tells the story of Thao, a woman torn between two families. One family -- comprised of her loving Vietnamese parents and relatives -- keeps pushing her to marry (a man). The other family -- made up of her friends in the gay community -- continually urges her to come out to her "other" family. Thao goes to great lengths to keep both parties satisfied -- and completely separate. But the stress and struggle of this emotional balancing act is taking its toll, as Fortunate Daughter traces Thao's journey from a trip to Vietnam to meet her grandmother to an anti-Prop 8 rally to a gay pride march to Thanksgiving dinner. W. Kamau Bell directs.

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The last date listed for Fortunate Daughter was Sunday April 1, 2012 / 7:00pm.

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Stage Werx 446
446 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
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I loved it.
Written on Apr 04 2012

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Thao is very talented. Loved the show.
Written on Apr 02 2012

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Thao put so much passion and work into this amazing piece that leads us from the Mekong River to a Viet wedding with backdrop of coming out to her family. Humorous, loving picture that informed us all of the wonderful culture of Vietnam. All with one blue chair!
Written on Feb 07 2012

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Thao was adorable and relatable. She gave an amazing performance and was truly genuine. You don't have to be Vietnamese to appreciate it.
Written on Jan 09 2012

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Description

Thao P. Nguyen (writer / performer) has been writing and performing solo shows since she joined the Solo Performance Workshop in 2007. She has been featured as a closing act at the San Francisco Theater Festival for three years running (2011, 2010, 2009). She is debuting her full-length one-woman show, Fortunate Daughter at Stage Werx Theatre in San Francisco. Her director, the critically acclaimed W. Kamau Bell (selected Comedian of the Year by SF Weekly, SF Bay Guardian, East Bay Express, and 7×7 Magazine), has awarded her with the coveted W. Kamau Bell Solo Performance Black Belt, a distinction which to this date has been awarded only four times. Thao has produced such successful shows as ATYPICAL: Stories from the anomalous Asian American, DIS-ORIENTED: A trio of Middle Eastern and Asian American women, A Mother's Day Special: See Mom, I Didn't Forget!, Best Feeding by Martha Rynberg, City Solo at Off-Market Theater, and, of course, San Francisco's premier solo series, Words First at CounterPULSE.

About the director:
W. Kamau Bell (director) co-founded the Solo Performance Workshop in 2005. Over the last six years SPW has been a part of the birth of a diverse, forward-thinking, socially conscious, and hilarious line-up of shows, such as Love, Humiliation, & Karaoke, I Heart Hamas, Ungrateful Daughter, All Atheists Are Muslim, and Kamau's own The W. Kamau Bell Curve: Ending Racism in About an Hour. Kamau told the very first joke about Barack Obama on Comedy Central's Premium Blend waaaaaaaay back in 2005. Unfortunately, the joke predicted that Barack would never be President. (Oops!) Comedy Central has three times invited Kamau to perform his critically acclaimed solo show, The W. Kamau Bell Curve: Ending Racism in About an Hour, at their theater in Hollywood. The Curve enjoyed a long run in San Francisco, had continued success in Oakland and Berkeley, and played to full houses in 2009 at the New York International Fringe Festival, and in 2010 it had an extended run in New York City as a part of terraNova Collective's 7th Annual SoloNova Festival. He has been honored as San Francisco's Best Comedian by three different publications: 7×7 Magazine (2010), The San Francisco Bay Guardian (2010), and the San Francisco Weekly (2008). The SF Weekly also profiled him in a cover story in 2009.