A Girl Named Soo
by Christine Hoang
Oct. 08, 2016
Saturday
Join us for an open reading of this new work by playwright Christine Hoang and Color Arc Productions inspired by songs by award-winning singer/songwriter BettySoo. This reading is FREE, and provides a valuable opportunity for future development of the new work. Stick around afterward to give feedback and enjoy a drink at The Butterfly Bar.
A Girl Named Soo (AGNS) is an original play by Vietnamese-American playwright Christine Hoang with original songs written & performed by Korean-American singer/songwriter Betty Soo. Hoang chose four songs from Soo's body of work to create the story arc for this new work.
The lead in AGNS is a Vietnamese-American woman named Sue who is attending graduate school in English literature with a focus on Asian-American representation in television and film.
Through Sue's relationships with the characters in the play, we explore issues between Asian and Black communities in America, as well as friendships between women of color. We also engage in multidisciplinary storytelling through theatre, music, and poetry.
Karen JambonUnderwood is the Director. Rudy Ramirez and Nhi Lieu are dramaturgs. The following actors are reading the following roles.
Sue: UyenAnh Dang
BettySoo: BettySoo
Talisa: Toni Baker
Cash: Matrex Kilgore
Mrs. Nguyen: Christine Hoang>
A Girl Named Soo
by Christine Hoang
Christine Hoang
October 08, 2016
2 p.m. at the Vortex Repertory in Austin
