Qui Nguyen
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Qui Nguyen is a Vietnamese American
playwright and fight director. He is an artistic director of the Obie Award
and Caffe Cino Award winning Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company
, whose productions, penned and choreographed by Nguyen, have performed to sold-out audiences at the New York International Fringe Festival
, been published nationally in PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS 2005, enjoyed extended runs throughout the nation, and have been nominated for and received awards in movement & fight direction. Qui's plays include Soul Samurai, The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G, Alice in Slasherland, Fight Girl Battle World, Krunk Fu Battle Battle, Trial By Water, Living Dead in Denmark, Stained Glass Ugly, A Beginner's Guide to Deicide, Men of Steel, Bike Wreck, and Vampire Cowboy Trilogy. He is a member of New Dramatists, Ensemble Studio Theatre
, and the Ma-Yi Theater Company
's Writers Lab.
Vietnamese American
A Vietnamese American is an American of Vietnamese descent. They make up about half of all overseas Vietnamese and are the fourth-largest Asian American group....
playwright and fight director. He is an artistic director of the Obie Award
Obie Award
The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given by The Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City...
and Caffe Cino Award winning Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company
Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company
Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company is an Obie Award and Caffe Cino Award winning NYC Indie theatre company first established in 2000, with a mission towards the creation and production of theatrical events based in stage combat and dark comedy with a comic book edge. They began on the campus of Ohio...
, whose productions, penned and choreographed by Nguyen, have performed to sold-out audiences at the New York International Fringe Festival
New York International Fringe Festival
The New York International Fringe Festival, or FringeNYC, is a Fringe theater festival and one of the largest multi-arts events in North America. It takes place over the course of two weeks every August, spread across several neighborhoods in downtown Manhattan, notably the Lower East Side, the...
, been published nationally in PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS 2005, enjoyed extended runs throughout the nation, and have been nominated for and received awards in movement & fight direction. Qui's plays include Soul Samurai, The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G, Alice in Slasherland, Fight Girl Battle World, Krunk Fu Battle Battle, Trial By Water, Living Dead in Denmark, Stained Glass Ugly, A Beginner's Guide to Deicide, Men of Steel, Bike Wreck, and Vampire Cowboy Trilogy. He is a member of New Dramatists, Ensemble Studio Theatre
Ensemble Studio Theatre
The Ensemble Studio Theatre is a membership-based, developmental theatre located in New York City. It has a dual mission of nurturing individual theatre artists and developing new American plays.-Overview:...
, and the Ma-Yi Theater Company
Ma-Yi Theater Company
Ma-Yi Theater Company is a professional, not-for-profit, Obie Award and Drama Desk Award winning theater company based in New York City that was founded in 1989. Ma-Yi Theater is headed by Executive Director Jorge Ortoll and Artistic Director Ralph Peña...
's Writers Lab.