Fortunate Daughter

Fortunate DAUGHTER:
Some folks are born ... made to raise the rainbow flag
A solo show written and performed by Thao P. Nguyen
Director: W. Kamau Bell
Consulting Director: Martha Rynberg
Developed in the Solo Performance Workshop
This latest solo show from noted writer-performer Thao P. Nguyen tells the story of 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.
Stage Werx Theatre
446 Valencia St, SF
Between 15th and 16th St
1.5 blocks from BART
Feb 5, Mar 4, Apr 1
Sundays at 7:00
Doors at 6:30
About the artist:
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