Millennial Notes Ashley Smiley Unravels the City’s Gentrification Nightmare by Hamilton Nguyen Playwright Ashley Smiley reveals her touching vision of what is happening to her beloved City, her neighborhood, and its people. “Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad” tells a San Francisco story about people’s lives destroyed by rampant gentrification—in the Fillmore and Hunter’s…
Millennial Notes Minna Lee’s Magical Tale Explores Tradition & Tech Fantasy by Hamilton Nguyen Minna Lee’s “My Home on The Moon” masterfully weaves magic and AI into the tale of a small Vietnamese restaurant facing domination by huge Novus Corp, which is building a skyscraper next door. Lee delivers comedy with sexy TikTok commercials…
Millennial Notes Mel Brooks Exposes Taxes & Tricks in Musical Comedy by Hamilton Nguyen “The Producers” imagines a Dynamic Duo trying to manipulate IRS rules to make money on a big musical FLOP. A sleazy Broadway producer and his shy accountant put on a a ridiculous and sure-to-fail show praising, of all people, Hitler!…
Millennial Notes Qui Nguyen Honors Both Tradition & Pop Culture by Hamilton Nguyen Using neon-lit sets, rap music, and country lingo, “Poor Yella Rednecks: Vietgone 2” tells the story of Vietnamese immigrants in Arkansas in the 70s. Playwright Qui Nguyen, a character in his own play, envisions his family’s immigrant story without the sugar-coating….