Please support the arts
Please support the arts in HCM City by attending Short+Sweet Vietnam, the world's largest play festival that is coming to Vietnam for the first time ever. Each play is precisely 10 minutes long and there are 20 plays over two weekends (October 25/26 and November 1/2). By audience vote, the top five plays from each weekend advances to the final round on November 8 and 9.
All the plays are performed at the IDECAF theater in D1 of HCM City. The play festival begins at 7:30 PM. Upon entry, each audience member will receive a ballot to vote for the two best plays performed that evening.
I wrote a play for the festival. I also made an audacious leap to direct my own play. I am blessed to have found four wonderful actors (Sottypong Dang, Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy, Gigi Brown, and Thuy Ho) who have been working extremely hard over the past month to get ready for the show. Our play, The Proposal, will be performed on October 25 and 26. It is in English with some Vietnamese thrown in to make it interesting.
Here's the pitch: Of course, I want you to support our play and vote for us. More importantly, we need you and all your friends to show up, buy a ticket (only VND 80,000), cast your vote, and show the world that Vietnam has a growing and thriving arts community. Please share this post with your network. Form your own group of friends and colleagues to attend the play together. Enjoy a night out in Saigon while supporting the arts of Saigon. We cannot do this without you.
Thank you and I hope to see you this Friday and Saturday.
Sam Korsmoe
