SOUND nominated for Outstanding New Play

This was an unexpected surprise and wonderful honor for my play SOUND…

The Gregory Awards (Theatre Puget Sound)

Don Nguyen
Nominee – Outstanding New Play
Sound – Azeotrope

Gregory Awards Nominator comments:

“This was a very solid production with a beautiful script and nice attention to detail.”

“This would be an excellent choice for a mainstage production. The play itself is crafted very well and it explores a complicated and moving subject very well. I loved being part of a blended audience with such a large number of non-hearing theatre-goers. It was powerful seeing what was happening on stage reflected in the house.”

“The play starts very strongly introducing the central plot and important characters. I was immediately drawn. I was drawn to the discussions/arguments between Barbara and George. It was a very smart way to introduce a conflict within a relationship and the perspectives of the hearing verse deaf worlds. The history lesson about Alexander Graham Bell’s influence in Cochlear Implants was interesting and gave me a deeper understanding George’s perspective about the implants for his daughter. Furthermore, it was nice to see a bit into the life of the teen daughter. I like how the play touched on her relationships with her family, friends, possible romantic interests, and teachers. And with all information provided it was still a very compelling story.”