ACTING
GALLERY
theatre
GORGEOUS – Dan
By Jane Miller
Reading
Secret Theatre, Long Island City
Dir. Laura Pestronk
Photos
SEXT ME NOW
By Michael Marceline
Robert Moss Theater, NYC
Dir. Julian Stetkevych
Photos
INSIDE OUT – Victor Tho
Abingdon Theatre, NYC
Dir. Kim Sharp
Photos
M. BUTTERFLY – Song Liling
Omaha Community Playhouse, NE
2003 Fonda/Mcguire Award Outstanding Performance Actor LeadingRole
Photos
M. BUTTERFLY – Song Liling
Creighton University, NE
Photos
TAKE ME OUT – Kawabata
SNAP! Productions, NE
2005 TAG nomination Outstanding Performance Actor in a featured role
THE KING AND I – The King
Dundee Dinner Theatre, NE
BIG RIVER – Young Fool, Silas Phelps, Harvey Wilkes, Hank
Chanticleer Theatre, IA
TAG nomination Outstanding Performance Actor in a featured role, Musical
SEX, DRUGS, ROCK & ROLL – Various
Baby D Productions, NE
TAG nomination Outstanding Performance Actor in a Supporting Role
LOVE IS STRANGE – Mickey
The Shelterbelt Theatre, NE
TAG winner Outstanding Performance Actor in a Leading role
BEYOND THERAPY – Bob
Baby D Productions, NE
TAG Winner Outstanding Performance Actor in a Supporting Role
CYBER – Blaine
The Shelterbelt Theatre, NE
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – Acrobat
Kimball Hall, NE
TWO MINUTE SHAKEPEARES – 2 Minute Player
Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, NE
BONDAGE – Mark
The Blue Barn Theatre, NE
VAMPIRE LESBIANS OF SODOM – Zack, Ali
Lincoln Ensemble Theatre, NE
A CHRISTMAS CAROL – Peter Cratchit
Lied Center, UNL
THE BEAR – Smirnov
Studio Theatre, UNL
THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE – Blackmailer, Ironshirt
Howell Mainstage, UNL
GETTING OUT – Ronnie
Studio Theatre, UNL
FILM/TELEVISION/COMMERCIAL
11:12 – Dr Mino
Student Film
Supporting role
Dir Greg Saltiel
New York Film Academy
Photos
THE SOPRANOS – Background
Series Finale Television Episode
HBO
Grant-Wilfrey Casting
BELLY FULL OF ANGER – Umberto
Feature
Lead
Terminal Pictures
Dir. Andre Perkowski
MICKEY MASTERS – Restaurant Manager
Cable Television Pilot
Take 2 Productions
Dir. Willie Ames
WOODMEN INSURANCE
Industrial
Husband
Anderson Partners/Woodmen Insurance
MUTUAL OF OMAHA SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Industrial
Executive
Mutual of Omaha
WELLS FARGO CORE SALES SKILLS
Industrial
Relocated Executive
VisionPoint Productions
NEBRASKA LOTTERY
Commercial
Destiny
Nebraska Lottery
NEBRASKA LOTTERY
Commercial
Construction Worker
Nebraska Lottery
IOWA GAMBLING
Commercial
Kim
Applied Art & Technology
“GET TO THE BOOTH”
PSA
Announcer
Fox 42 Studios
BAKER’S PHOTO FINISHING
Commercial
Photographer
Bakers Supermarket
BAKER’S SUPERMARKET
Commercial
Cashier
Bakers Supermarket
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Commercial
Banker
First National Bank
ROBERTS DAIRY
Commercial
Dancer
Roberts Dairy
LIFE IS A SERIES OF PRESENTATIONS
Industrial
Retail worker
Visionpoint
TRAINING
ACTING
Laura Arnold, Scott Cook, Kevin Hofeditz, Shirley Carr-Mason, Paul Steger
DIALECTS & SPEECH
Kevin Hofeditz, Shirley Carr-Mason
VOICE
D. Laureen Pickle, Charlotte Shields
DANCE
Carey Twomey
STAGE COMBAT
Paul Steger – UNL
Qui Nguyen – Rabid Vamps Fight Studio, NY
PLAYWRITING
Kathy Fletcher
WORKSHOPS
Michael Mauldin, Dan Harlin, Peter Sellars
reviews
TAKE ME OUT
An outstanding supporting ensemble kicks things up another notch. Though all are solid, Don Nguyen stands out as a bottled up Japanese pitcher, particularly at the start of Act 3 as he explains why he doesn`t speak English.”
Bob Fischbach, Omaha World Herald
Don Nguyen is a standout as Takeshi Kawabata, the intensely reserved Japanese pitcher. Picked on and passed off by the other teammates for the ill-assumed language gap, Nguyen shines when he speaks about his languages, Japanese and English”
Rachel Buttner, The Reader
BIG RIVER
Also notable are two hilarious novelty numbers: Dutch Haling as Papp Finn, growling about “Guv’ment,” and Don Nguyen as a young fool enthusing about the glories of ‘Arkansas.’ They’re excellent character actors as well”
Bob Fischbach, Omaha World Herald
Don Nguyen got some of the night’s biggest laughs playing several characters. His Young Fool from Arkansas was especially appealing.”
Tim McMahon, Daily Nonpareil
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
Nguyen strikes the right note as John…Wassem and Nguyen stay right with each other through Mamet’s rapid-fire dialogue…Nguyen’s silence in response is also striking, an example of what a good actor can do with no lines at all.”
John Keenan, Omaha World Herald
THE KING AND I
Nguyen, in the role made famous by Yul Brynner, is razor sharp – sharp enough to make 40-year-old dialogue as fresh and funny as last week’s “Will & Grace.” Nguyen’s delivery and timing consistently drew bursts of laughter from a preview audience of 60 last weekend.”
Bob Fischbach, Omaha World Herald
Nguyen’s timing wins more laughs than Yul Brynner’s king could imagine. Yet he does justice to the monarch’s complexity as he struggles with the modern world represented by Anna.”
Warren Franke, Daily Nonpareil
Watching Nguyen stomp around, feign understanding and manipulate the people and situations around him is the best time you’re going to have this month. He should get a TAG award for this performance, as I think it’s some of his finest work.”
Julien Fielding, PerformanceOmaha
SHELTERSKELTER 8
Don Nguyen, as that victim, is as nasty as you could wish for playing a sadistic knife-wielder, yet minutes earlier he’s a stitch as a zealous cemetery guard wielding a tennis racket like a sword in “Shakespeare Lives” by Mark Harvey Levine.”
Bob Fischbach, Omaha World Herald
LOVE IS STRANGE
Beth Weindel, as Sylvia, and Don Nguyen, as Mickey, give gutsy, wrenching performances that are convincing not only in their portrayal of fear and anger, but also in showing the complexity of twisted love that keeps the abuse going. Fight scenes are harrowing and must leave the two actors bruised and spent. ”
Bob Fischbach, Omaha World Herald
The result is a fascinating performance. Nguyen appears to be anything but physically intimidating (here both Carlson and Link tower over him). But from the beginning, when Mickey charms both Sylvia and the audience with his self-effacing intelligence, Nguyen uses his voice and body to convey a need for control that turns terrifying when his capacity for brutality is revealed. Most “evil husband” portrayals are exactly that, but Schweiger and Nguyen keep Mickey human, which makes him all the more creepy.”
Meg Arader, The Reader
BEYOND THERAPY
Don Nguyen is terrific as poker-faced, manipulating Bob….”
Bob Fischbach, Omaha World Herald
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