Steel Cutter

by Claire Tran

CÔNG NGUYEN, is an optimistic Vietnamese refugee who just received his citizenship. He is certain that with the proper papers, he’ll finally be promoted to foreman. Set in 1988, his daughter BìNH wants to go to college, just like on the TV show A Different World, but wonders how they would ever be able to afford it. As his manufacturing plant moves jobs overseas, the life he tried to escape under French...

CÔNG NGUYEN, is an optimistic Vietnamese refugee who just received his citizenship. He is certain that with the proper papers, he’ll finally be promoted to foreman. Set in 1988, his daughter BìNH wants to go to college, just like on the TV show A Different World, but wonders how they would ever be able to afford it. As his manufacturing plant moves jobs overseas, the life he tried to escape under French colonialism and US war finds its way back to haunt him.

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  • MINH TRAN: Steel Cutter by Claire Tran
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    Beautiful heartfelt immigrant family drama that shows the love and fun of everyday American families. No Ivy league country club ski trips here. Just Love. Incredibly moving. Would make a great Oscar winning PIXAR film. Thank you, Claire. Highly recommend.

    Beautiful heartfelt immigrant family drama that shows the love and fun of everyday American families. No Ivy league country club ski trips here. Just Love. Incredibly moving. Would make a great Oscar winning PIXAR film. Thank you, Claire. Highly recommend.

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  • Eugene O'Neill Theater Center: Steel Cutter by Claire Tran
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    It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Claire Tran and their play Steel Cutter as a finalist for our 2017 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 55 finalists out of more than 1,300 submissions, the strength of its writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. Our readers responded to the play’s wonderful mixture of theatricality, realism and magical realism contained within a winning story about a Vietnamese...

    It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Claire Tran and their play Steel Cutter as a finalist for our 2017 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 55 finalists out of more than 1,300 submissions, the strength of its writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. Our readers responded to the play’s wonderful mixture of theatricality, realism and magical realism contained within a winning story about a Vietnamese family in America.

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Awards

  • 2017 National Playwrights Conference
    Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
    Finalist
    2017