Our play is a series of monologues and stories made to share important events in history. These events aren't necessarily the most famous, but they are meant to be important events. The goal of the play is to share with the audience these powerful moments and make them live these moments with the actors. We do this by having different scenes that set up the monologues.

My monologue is from the perspective of a 17-year-old man named Hung Tran. He just escaped Vietnam and is on his way to America. I explain how I am alone and scared and how the Vietnam War has changed my life forever. A goal of mine was to share how alone Hung felt even though he was on a crowded ship. My monologue still feels relevant today because of the thousands of immigrants and refugees fleeing their country in search of a new home.

Monologue:

Most people would say that 17 should classify you as a child, but the events I witnessed made me a man. My entire life has been about war. When I was born, it was two years into the Vietnam War. Yesterday was the fall of Saigon where I fled for my life, and right now I am stranded in the middle of the ocean with no home to go to. Right now our plan is to go to the United States, but I am frightened by the idea that I will not be accepted. My name Hung means courageous or heroic. I find it ironic because I am stranded, scared, and there is nothing I can do. This is the first day where I haven’t heard gunshots and explosions but I do not feel any safer. My father died right in front of me and my mom and I were separated at the different ships. A man said she was going to England. I wanted to go with her but instead, I am forced to go to America. I am starving and hot and tired and don’t know how much longer I can do this.