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LAN TRAN
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Award-winning writer/performer Lan Tran's work has been presented in New York at numerous off-Broadway theaters and New York City Hall; in Los Angeles at the Walt Disney Concert Hall's REDCAT Theater and Inside the Ford at the John Anson Ford Theatre complex; as well as at universities across the country. She has published fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry in literary journals and, most recently, "Lone Stars," a tale about her Vietnamese-Texan upbringing in Waking Up American (Seal Press, 2005) and Falling Backwards: Stories of Fathers and Daughters (Hourglass Books, 2004). The off-Broadway premiere of her latest solo show "Elevator/Sex" at the West End Theatre was deemed "moving and provocative" by NY Arts Magazine.
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Elevator Sex How to Unravel Your FamilyElevator Sex
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Five strangers, a trapped elevator, and 9/11. What do a pickpocket, immigrant mom, professional hugger, surfer, and bridesmaid have in common? Post-traumatic sex disorder. Lan Tran's multi-character solo performance emotionally links the experiences of 9/11 survivors with those who have been sexually abused, in a hopeful exploration of trauma.
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Lan Tran's solo show drawn from her Vietnamese-Texan upbringing in the 70's.
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