Playwright, Revenge Song
Qui Nguyen is a playwright, screenwriter, and co-founder of the pioneering geek theatre company Vampire Cowboys. His plays include Vietgone (produced at OSF in 2016); Poor Yella Rednecks; Bike Wreck; and the critically acclaimed Vampire Cowboys shows Revenge Song; Soul Samurai; The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G; Alice in Slasherland; Fight Girl Battle World; Men of Steel; Living Dead in Denmark; and She Kills Monsters, noted as one of the most produced plays in high schools and colleges for the last 4 years by America Theatre Magazine. For TV/Film, he’s written for Marvel Studios, Netflix, AMC, SYFY, and PBS, where he received a Daytime Emmy Award for his work on Peg+Cat. He most recently wrote Disney’s Raya and The Last Dragon (nominated for a 2022 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature) and currently co-directing and writing Disney’s upcoming feature Strange World (Thanksgiving 2022).