Cowboy v. Samurai
Tickets and Information
SHOW INFORMATION
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 8, 2005
Closed Nov 27, 2005
Opened Nov 8, 2005
Closed Nov 27, 2005
Directions & Map
Running Time:
1hr. 45min.
1hr. 45min.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Cowboy v. Samurai, by Michael Golamco, is a contemporary retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac set in the mythic American West. When a beautiful Asian American woman moves to Breakneck, Wyoming, everyone's in love -- the samurai who doesn't know who he is, the cowboy with the chew and blue jeans, and especially our Cyrano, an Asian American hero who doesn't stand a chance. In this lyric romantic comedy from one of Asian America's most exciting young playwrights, love letters are sealed and bound, horses set ablaze and the history of railroads deconstructed. Cowboy v. Samurai makes the problems of race as plain as the nose on your face. Lloyd Suh directs.
No performance Thursday, November 24 (Thanksgiving).
Group Sales Number (10+): 212-244-0447
Appropriate For All Ages
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre
224 Waverly Pl
New York, NY 10014
Located in the Village, this is an intimate 94-seat theater with a proscenium stage. The resident company here, Rattlestick Productions, presents new writers in conjunction with preeminent playwrights.
224 Waverly Pl
New York, NY 10014
Located in the Village, this is an intimate 94-seat theater with a proscenium stage. The resident company here, Rattlestick Productions, presents new writers in conjunction with preeminent playwrights.
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"Race has nothing to do with being attracted to someone," says Travis, the protagonist of Michael Golamco's Cowboy v. Samurai. But in this witty, satiric comedy, that statement is challenged over and over again as the playwright updates and adapts Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac, substituting race for an oversized nose as the central issue.
The action is set in present day Breakneck, Wyoming, a small town whose idea of an ethnic restaurant is something called Taco Tuesday. Travis (Joel de la Fuente), an English teacher originally from Los Angeles, came to Breakneck after being dumped by his girlfriend. He's formed a friendship with the town's only other Asian American, Chester (C.S. Lee[...]