CHINESE SPAGHETTI
by Tan Prace Collier
Green River, Wyoming is the kind of small town where everyone knows each other. It’s dry and bitterly cold in the winter and everything is how it’s been for decades. Jean and Rod live out their bleak lives day to day frequenting the only restaurant in town, The Chinese Palace. The devastation of their past haunts them every minute of everyday influencing every decision they make. Days before Christmas, an individual from their past returns home after 26 years to flip their world upside-down once again. Chinese Spaghetti explores injustice, remembrance, wrongful incarceration, and the power of a child’s words in the wrong hands.
- Cast Size: 2M 3W
- Running Time: 90+ minutes
- Royalty Rate: $75 per performance
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About the Playwright
Tan Prace Collier (he/him) is a director, playwright, and educator in theatre based out of the Midwest. Many of Tan’s plays have premiered at the University of Idaho where he received his B.F.A. in performance and M.F.A. in Directing and Playwriting. Tan was recognized at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival as the 2023 National Partners of American Theatre Playwriting Award Region 7 Honoree for his play Chinese Spaghetti, and for his work on The Wife of Fabian Vitalik by Kalyssa Montoya and Grace McGreevy. He resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his partner.
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