HITS plays: Love shorts at L’Espace

Dear Ruth Mortimer and HITS staff;
I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Nguyen Van Thang, I’m a Vietnamese, 36 years old, I have my family (wife and two kids) living in HaNoi meanwhile I’m doing my job as a navy officer in Haiphong, 120 km awys from Hanoi.
I got chance to go overseas sometime in my life, more than that, I got some education (master degree) and close friends afields outside Vietnam since 1995, so I ‘m so much interested in what people from overseas doing good things in Vietnam and for Vietnam, expecially in term of culture and art.
I got the news of HITS on internet just today. What a nice surprise to see you all have made such a nice society in the heart of Vietnam Hanoi. I hope so much I can join you in this winter activities, be it’s a viewer or a paticipant of yours programme.
Writing to you this letter, I’d like to take chance introduce to you all one of the potential player for your drama you are setting up. It’s my 9 year old daughter named Phuong Anh. She is a student in the Language Link’s drama class of Ms Dana Peterson. by the way I was so impressive to know Dana the dear teacher of my daughter also take a great part and roll in your August Theater “ Somewhere in the Middle”of Love Shorts.
Having said that I must say my daughter Phuong Anh was the number one student in that Dana’s Drama class named “Let’s Act”. Her creative and enthusiasm won Dana heart and her English skill made Dana exclaimed many time “I’ve never seen any one as good as you in casting” She attended all 3 shows performed on the 6th and 7th Aug 2010. Castting as the tiger, the Narrator, the crow in the folktales “How the tiger got its stripes”, “the tale of the round and square cake”, and “the starfruit tree” respectively. I hope one of you had taken time to see these shows in Kim Ma theater and Revolution Museum that days, seeing how Phuong Anh enjoyed playing and leading the other rolls to perform well.
The drama class ended leaving Phuong Anh a big empty pace and feeling. In two weeks already I could see how Phuong Anh changed behavious when she had to leave her beloved teacher, friends and theatre, waiting for another year long to be called again.
If you can only ask Ms Dana if Phuong Anh can do some thing for HITS then Dana will give you some anwser, or may be Dana will suggest a vacancy for Phuong Anh some next time when she is more grown up and mature.
So I’d like to take Phuong Anh to your HITS and I’d like you all give her a chance, any chance of getting involved with HITS and its activities. Phuong Anh and the whole family will be more than happy and grateful. Thank you so much and We are looking forwards to seeing you in the near future.
PS: Can we come and join you on 29 Aug evening in Son Tinh, 31 Xuan Dieu, Tay Ho.If yes, Pls, give us a sign.
Yours sincerely Van Thang.