VCN Director's Message

        As this year's 2014-2015 VCN Coordinator, I would like to thank you for being on our page and reading this. My name is Cassie Nguyen, I am a third year at UCSB and have been in each year's production since my freshman year. With each ongoing year of participating in such a large scale, voluntary production I learn more about myself as a Vietnamese American and develop a better sense of balance and connection to my heritage. Even for those of you who aren't particularly Vietnamese American, our show touches upon the qualms of many multi-cultured individuals and can feel a relation to themes in our stories. Our overarching goals are to not only speak for our own community, but to reach out and connect to other communities on a larger scale. My first year, I learned of my capabilities as a performer and entertainer as a supporting actress onstage. I had never once acted in front of so many people, no dared to step so beyond my comfort zone with the amount of acting training and practice I had. Yet, to simply state, it was amazing and a life changing experience for me. My second year, I deeply felt the satisfaction and value of being able to produce a student run production that comprised of the efforts, ambitions, and creative endeavors of so many people our unified goal of putting on a heartfelt, entertaining show. I knew I wanted to play a greater role in reproducing this same magical feeling in others and continue to gauge other's interests in VSA's mission to continue its tradition. This year, I hope you join us in our production of VCN. Our show is open to everyone and we can use all of the help we can get. I am vibrating with excitement to see what will become of our show this year as only time will tell, so join us!