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Grace

F.O.B.

David Henry Hwang

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Character
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Young Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act One, Scene Two
Time & Place
1979, Chinese restaurant backroom, Torrance, California
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)

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Yeah, it’s tough trying to live in Chinatown. But it’s tough trying to live in Torrance, too. It’s true. I don’t like being alone. You know, when Mom could finally bring me to the U.S., I was already ten.

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End:

As soon as I said it, I felt all of the breeze--it was really cool on my face--and I heard all of the radio-- and the music sounded really good, you know? So I drove home.

For full extended monologue, please refer to clips or the script edition cited here: David Henry Hwang, F.O.B. in F.O.B. and Other Plays, Plume Books, 1990, pp.30-31.

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