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Rebecca Anne Nguyen

Water Ripple

Selected publications

Humor

I put on lipstick for this? (The New York Times)
I am an unpublished manuscript dying for your tender caress (Slackjaw)
Hey girl, my spirit guide thinks we should break up (Slackjaw)
Latest demands in the ongoing hostage negotiations between you and your toddler (Points in Case)
Worried mom of 10-month-old replaces Geico CEO (Frazzled)
Operation bikini wax (Coffeelicious Magazine)

Essay

When my son jumped ship (Tiny Love Stories, the New York Times)
My imaginary lover (Human Parts)
I'm a single mom with an Autistic son. Here's why back-to-school is the most agonizing — and most inspiring — time of year. (Insider)
Being the single mom of a disabled child turned out to be my superpower (San Francisco Bay Area Moms, Woman Around Town)
An open letter from your shittiest friend (Mamamia Magazine, Medium Editor's Pick)
An open letter to my unborn son (The Coffeelicious Magazine)
The invisible wounds of war (Creations Magazine)

Fiction

Dr. Marcie in the Morning (Short story, Defenestration Lit)
The Assessment (Novel excerpt, Wintermute Lit)
The 23rd Hero (Novel excerpt, The Write Launch)

Editorial

Rebecca Anne Nguyen names her 10 most epic love stories (She Reads)
How to write sizzling sex scenes despite the fear of sizzling (Writer Unboxed)
How I write sex scenes that sizzle as someone who hides my sensuality (I Love Romance)
For island vets, benefits are a 4,000-mile plane ride away (Military Times)
What a combat vet taught me about handling stress (Military Times, Marine Corps Times)
3 content design artifacts I can't live without (Indeed.Design)
7 money moves to make before moving abroad (Bankrate.com)
How Flexjobs helped me become a working mom (Flexjobs.com)
How I'm using Shoeboxed to travel the world (Shoeboxed Blog, as Rebekah Voss)
Solo female travel in Asia: A quick and dirty guide (Just a Pack, as Rebekah Voss)

Playwriting and screenwriting

Stage

Hypotheticals — Regional premiere production @ Wild Imaginings Theatre Company (November 2024, Waco, TX)
Hypotheticals — World Premiere production @ Kith & Kin Theatre Collective (April 2024, Milwaukee, WI)
Hypotheticals — Staged reading @ Epiphanies New Works Festival (Oct 2023, Waco, TX,)
Hypotheticals — Staged reading @ Cincinnati LAB New Works Festival (July, 2023)
Hypotheticals — Staged reading @ Sunstone Studios (World Premiere Wisconsin, May 2023)

Shorts and one acts

My Imaginary Lover — Top 10% finalist, Forward Theatre Monologue Festival, Madison, WI, 2025
The Pharmacy — Production @ Plastic Flamingo Theatre Company, New York, 2011
Drinking Games — Production @ The Lillian Theatre, Los Angeles, 2011
Miami Commute — Production @ University of Miami, Coral Gables, 2006
Perfect Match — Production @ University of Miami, Coral Gables, 2006

Screenplays

Kid Wars — Production, independent short film, Los Angeles, 2011
Syndromes — Production, independent short film, Los Angeles, 2011
The Bitch Next Door — Staged reading, Cafe Metropol, Los Angeles, 2010
Vanessa Rising — Production, independent short film, Madison, WI, 2007

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