An Evening with Amanda Nguyễn
ABOUT THE SHOW
Due to unforeseen circumstances, An Evening with Amanda Nguyễn has unfortunately been cancelled.
Ticket holders for this performance will be given a full refund.
Astronaut, Advocate and rape-survivor Amanda Nguyễn takes the stage for an unfiltered conversation about sexual violence and the systems that perpetuate it, about race, identity, and diaspora, and about what it means to reclaim your life—and your dreams—in the aftermath of the unthinkable.
In 2013, three months before graduation, Amanda Nguyễn was raped at Harvard. The daughter of Vietnamese war refugees, Nguyễn had spent her life defying the odds—studying astrophysics, interning at NASA, dreaming of the stars.
To protect her career, she filed her rape kit anonymously, to discover the state would destroy the evidence if not renewed, a bitter biannual marker, simply to preserve her chance at justice. She had two choices: accept a system designed to silence survivors or rewrite the law.
She rewrote the law.
This is not a keynote. It is a reckoning, a testament, and a call to action—from one of the most extraordinary voices of her generation.
VIP ticket inclusions:
- 60 minute post-show book signing and photo opportunity.
- One copy of Saving Five, signed by the author.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Amanda Nguyễn founded Rise, drove the rare and unanimous passage of a bill for the benefit of survivors of sexual assaults, ignited the Stop Asian Hate movement, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, named TIME Woman of the Year, and, in April 2025, realiser her dreams by flying to space—the first Southeastern Asian woman to ever do so.
Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope is an instant New York Times bestseller and Natalie Portman Book Club pick, structurally daring account of trauma, rage, activism, and recovered dreams. Told through versions of Nguyễn at ages five, fifteen, twenty-two, and thirty, it braids the story of her fight with Congress alongside a beautifully imagined journey through the emotional stages of healing.
Natalie Portman
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Suitable for All ages
All children are permitted but must hold a valid ticket
Contains adult themes
Contains coarse language
References to sexual violence
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Amanda Nguyễn founded Rise, drove the rare and unanimous passage of a bill for the benefit of survivors of sexual assaults, ignited the Stop Asian Hate movement, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, named TIME Woman of the Year, and, in April 2025, realiser her dreams by flying to space—the first Southeastern Asian woman to ever do so.
Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope is an instant New York Times bestseller and Natalie Portman Book Club pick, structurally daring account of trauma, rage, activism, and recovered dreams. Told through versions of Nguyễn at ages five, fifteen, twenty-two, and thirty, it braids the story of her fight with Congress alongside a beautifully imagined journey through the emotional stages of healing.
