Note: This is the play that got me admitted into the MFA Playwriting Program at San Francisco State University. Set in 1870, the adaptation of Tess Uriza Holthe’s “Portrait of an Aristocrat” deals with a sixteenth-century curse, corruption in the church, and racism. Thicker Than Wine – The Jacinto-Basa brothers, spoiled by their aristocratic upbringing, meet resistance from their strong-willed maid.The Rope That Binds is a One-Act Horror/Drama about two desperate people trying to leave the infamous Aokigahara Forest of Japan in two very different ways.The Family Fructuoso – Penny Fructuoso needs a scholarship in order to go to her dream school, but when a person from the scholarship committee visits her, the only thing in her way from getting the award shows up… her family.Melissa Crawley, the store owner, must decide between helping Celestino or the person in charge of the mob–her son. Standing Above Pajaro – On a desperate early morning in 1930, Celestino Tobera, breaks into the Watsonville General store seeking refuge from an angry mob threatening to kill all the Filipino Immigrant workers there.Our Last Dance is a play about an ex-pair Harper and Noah and their first encounter since their break up with each of their new partners in-tow.Set in San Francisco’s SoMA Neighborhood, the play not only deals with this clash of dreams, but also with today’s educational system, community issues, and labor rights while being inspired by the Filipino agricultural workers who led the 1965 Delano Grape Strike. WELGA is a Filipino American coming-of-age story of a high school teen, Johnny Montalban, whose dreams of becoming a famous musician is met with the dream of his mother’s for him to get his diploma first.Through the journey of this comedic play, it attempts to answer the question, “What ultimately defines The Perfect American?” (2017 Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semi-Finalist.) In what was supposed to be a “flawless” presentation, a grocery store clerk from Kyrgyzstan and a cowboy from her past turns Beverly’s chance at stardom into chaos. With the help of her teenage son, she seeks to make this dream a reality during a live audition from her Frankfort, Kentucky living room.
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