THE PLAY

MEMORIES IN MY BONES is a one-person ritual play in which a Messenger performs an exorcism to release the stories of two restless spirits, tethered together across a hundred years: Sinsero and his great-grandson, Sero. The Messenger is fueled by the single belief that telling their stories might be enough to end the violence in our world. In 1930, Filipino immigrant Sinsero labors in California's farms and finds refuge on the floor of a taxi dance hall, surviving in an America that wants him gone. In 2026, Sero, a fourth-generation Filipino American, spends his nights adrift in Memphis clubs before taking a federal job that enforces against the very immigrant community that shaped his great-grandfather's world. A single actor moves through more than ten characters and two timelines, performing the exorcism that tears them from the Messenger's body. Personal history and political violence pass down like memories in our bones. What does it cost to break that inheritance? Can we forgive the people still causing us harm? How can we live in the aftermath of violence, even after it is done?

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DEVELOPMENT HISTORY

Residency with Leviathan Lab, New York Stage & Film, July 2026