Full Length Pieces
Learning How to Read by Moonlight, a Children's Play for Adults
Eddie is five-years-old and his nanay ("mother") is determined to make the United States his family's new home after facing life-threatening danger back in the Philippines. Performed by two actors in a transformative space, Eddie and his imaginary friend create their own worlds in which Eddie can face the challenges of growing up in the United States undocumented head-on. A community leader narrates the 90 min play with new narrators at every performance. With imagination, heart, and with some audience participation, the play creates time and space for adults to remember what it is was like to be a child; and the play gives children a voice to be taken seriously by adults in these times of political tumult. Every performance of this play must feature closed captioning and translations (English and Filipino).
Ma'am Lys, or The Plan (currently in development with actor Regina De Vera and The Sống Collective)
Inspired by the real-life community of women in the Dado Village of Mindanao who organized a sex strike against their husbands to bring peace to their
villages, the women of the town's sewing collective have everything they need for their livelihoods except for the ability to bring their goods to the market which is two villages away. The problem is, one of the villages is closed due to historical differences between the male village leaders. Ma’am Lys rallies the women to not have sex with their husbands until they stop the fighting. This adaptation hopes to examine the multiplicity of womanhood in the Philippines through its diverse community of Muslim, Catholic, queer, cis- and trans women. Together they interrogate and challenge the overwhelming toxic masculinity and machismo that has re-emerged in the politics of Duterte and Trump. Their battles with the men bring both laughter and revelation as they reconnect with the matriarchal and indigenous traditions that existed before the colonization by the West. This is a ritual play for all Filipino/a/x/os of the diaspora to try to reconnect with cultures, languages, and spirits that have been hidden by the hundreds of years of colonialism.
Peril in Thine Eye
A ballet libretto in response to the violence at Pulse nightclub in June 2016. Using Shakespeares's Romeo and Juliet as a jumping off point, the story examines the resilience of LGBTQIA+ love against cyclical violence in the United States.
Eddie is five-years-old and his nanay ("mother") is determined to make the United States his family's new home after facing life-threatening danger back in the Philippines. Performed by two actors in a transformative space, Eddie and his imaginary friend create their own worlds in which Eddie can face the challenges of growing up in the United States undocumented head-on. A community leader narrates the 90 min play with new narrators at every performance. With imagination, heart, and with some audience participation, the play creates time and space for adults to remember what it is was like to be a child; and the play gives children a voice to be taken seriously by adults in these times of political tumult. Every performance of this play must feature closed captioning and translations (English and Filipino).
Ma'am Lys, or The Plan (currently in development with actor Regina De Vera and The Sống Collective)
Inspired by the real-life community of women in the Dado Village of Mindanao who organized a sex strike against their husbands to bring peace to their
villages, the women of the town's sewing collective have everything they need for their livelihoods except for the ability to bring their goods to the market which is two villages away. The problem is, one of the villages is closed due to historical differences between the male village leaders. Ma’am Lys rallies the women to not have sex with their husbands until they stop the fighting. This adaptation hopes to examine the multiplicity of womanhood in the Philippines through its diverse community of Muslim, Catholic, queer, cis- and trans women. Together they interrogate and challenge the overwhelming toxic masculinity and machismo that has re-emerged in the politics of Duterte and Trump. Their battles with the men bring both laughter and revelation as they reconnect with the matriarchal and indigenous traditions that existed before the colonization by the West. This is a ritual play for all Filipino/a/x/os of the diaspora to try to reconnect with cultures, languages, and spirits that have been hidden by the hundreds of years of colonialism.
Peril in Thine Eye
A ballet libretto in response to the violence at Pulse nightclub in June 2016. Using Shakespeares's Romeo and Juliet as a jumping off point, the story examines the resilience of LGBTQIA+ love against cyclical violence in the United States.
- The immersive dance-text piece premiered at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in November 2016. more information
Peril in Thine Eye (2016)
Ten Minute Plays
Recording Session Interview #3
Trevor and Paul meet on what happens to be the evening of Manhattanhenge, when the sun is in perfect alignment with Manhattan's grid layout. While they share tales of their search for home and family during this mystical event, they unknowingly conjure the spirits of queers past to seal their bond as human beings. Based on my interview work with HIV/AIDS activists from the 80s and 90s while as a senior in college in 2012.
Star Showers (an ending to an unwritten full length play)
At the end of a journey, a man finds himself on a mountain top with three clowns and a World War II veteran. As the night draws, they prepare to release stars into the sky and to the beauty of the world. With a little bit of magic, the characters bring the heavenly stars of the Milky Way inside an intimate theatre. Can be performed by several actors or one.
Kinky Choreopoems
Three POC leather queers walk into a bar and share a drink. Relishing in sex positivity and kink, they speak to their sexual desires. The choreopoems explore gender, cruising, intimacy, sexual desire, human contact, race, and physical and emotional liberation in a contemporary leather community.
Trevor and Paul meet on what happens to be the evening of Manhattanhenge, when the sun is in perfect alignment with Manhattan's grid layout. While they share tales of their search for home and family during this mystical event, they unknowingly conjure the spirits of queers past to seal their bond as human beings. Based on my interview work with HIV/AIDS activists from the 80s and 90s while as a senior in college in 2012.
Star Showers (an ending to an unwritten full length play)
At the end of a journey, a man finds himself on a mountain top with three clowns and a World War II veteran. As the night draws, they prepare to release stars into the sky and to the beauty of the world. With a little bit of magic, the characters bring the heavenly stars of the Milky Way inside an intimate theatre. Can be performed by several actors or one.
- First performed, May 2019 @ The Duplex, New York, NY. Featuring HanJie Chow in a solo version of the piece.
Kinky Choreopoems
Three POC leather queers walk into a bar and share a drink. Relishing in sex positivity and kink, they speak to their sexual desires. The choreopoems explore gender, cruising, intimacy, sexual desire, human contact, race, and physical and emotional liberation in a contemporary leather community.
- First performed, October 2019 @ The Eagle NYC (NYC's leather cruise bar), New York, NY. Featuring James A. Pierce III, Jess Orense, and Edgard Toro, produced by National Queer Theatre.