Current & Upcoming
KATAUHAN AT PAMILYA:
HOW WE SEE OURSELVES
Featuring
Bloodletting by Boni B. Alvarez
Hail Mary/Maria by RJ Silva
Mama, I Wish I Were Silver by Amanda L. Andrei
What
Presented as part of PlayGround’s 2023 Innovators Showcase, Katauhan at Pamilya is a staged reading series of three plays by Filipina/o/x American playwrights that explore the intricacies of identity and familial relationships through supernatural and spiritual connections.
Bloodletting by Boni B. Alvarez
Directed by Abigail Pañares
Under the watchful moon, estranged siblings Farrah and Bosley reunite in the Philippines to spread their father’s ashes in Palawan’s treasured underground river. They take shelter from a storm in a local café, where they open old family wounds and encounter an aswang, a Filipino witch, who awakens in Farrah an ancient, terrifying, and innate power. Will she embrace her new-found power? Or let it destroy herself and her brother?
Hail Mary/Maria by RJ Silva
Directed by Krystle Piamonte
Kid, short for Kindness, gets slapped with his first real crush. He relies on his three Marys for guidance: his Filipina mother Marie, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and his favorite pro wrestler Maria. And although he feels like he's blindly top-rope diving into love, will he be able to stand as a champion for himself? A coming-of-age story with the electricity of a live wrestling show, the comfort of your Filipino family, and the warmth of a budding romance, HAIL MARY/MARIA is a heartfelt adventure of finding and loving who you are.
Mama, I Wish I Were Silver by Amanda L. Andrei
Directed by Yari Cervas
On a cold January day in 2020, Sofia and Ariel, two estranged Filipina American half-sisters, reunite in Virginia to clean out the photographs, papers, and letters of their recently deceased mother. When they find a cassette tape seemingly recorded during martial law in the Philippines, when Ariel was born, they realize that what their mother left behind has a life of its own.
When
Friday, November 10 at 7:00PM PT - Bloodletting
Saturday, November 11 at 7:00PM PT - Hail Mary/Maria
Sunday, November 12 at 7:00PM PT - Mama, I Wish I Were Silver
Where
In-Person + Simulcast
Potrero Stage
1695 18th St.
San Francisco, CA 94107
Admission
FREE :)
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Advance reservations are required. Streaming registrants will have on-demand access to the broadcast for one week following the live performance.
Friday, November 10 at 7:00PM PT
Bloodletting by Boni B. Alvarez
Friday, November 10 at 7:00PM PT
Hail Mary/Maria by RJ Silva
Sunday, November 12 at 7:00PM PT
Mama, I Wish I Were Silver by Amanda L. Andrei
Production History
2022
For My Lolo | Written by Ely Sonny Orquiza | Music & Lyrics by Reed Flores
2021
The Act of Care | Written by Lauren Andrei Garcia & Conrad A. Panganiban