About the play:
This ain’t a sob story about war crimes, dementia, nor getting old. It’s a sprint down the memory lane of a butt-kickin’, bar-spittin’, tough grandma who escapes the care home to be with her family. When our favorite Filipino grandma Lola Basyang goes missing, it’s up to her grandchildren Nika and Jun-jun to bring her back to safety. Using their lola’s unfinished memoir, they find clues to her whereabouts, her full-of-beans origin story and the historical turmoils of their motherland. Reminiscent of their immigration stories, they reflect on what it means to maintain family ties in a Western society.
Playwright
Abi Padilla
Director:
Leslie Dos Remedios
Actors:
Yorlene Bernido, Evelyn Chew, Abigail Padilla, Raugi Yu, Vince Sendrijas, Terrence Zhou
Kevin Nguyen
Stage Manager:
Jennifer Wilson
Lighting Designer:
Jonathan Kim
Projection Design:
Andie Lloyd
Music Director and Composer:
Argel Monte de Ramos
Fight Directors and Intimacy Choreographers:
Nathania Bernabe and Jackie T. Hanlin, Affair of Honor
Props Design:
Heidi Wilkinson
TD/PM:
Nico Dicecco
Assistant Stage Manager:
Vicki Santos
