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 favourite 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.
Ages: 14+
A Ruby Slippers Theatre Production
Co-Presented by Blackout Art Society and Presentation House Theatre
Ticket Prices – Subsidized: $20 / Regular: $30 / Full Value: $40 / Generous: $50
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The running time of this show is approximately 2 hours long plus intermission.
Written by Abi Padilla
Director: Leslie Dos Remedios
Lighting Design: Jonathan Kim
Projection Design: Andie Lloyd
Set Design: Kimira Reddy
Sound Design: Riley Hardwick
Musical Director: Argel Monte de Ramos
Fight and Intimacy Choreography: Affair of Honor, Nathania Bernabe and Jacki Hanlin
Props Design: Heidi Wilkinson
Costume Design: Sarah Sosick
Dramaturgy: Kamila Sediego
Stage Manager: Jennifer Wilson
Apprentice Stage Manager: Vicki Santos
Apprentice Director: Isaac Stuber Li
Technical Director/Production Manager: Nico Dicecco
Actors:
Abigail Padilla – Basyang
Raugi Yu – Boss Mayhem, Pedro, Prologue Attacker
Vince Sendrijas – Jun Jun, Radio Reporter, Tagalog
Yorlene Bernido – Nika
Terrence Zhou – Ken, Captain Manaka, Prologue Attacker
Kevin Nguyen – Nurse Chaz, TV Reporter 2018, Customer, Makapili, Soldier 1944, gang member
Evelyn Chew – Prologue Attacker, Commader Lumen, Police Officer , Reporter 1993, gang member
A Ruby Slippers Theatre Production
Co-Presented by Blackout Art Society and Presentation House Theatre
Dates and Time
Thursday, February 13 – 7:30 PM
Friday, February 14 – 7:30 PM
Saturday, February 15 – 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 16 – 2:00 PM