The Love Edition: Time After Time

THE LOVE EDITION: TIME AFTER TIME

OPENS FEB 9 through FEB 25, 2017

Inspired by ageless love stories and your lola’s addicting soap operas, 7 short original plays about Love, Heartache and the Weirdness in between will grace the Bindlestiff Studio stage just in time for Valentine’s Day.

TLE’s theme this year spotlights melodramas throughout the ages. Tales of the star-crossed and lovelorn have captivated generations of audiences across the world through soap operas, teleseryes, telenovelas, Korean dramas and the like. TLE invites audience members to embrace, critique, honor, and reinvent the emotional spectacle of the melodrama genre.

Hosted by: TITA SONYA
Written by Benita Benavides. Directed by Laura Priscilla Paule. Cast: Faye Lacanilao, Sunshine Roque, and Paula V. Sison.

This is the 5th iteration of TLE, originally produced by the theater’s resident artists Chuck Lacson and Raf Lim in 2006, continuing to foster the talents of Bindlestiff’s community artists and cultivate arts and culture in the vital SoMa Pilipinas community of San Francisco.

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FEATURED PLAYS

OUR LAST DANCE
Written by Conrad A. Panganiban. Directed by Julie Kuwabara. Cast: Giancarlo Cariola, Aura San Miguel, Doy Charnsupharindr, and Lynie Abadilla.
Some wedding guests cry, some get too drunk, and some run into their ex’s. Former-flames Harper and Noah deal with their first encounter since breaking up, with their new plus-ones in tow.

IDWYT (I DON’T WANT YOU TO)
Written by George Smart. Directed by Rizal Adanza. Cast: Juan G. Berumen and Jonah Pavon.
Bob and Dale seem to be in a groove in their long-term relationship. But even after 10 years, they have arguments, they make compromises and they even throw in a few non-negotiable I-Don’t-Want-You-To’s.

LOVE IS A VERB
Written by Marygrace Burns. Directed by Joe Cascasan. Cast: Manny Cabrera, Lauren Garcia, and Jennifer Cardenas.
Break-ups hella suck. Best friends Ika and Wesley eat fresh-as-hell beignets and lament about their ex-lovers. They talk about doors to opportunities that closed behind them long ago, and hope against hope other doors lay open.

BE YOUR OWN OTP
Written by Marissa Martinez. Co-directed by Lauren Garcia and Joe Cascasan. Cast: Jennifer Cardenas and Jonah Pavon.
In the fanfiction world a “One True Pairing” is one’s favorite combination of fictional characters to pair together into the perfect couple. In the real world, for a fan like Kathy, it might mean something else entirely.

PRAYING FOR LOVE
Written by Emmanuel Romero. Directed by Oliver Saria. Cast: Raisa Donato, Doy Charnsupharindr, Tina Braganza, Aura San Miguel, Lynie Abadilla, and Giancarlo Cariola.
Marriage, kids, and decapitation are what’s expected in the life of the everyday praying mantis and their mate. Mandy and Marty discover just how much those things will change their lives on their wedding day.

THE COWBOY & THE CROW
Written by Alison Crane. Directed by Lorenz Gonzales. Cast: Giancarlo Cariola, Anna Sun, and Oliver Mok. Music composed by Oliver Mok.
Joe is as manly as they come, but even more heartbroken. While drowning his sorrows in a dusty bar, a strange woman offers just the thing to make all of Joe’s pain float away.

THE BEAUTY & RODRIGO
Written by Sonya Gray Redi. Directed by Golda Sargento. Cast: Clare Morales, Lee Salazar, Jamie Nallas, and Brandon Bigelow. Music composed by Brandon Bigelow.
Passion! Drama! Romance! What more could one want from a TV show? Super fan, Sofia, settles down to watch her favorite drama series where the characters become realer than real.

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SHOW DATES:
February 9-25, 2017
8:00PM - Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays

*Thursday February 9th, 8PM - COMMUNITY PREVIEW NIGHT
- Pay what you can

**Friday February 10th, 8PM - OPENING NIGHT
- Opening Night Reception

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VISUAL ART SHOW: KICKIN’ IT AT LOLA’S
For The Love Edition: Time After Time, Bindlestiff Studio will feature artist Robin Birdd - an installation and conceptual artist based out of Oakland, California, Robin is inspired by childhood memories of play, discovery, and coming of age experiences. Birdd’s art relies heavily on re-telling stories and questioning adulthood. She utilizes large-scale installation as a platform to create alternative experiences with an emphasis on human interaction and process. By using sensory stimulation, Birdd’s work is able to communicate through experience rather than observation. Birdd received her BA at San Francisco State University with an emphasis in Studio Art. In her last curated show with the Macro Waves collective, entitled Escape to yesteryear, Birdd spearheaded a multimedia, site-specific theater performance for a production that was featured in East Bay Express’s Event Pick of the Week.

In kickin it at Lola's, Birdd recreates a moment in time when you’re stuck at your grandma's house and you discover that you're just as addicted to that telenovela she’s obsessed with. You secretly can't wait for your parents to drop you off at lolo and lola's house so you can find out what happens next! By creating two contrasting environments, a forest inside lola's living room, Birdd's installation challenges the fictional aspects associated with soap opera culture. www.robinbirdd.com

Opening Reception: Friday, February 10, 2017. 6:00-7:30pm.

LOCATION:
Bindlestiff Studio, 185 6th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

TICKETS:
$10-$25
http://tle2017.bpt.me/

TEASER VIDEO:
https://youtu.be/1be2DlFEsU8

Sponsored by:
Inay Filipino Kitchen at Metreon
Fil-Am BBQ Cuisine
Bayani Art

Funded by:
Zellerbach Family Foundation
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
San Francisco Arts Commission
SF Grants for the Arts