Registration will be available April 15.

Part of Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center’s United States of Asian America Festival, Bindlestiff Studio, in collaboration with Velasco Arts, presents Kwento Times Staged Reading Festival celebrates diverse Pilipinx stories by bringing directors, actors, and audiences together to support the early stages of playwriting development. Kwento Times is Bindlestiff Studio's inaugural play reading festival featuring new plays by writing workshop participants from Bindlestiff Studio and Velasco Arts. Each play was developed during the COVID-19 pandemic period, offering a unique and diverse kwento or story.

FESTIVAL DATES 
Sunday May 1 at 1pm

• Julie and the Starmaker by Conrad Panganiban

Sunday May 1 at 3:30pm

• Stonefruit by Marissa Martinez

Sunday May 1 at 6pm

• Club Level by David MacFadden-Elliott

Wednesday May 4 at 8pm

• A Box for Blessica by Joselito Cordero

Thursday May 5 at 8pm

• There's A Kind Of A Hush by Manny Cabrera

Friday May 6 at 8pm

• Three Rules by Ed Mabasa

Saturday May 7 at 1pm

• Seminar by Edu Ibazeta

Saturday May 7 at 3pm

• The Master's Tool by Jasmine Pulido

Saturday May 7 at 6pm

• Musika by Matt De La Cruz

In person:
Bindlestiff Studio (186 Sixth Street, SF 94103)

Virtual Streaming available upon registration.

COVID Protocol:
Audience members must be fully vaccinated and boosted to attend in person event at Bindlestiff. Masks must be worn at all times.