Come join Bindlestiff Studios at Kapwa Gardens as part of Echo Location, celebrating the SoMa Filipinx and LGBTQIA2S+ communities. Challenging cultural and sexual paradigms, stories include themes of Filipinx/Fil-Am culture, petty theft, polyamory, and the multi-nuances of being queer. Selected performances include: #RESIST! by César Cabandes, Missing the Bus by Enedina Ramos-Padilla, and Gotta Love Them Immigrants by Dianne Chui.

Plays:

#RESIST! Written and performed by César Cadabes
#Resist is one Gay Filipino man’s personal journey of self-discovery through a global pandemic, social unrest and Queer liberation. It’s a story of how one’s relationship to their present evolves as our future determines our past.

Gotta Love Them Immigrants by Dianne Aquino Chui
Based on a true story, three teenagers must face their consequences and their immigrant mothers after shoplifting.

Cast: Carmela Gaspar, Faye Lacanilao, Jack Patena, Jolly Curameng, Jowy-Jhan Curameng, Johnny Nguyen, Julienne Ebora, Nic Feliciano

Missing the Bus by Enedina Ramos Padilla
Missing the Bus is a play about the love between friends, the changes that can happen in a marriage and how love has endless possibilities.

Cast: Jaz Obiacoro, Nikki Nutterfield, Sunshine Roque, Irene

RSVP for free: https://ybca.org/event/generations-of-filipinx-power/