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Aurelio Locsin's

Aurelio Locsin’s “Helltown Buffet”

Rude Guerrilla Theater Company presents the World Premiere of playwright Aurelio Locsin’s black comedy HELLTOWN BUFFET as the ninth production in its eleventh season. Can a Filipino-American manager of  Hometown Buffet and his hunky demon seducer fall in love through their real and imagined histories? This dark comedy propels them from Orange County to several [...]

NAAAP Convention: Creating New Connections, Part 1

NAAAP Convention: Creating New Connections, Part 1

I didn’t know NAAAP (National Association of Asian American Professionals) existed until Jhemon sent me an evite about the NAAAP Convention a few months ago. I knew he was involved in some sort of Asian American organization but I thought it was mostly physicians because he’s a doctor.
In any case, I signed up for the [...]

Michael Golamco's

Michael Golamco’s “Year Zero,” 2008 Grand Prize Winner of Chicago Dramatists’ Many Voices Project

Michael Golamco is a critically acclaimed, emerging young writer. He was selected by the Tribeca Film Festival for the All Access program in both Film and Theater. He was also a Top 50 Project Greenlight screenwriter, and was a top 15 finalist for the ABC/Disney Writing Fellowship. His works garnered rave reviews from critics. Theater [...]

Why Join Filipino American Artists Network?

The creation of FilAm Artists Network blog/directory stems from the fact that there is no Art organization that seems to encompass all the arts across the nation that focus on FilAm artists. Believe me, I’d searched high and low. Maybe that’s one of the reasons there isn’t much visibility among FilAm Artists. And I thought, I can start a dialogue about this to help pave the way in giving more recognition to FilAm artists and show to the world the diverse talents and dispel any negative myths within the Filipino Community.

Thumping Claw Closing Weekend & Pictures

Thumping Claw Closing Weekend & Pictures

Here’s some pictures from the Thumping Claw.

Weston Blakesley & Greg Watanabe

Monica Hong, Bernadette Bonfiglio & Vivian Bang

Tess Lina & Paul Nakauchi

Karen Hui, Miley Yamamoto & Baldeep Singh
THE THUMPING CLAW 2008
CLOSING WEEKEND!
RETURN OF THE THUMPING CLAW ONE-ACTS SERIES AT THE ACTOR’S PLAYPEN
Four original one-acts written by acclaimed and emerging Asian American playwrights. The show will run [...]

Asian American Communities

My links to other Asian American Communities for creative collaboration.
These are listings that includes chamber of commerce, retailers, associations and other form of groups.

In Search of Filipino American Artists

This is a live project. I really don’t know when I’m going to finish this but everyday, there’ll be an improvement on this site, so please be patient. There might be links that won’t go anywhere. I’ll be documenting my progress at the least, every day or even once a week.
In any case, this project [...]