Filipino American Artists Network

You are browsing the archives of features.

I was celebrating my hubby’s birthday with my family earlier and my aunt told me she have a production/set design project for me. This would be a musical about the life of St. Lorenzo Ruiz. She already helped producing, directing & writing a mini-musical for the St. Lorenzo Church in Walnut a few years [...]

“East West Players’ current production of Stephen Schwartz’s “Pippin” in LA, Filipino-American actors Cesar Cipriano and Ryyn Chua, and musicians Marc Macalintal (also on keyboards in the live band) and Vince Reyes (guitar) shine.” That was from Inquirer mobile news.
Here’s an excerpt from Steven Stanley of stagescenela.com about the music:
“Musical accompaniment is provided by LinoType, [...]

I can’t wait to have this directory I’m organizing to be online! The thing is I just found out some glitches. Arrrggghhh! There’s a plugin that I found in Wordpress that I’m currently using, but guests could only see the rest of the directory if you’re logged in on my website. That just missed the [...]

‘Thumping Claw’ is sharp in spots
by Kathleen Foley

“The Thumping Claw,” a festival of one-acts by Asian American playwrights, returns to Actor’s Playpen in Hollywood for its second season. It’s a mixed bill, but its merits outweigh its disadvantages.
In the opening playlet, Carla Ching’s “Dissipating Heat,” the director is listed as “Anonymous,” but considering [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]