"Balikbayan" Dramaturgy
On October 11, 2014, Jennifer Laude, a Filipino trans woman, was killed by US Marine James Scott Pemberton, whose presence in Zambales was made possible by the Visiting Forces Agreement.
"Balikbayan", adapted for the stage by May Cardoso
It was my friend Sigrid Gayangos, one of the first readers, who envisioned it as a play in a tweet. My playwright friend May Cardoso saw the tweet and volunteered to adapt it.
A Look Back on 2022
No character is bigger than one rebuilt from shattered pieces of oneself.
2022 is the best year of my life so far, and I look forward to more years.
2022 is the best year of my life so far, and I look forward to more years.
Artist Statement
As a writer, I mine the material of my upbringing in the southern Tagalog region and my background in architecture to craft landscapes as sites of tension between the past and present, folk belief and catholic faith, native and colonial, among others.
