APICC
Presents the 20th
Annual USAAF
May-June
2017
Bindlestiff
Studio is proud to host
six amazing,
provocative, and
illuminating shows as
part of Asian Pacific
Islander Cultural
Center's 20th Annual
United
States of Asian
America Festival:
Threading
Resilience.
FESTIVAL
THEME | Subject(s) of
the program(s) and/or
event(s) will focus on
themes related to
Pacific Islander and
Asian American themes
and culture, connecting
specifically to this
year’s theme of
Threading
Resilience:
-
How has identity and
visibility for APIs in
art and politics evolved
and where are themes of
identity heading?
- What intersections and
collaborations in art,
identity, and politics
have shaped, connected,
and strengthened our
communities amidst
forces of oppression in
mainstream culture and
media?
- How have we utilized
placemaking for our
community throughout
history and today? What
will it take to ensure
the collective survival
of these spaces for
future
generations?
More
USAAF 2017 @
Bindlestiff:
May
25, 7pm
Re-Present
Media
presents
"Personal
Perspectives of Asian
American Documentary
Filmmakers"
May
27, 8pm &
10pm
Irene
Tu
performs
"Triple
Minority"
For
full descriptions of the shows
and to purchase tickets please
visit the Festival
Calendar.
June
8
Auditions
for "Welga",
June
8
Bindlestiff
is looking for non-Equity
actors to perform in our
Fall Mainstage production
of Conrad Panganiban's
full-length play,
"Welga". Actors
will be paid a performance
stipend.
Audition
Date: Saturday June 8
Auditions will be 15
minute time slots
beginning at 10am and ends
2pm
Location:
Bayanihan Center
1010 Mission Street, San
Francisco, CA,
94103
For
more information and to
sign up for an audition
slot, please email: aureen@bindlestiffstudio.org
SYNOPSIS
High school senior, Johnny
Montalban, is a part of
the exuberant world of
street musicians in San
Francisco. As Johnny sets
a plan in motion to drop
out of school to pursue a
music career, his mother,
Carmelita, only has dreams
of him graduating and
keeping a roof over their
heads in their
ever-changing SOMA
neighborhood. When faced
with losing their home due
to rent increases and
decreased wages from
scheming boss, a history
assignment based on the
true story about how a
group of Filipino
Americans began the
biggest agricultural labor
strike in the United
States inspires him to
fight for the wages owed
his mother and the
apartment they call home.
Through the help of a
caring teacher, his love
of music, and the strength
found in the Filipino
American Community, Johnny
finds the strength to not
only take action in saving
his mom’s job, but he also
finds the fire to not be
another statistical
drop-out.
Carmelita
[female] [40s]
Filipina American. Mother
of
Johnny.
Mrs
V. [female] [30s]
Filipina American.
Teacher.
Fernando
[male] [teen-20s]
Johnny’s best friend. High
school
student.
Vanessa
[female] [18-20s]
College
freshman.
Janae
[female] [teen-20s]
High school
student.
Carlos/Dallas
[male] [40s]
Principal of the High
School/Record
Producer.
Pete
[male]
[teen-20s]
High
school student. Must
prepare a song for the
audition.
Production
Dates:
Rehearsals: July -
September 2017
Show dates: Oct 6 - Oct 21
Thur, Fri,
Sat
AROUND
THE
BARANGAY
June
1
Resistance
Mixtape, Volume 1
Resistance
Mixtape, Volume 1, brings
together Bay Area
activists and artists for
an evening of performance,
storytelling, history, and
inspiration.
Join movement elders and
activist musicians, poets
and organizers — and
discover ways to plug in
to the resistance.
Performers and presenters
include Joti Singh, Pam
Tau Lee, Zakia Afrin,
Zahra Billoo, and Rupert
Estanislao.
Click
here for more
info.
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