Sunday, November 2, 2008

ROLLING the R's at Source Theatre

Just recently, I was hired to perform some featured roles in a staged play reading called, "Rolling the R's" by R. Zamora Limark. Not a musical, but a play that has music.
70's music in fact in which we sing. Now, don't get confused. It's still a play, but sometimes the characters break into snipets of a 70's disco songs. It's kinda funny.
The staged play reading will be on Saturday, November 15th at Source Theatre (1835 14th Street NW, Wasahington, DC starting at 6pm. The Metro Stop is 14th and U Street. I think the tickets are like $5.00. It's only a staged reading.
The narrative play chapters around 3 Filipino-Hawaiian friends growing up in the age of Teen Beat, Charlie's Angels, Disco and other cultural elements from the 70's. It was originally a book by the same aurthor and turned it into a play.

The play is very, very Filipino-Hawaiian playfully about social injustices and racism outside AND within the Filipino-Hawaiian community in Hawai'i.

The cast is ALL Asian including the director, the producer and the stage management. FINALLY!!!!! Though, not everyone is from the DC area.

I've been around being the token "Asian guy" in the theatre so long, It's kinda strange, yet exciting for me.

Hawaiian Pidgin English and ALOT of Tag-lish is used throughout the play.

Unfortunately, the show does have sexual content and adult language and deals with subject matter such as gay youth, domestic abuse and molestation. (Another show my parents cannot come and see.)



2 comments:

Jim Lawson said...

If you're nude then I'm coming!!

Ron Curameng said...

Jim, That was my last show at Studio Theatre! Hehehe..