Points of Departure: A One-Act Play

Requirements:  2F, 2M.  All four characters are Filipinos and should be played by Filipinos and/or actors who can “pass” for Filipinos. Setting:  The living room of a small apartment, somewhere in the suburbs of Manila.  Late afternoon, the present. Theme:  The role which art plays in a society interested for the most part only in…

Mother Tongue: A Recreation in Two Acts

Requirements:  14 characters played by 4F, 3M Setting:  The action alternates between an office and a classroom in a midwestern university.  If possible, platforms and a limbo area can also be used for the various flashback sequences.  Plot:  David Lee, a Chinese-American writer teaching in the English department at a midwestern university, is at a cross-roads…