so my new project is to adapt a short story or poem written by a filipin@-american author into a 20-minute play. i’ve selected the short story “A Portrait of an Aristocrat” from the novel WHEN THE ELEPHANTS DANCE by Tess Uriza Holthe. i’ve been drawn to this story ever since reading this 3 years ago….
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Yeah! A new idea for a play
This story is about… Mindy Garcia is the editor of her school’s newspaper who meets a young farm-worker named Fermin Tobera. While helping him recover something from his past, she uncovers the town’s longest secret. At the same time, she unexpectedly falls in love with him. Unfortunately, there’s a big problem: he’s a ghost. I…
The Good Old Days
This story is about two elderly Pilipinos working as security guards at the Asian American museum at the opening night at the Great Filipino Artists exhibition. As they reminisce about life back home, a woman in one of the paintings brings these memories to life.
Raiders of the Lost Anting-Anting
This story is about… a gambler/alcoholic tour guide of the Bayou who is hired by a wealthy business person with corrupt morals to find a faith healer in the Louisiana swamplands who holds the key to immortality. This is one of the stories I’m thinking about for Stories High. I really see this as again…
This story is about…
So, i’m starting a string of posts for ideas that I have for plays, short and full-length, because I don’t want these nuggets to go to waste and forgotten. To make sure that these plays will get written, I’ll start each post with “This story is about…” This is a lesson I learned from Philip…
Pamilyas
This story is about… how a struggling community is brought together after a woman refuses to sell her family’s restaurant to a vindictive businessman who happens to be her ex-fiance. I’ve actually finished the outline with character names, for this musical, but I got stuck on a scene… and a few months, about 6, i…
Congratulations! You Killed Your Son!
This story is about… a game show with parents competing against other parents to see who can make their child feel the most guilty. The winner is determined by who’s child commits suicide first. Of course this is a satire, but it’s based on my truth. Dark, di ba? I’ve held off on writing this…
Defending A Treasure
This story is about… a young lawyer who is assigned a case to defend a recently retired U.S. Navy veteran for treason.