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Month: August 2019

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The Crappiest Superpower Ever – Play 15

Posted on 08/18/201908/18/2019 by Conrad

Lights up on TERRY as they are lying on the ground. MARCO is standing about them. MARCO Terry. Terry are you okay? TERRY opens their eyes and holds her head as they sit up. TERRY Ow. My head. MARCO holds up his fingers under TERRY’s nose. MARCO What does this smell like? TERRY You’re going…

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Serve the People – Play 14

Posted on 08/18/2019 by Conrad

Lights up on GREG chewing something while BRETT watches. BRETT So what ya think? GREG still chews and looks up in the air to form a thought on what he has just eaten. BRETT Too much salt? Not enough garlic? GREG Is that Monk Fruit? BRETT Oooo… you’re good. GREG I wouldn’t have thought that…

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No More Monsters – Play 13

Posted on 08/18/2019 by Conrad

ERIC ENRIQUEZ. He/Him/His. 20-30s. Sarah’s dad and Megan’s spouse. Person of Color. MEGAN ENRIQUEZ. She/Her/Hers. 20-30s. Sarah’s mom and Eric’s spouse. Person of Color. SETTING 2:30am in the backyard of the Enriquez house in a suburban city. In a faint light, we can see a shadowy figure hitting a heavy bag with a baseball bat….

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The Space Penis – Play 12

Posted on 08/18/201908/18/2019 by Conrad

ZOT. They/them/theirs. A space alien. YEBIN. They/them/theirs. A space alien. MARGARET. He/him/his. A security guard for the yet to be open tallest building in San Francisco. Enter ZOT and YEBIN, two space aliens, as they enter the front lobby of the yet to be open Salesforce Tower. MARGARET is manning the front security desk. ZOT…

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A Family Divided – Play 11

Posted on 08/18/2019 by Conrad

A Family Disapproval Rating GERALD. He/him/his. 60-70s. Filipino American. Trump Ally. FLO. She/her/hers. 20s. Filipina Amerian. Pro-American Anti-Trump. Lights up on the family kitchen with GERALD and FLO.a GERALD He is the American dream. FLO To be born with a wealthy father who gave him everything? GERALD He is a billionaire. FLO How do you…

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The Wait – Play 10

Posted on 08/16/201908/16/2019 by Conrad

The Wait BETH. She/Her/Hers. 20s-30s. Guitar playing badass! BETHANY. She/Her/Hers. Pre-teens. A guitar playing badass in training. Before lights come up, we hear a fast progression of chords that are being played on a guitar before it stops at the end of a song. Immediately lights up on BETHANY, holding a guitar. She’s just finished…

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Empty – Play 09

Posted on 08/14/2019 by Conrad

JERRICHO and PRIMA tiredly carrying emptied out bins. The quickly plop onto them just as fast as they turn them over onto the ground. JERRICHO takes out two cigarettes and gives one to PRIMA as she takes out a lighter to light both of their nicotine sticks enter their mouths. Enter TESSA writing down something…

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Fermin – Play 08

Posted on 08/14/2019 by Conrad

Fermin CAST OF CHARACTERS Mindy Garcia. She/Her/Hers. 20s. Filipina American. College student. Journalism major. Fermin Tobera. He/Him/His. 20s. Filipino American. Store clerk. SETTING Inside the Watsonville General Store. Present (2019). Lights up on the interior of the Watsonville General Store. We see MINDY GARCIA, a 20-something journalism major, opening the front door and sticks her…

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Disconnected – Play 07

Posted on 08/11/2019 by Conrad

SETTING A and B are sitting in a booth of a cafe as they are each working on their respective laptops. A No! B What happened now? A Jackson won POV! B Point of View? A No! The Power of Veto! B You still watch Big Brother. A I never stopped and now the entire…

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A Tikling Tale – Play 06

Posted on 08/11/2019 by Conrad

NOTE: This is a placeholder for my play #6 because it dawned on me that this is going to be a lot longer than a short play. But it’s here… for now. CAST OF CHARACTERS Carabao – The narrator of this tale Tikling Bird Tikling Bird’s Mother Land Developer An ensemble of tinikling bird dancers…

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Conrad A. Panganiban (he/him/his) is an award-winning Filipino American playwright representing the San Francisco Bay Area. His plays include Daryo’s All-American Diner, Welga, and River’s Message. Conrad’s work has been produced by Bindlestiff Studio, The Chikahan Company, CIRCA Pintig (IL), the MaArte Theatre Collective, and CATS (Contemporary Asian Theatre Scene) . Awards include: Best Play of 2023, Daryo’s All-American Diner (BroadwayWorldAwards Chicago), Best New Play, Daryo’s All-American Diner (Chicago Reader, Best of 2023), Susan Fairbrook Playwright Fund Awardee (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley), 2023 New Voices in Comedy Writing Fellowship (Killing My Lobster), James Milton Highsmith Award Winner (SFSU), National Ten-Minute Play Festival Finalist (Actors Theatre of Louisville), and Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semi-Finalist (Playwrights Foundation). Resident Artist: Bindlestiff Studio. Member: Dramatist Guild of America, and Theatre Bay Area. MFA, San Francisco State University. @consplayspace

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