What happens when an up-an-coming theatre company (Modern-Day Griot Theatre Company) decides to request submissions of new plays to serve as companion pieces to “The African Company Presents Richard III”?
The result: a performance of Carlyle Brown’s historic piece paired with the world premiere of works produced by an up-and-coming playwrights.
Our new interdisciplinary project, “Entering the Griot’s Circle: Narrative Explorations of the Old and New” celebrates the established playwright’s (Carlyle Brown and Ralph Pena passing the baton to emergent playwrights.
MDGTC'S READING OF FLIPZOIDS
Ralph Pena's, Flipzoids (set in California in 1985), centers on three Filipino Americans stumbling through the same terrain. Where each has a different attitude towards their assimilation into American culture; the cultural no-man's land inhabited by each successive wave of newcomers before disappearing into the great American melting pot.
Doors open at 7:30pm with a pre-show meet and greet where wine and dessert will be served.
Q&A with playwright, director and actors to follow.