Per LittleManila.net:
THE ROMANCE OF MAGNO RUBIO
based on a short story by Carlos Bulosan
written by Lonnie Carter, with Ralph Pena
Directed by Loy Arcenas
8pm Oct. 4, 2pm Oct. 5
Bob Hope Theatre (Formerly the Fox)
242 E. Main St., Stockton, CA
http://www.bobhopetheatre.com
Tickets will go on sale in late June/early July (prices will range
between $45-25, with student and senior discounts)
We have just confirmed that the entire NYC cast of the Obie-award winning Off-Broadway play, THE ROMANCE OF MAGNO RUBIO, will come to downtown Stockton in two LMF benefit performances, 8pm, Saturday October 4th and 2pm Sunday, Oct. 5th, at downtown Stockton's spectacular historic Bob Hope Theatre (formerly the Fox). The play, which is set in the 1930s, is about five Filipino farmworkers struggling to achieve the American Dream as they eke out an existence working in the fields and living in a San Joaquin Delta bunkhouse. This incredible play has been performed all over the world in cities such as Honolulu, NYC, Manila, New Haven and LA -- even in Romania -- and now, the Little Manila Foundation will bring the play home to Stockton!
THE ROMANCE OF MAGNO RUBIO, written by Lonnie Carter and directed by Loy Arcenas, and produced by the reknowned Ma-Yi Theatre Company of NYC, is based on a short story written by Carlos Bulosan. Bulosan, author of the classic "America Is In the Heart" (1946), lived in Stockton's Little Manila periodically from the 1930s until his death in 1956. The play centers around the experiences of five Pinoys who yearn for love, friendship, and hope as they follow crops and work tirelessly in the fields around Stockton and the South Bay Area. And what better month to come to Stockton (the historic heart of Filipino America!) and watch this play but October: Filipino American History Month!
It's a theatrical experience EVERYONE should see -- not only Filipino Americans.
Learn more about the play here: http://www.ma-yitheatre.org/reviews_magno.htm
And here: http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117933776.html?categoryid=1265&cs=1
