KULARTS PRESENTS
Conceived, choreographed and directed by
ALLELUIA PANIS
Original music, lyrics and sound design
JOSHUA ICBAN
Multimedia artist, cinematographer, and editor
WILFRED GALILA
Costume design
LADISLAO ‘JUNE’ ARELLANO
Stage lighting design
GG TORRES
ODC THEATER
3153 17th St, San Francisco, CA 94110
7:30PM • Friday December 3, 2021
7:30PM • Saturday December 4, 2021
2:30PM • Sunday December 5, 2021
MAN@NG IS DEITY pays tribute to the lives of the 'manong' generation—the first wave of cheap imported Pilipinx laborers who powered the ever expanding needs of the developing United States empire. Inspired by real-life accounts of Pilipinx Americans between the 1910-1940s, this performance and film draws from public and personal narratives of their 8,000-mile immigration journey to America.
PRE-SHOW
Transmigration Ritual Ceremony
Pinoy sa Amerika
(15 mins)
Frances Sedayao
Hien Huynh
Jonathan M. Mercado
Johnny Huy Nguyen
jose e abad
Kao Sebastian Saephanh
Ladislao ‘June’ Arellano
Sydney Loyola (Fri)
Stephanie Herrera (Sat/Sun)
Pinoy sa Amerika
Written and Performed by Joey Maligalig
Pinoy sa Amerika (2020)
Written by Joey Maligalig
Lyrics by Mario ‘Nomi’ de Miro
Arranged by Joshua Icban
Performed by Joshua Icban and Mario ‘Nomi’ de Miro
RENANTE AND ELIAS
Film Screening (4 mins)
Renante Ruben Robinson jose e abad
Elias Luntian Jonathan M. Mercado
Doña Celestina Ruben Marcella Pabros-Clark
SPLENDID DANCING
Film Screening (12 mins)
Elias Luntian Jonathan M. Mercado
Benito Aranan Johnny Huy Nguyen
Renante Ruben Robinson jose e abad
Antonio Tiongco Kao Sebastian Saephanh
Valentino ‘Baleng’ Pablo Ladislao ‘June’ Arellano
Baleng’s mother/Diwata (Sat/Sun) Stephanie Herrera
Mercedes Palacio Andrea ‘Poko’ Devis
Evaristo ‘Dandi Boi’ Bautista Earl Alfred Paus
Dalisay ‘Dali’ Bautista Jazlynn Pastor
Miguel Bataan Joshua Icban
Baleng’s father Giovanni Ortega
Ticket manong Gregory Manalo
Vegetable peddler Helen Serafino-Agar
Edita Marcos Isa Musni
Young Baleng Kadean Serafino-Agar
Natividad Capugay Malia Byrne
Taxi Dance Blues
Music and Lyrics by Joshua Icban
Performed by Aimee Amparo
BENITO AND ANTONIO
Live Performance (4 mins)
Film Screening (7 mins)
Benito Aranan Johnny Huy Nguyen
Antonio Tiongco Kao Sebastian Saephanh
Man with a knife Alley Wilde
Man at the corner Wayde McCloud
ROMANSA
Film Screening (4 mins)
Mercedes Palacio Andrea ‘Poko’ Devis
Elias Luntian Jonathan M. Mercado
LABORING BODIES
Live Performance (10 mins)
Film Screening (10 mins)
Laboring Bodies Writer
Jaime Jacinto
Voice-over narration
Andrew Eisenman
Elias Luntian Jonathan M. Mercado
Benito Aranan Johnny Huy Nguyen
Renante Ruben Robinson jose e abad
Antonio Tiongco Kao Sebastian Saephanh
Farmworker Hien Huynh
Miguel Bataan Joshua Icban
Bahala Na Escrima
David Arquilada
Master Joel Juanitas
Leo Juanitas
Lorenzo Romano
Perry Farrens
Little Manila Rising
Jan Luce
Danica Feronda
Kiara Maque
Parangal Dance Company
Lydia Querian
Micaela Tandinco
Stockton Multi-Style Escrima
Anthony Balagayos
Edward Talisayan
Maestro Dexter Labonog
Gene Inis
Gregory Balubar
Ramil Joven
Terry Joven
— INTERMISSION —
(10 mins)
SUNDO: BALENG GOES TO HEAVEN
Live Performance (7 mins)
Film Screening (9 mins)
Nurse Frances Sedayao
Valentino ‘Baleng’ Pablo Ladislao ‘June’ Arellano
Mga Diwata
Andrea ‘Poko’ Devis
Jonathan M. Mercado
Stephanie Herrera
Cristino N. Lagahid
|Kawayan Perla Rose Bolick-Ong
Hien Huynh
Johnny Huy Nguyen
jose e abad
Kao Sebastian Saephanh
DASAL PRAYER
Film Screening (4 mins)
Mga Diwata
jose e abad
Jonathan M. Mercado
POST PERFORMANCE PANEL
(30 mins)
ART MAKING
Friday, December 3, 2021
9:00 - 9:30 PM
Moderator: Olivia Malabuyo Tablante, Gerbode Foundation
Panelists: Alleluia Panis, Wilfred Galila
SOUND FOR STAGE & FILM
Saturday, December 4, 2021
9:00 - 9:30 PM
Moderator: Giovanni Ortega, Pomona College
Panelists: Bryan Pangilinan, Joshua Icban
ARTS & COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
Sunday December 5, 2021
4:00 - 4:30 PM
Moderator: Lucy San Pablo Burns, PhD, UCLA
Panelists: Terry Valen, Joel B. Tan
Nurse Frances Sedayao
Diwata/Farmworker Hien Huynh
Elias Luntian/Diwata Jonathan M. Mercado
Benito Aranan/Diwata Johnny Huy Nguyen
Renante Ruben Robinson/Diwata jose e abad
Antonio Tiongco/Diwata Kao Sebastian Saephanh
Valentino ‘Baleng’ Pablo Ladislao ‘June’ Arellano
Baleng’s mother/Diwata (Sat/Sun) Stephanie Herrera
Diwata (Fri) Sydney Loyola
Mercedes Palacio Andrea ‘Poko’ Devis
Man with a knife Alley Wilde
Diwata Cristino N. Lagahid
Picnic family David-Ortega Family
Evaristo ‘Dandi Boi’ Bautista Earl Alfred Paus
Dalisay ‘Dali’ Bautista Jazlynn Pastor
Miguel Bataan Joshua Icban
Baleng’s father Giovanni Ortega
Ticket manong Gregory Manalo
Vegetable peddler Helen Serafino-Agar
Edita Marcos Isa Musni
Young Baleng Kadean Serafino-Agar
Diwata Kawayan Perla Rose Bolick-Ong
Doña Celestina Ruben Marcella Pabros-Clark
Natividad Capugay Malia Byrne
Man at the corner Wayde McCloud
Bahala Na Escrima
David Arquilada
Master Joel Juanitas
Leo Juanitas
Lorenzo Romano
Perry Farrens
Little Manila Rising
Jan Luce
Danica Feronda
Kiara Maque
Parangal Dance Company
Lydia Querian
Micaela Tandinco
Stockton Multi-Style Escrima
Anthony Balagayos
Edward Talisayan
Maestro Dexter Labonog
Gene Inis
Gregory Balubar
Ramil Joven
Terry Joven
Voice-over narration
Andrew Eisenman
Aureen Almario
MJ Austria
Melvign Badiola
Additional Cinematography and Underwater Camera
Hana Sun Lee
Laboring Bodies Writer
Jaime Jacinto
Taxi Dance Blues
Music and Lyrics by Joshua Icban
Performed by Aimee Amparo
Dasal Prayer
Written and Performed by Aimee Amparo
Pinoy sa Amerika
Written and Performed by Joey Maligalig
Pinoy sa Amerika (2020)
Written by Joey Maligalig
Lyrics by Mario ‘Nomi’ de Miro
Arranged by Joshua Icban
Performed by Joshua Icban and Mario ‘Nomi’ de Miro
My sincerest thanks to the original cast who generously contributed their heart & bodies in the making of this project—June, Jon, Johnny, Jose, Earl, Poko, Jazlynn, Aimee, Tino; Olivia Malabuyo Tablante of the Gerbode Foundation for your belief in the project; KULARTS’ Board President Lydia Querian, for her help at the January 2021 artists retreat in Oahu. She led us to Manong Romy and Manang Fe Turalva’s farm; Phillip Merlot, director of the San Joaquin County Museum; Irene Faye Duller, Sarah & Trey Norton for their family photos; my escrima brothers, Terry Joven & Joel Juanitas who organized the Stockton’s escrimadores for the Lodi shoot; Patricia Ong who facilitated and managed our 2019 Boulder Creek shoot. We shot the underwater scenes at Derrel Myers and Naomi White magnificent property in the Santa Cruz mountains. Sadly, the property was totally consumed by the Boulder Creek fire in August 2020; to our Eastside Arts Alliance familya- Susanne Takehara, Jose Navarette, Ada Chan and Chris Durazo; to Bern Sy & Filipino American Development Foundation; and to Bayanihan Equity Center.
Taus punong pasasalamaat!
Alleluia Panis, Director and Choreographer
Founded in 1985, Kulintang Arts, Inc., now known popularly as KULARTS, is the premier presenter of contemporary and tribal Pilipino arts in the United States. Through three decades of service, KULARTS has grown into a leading elder arts organization, uniting generations of artists and community activists in a common effort to build a collective space and sense of belonging within San Francisco, specifically the SOMA Pilipinas: Filipino Cultural Heritage District. KULARTS creates work that makes visible the contributions of Pilipino Americans and creates room for cultural continuity and knowledge.
