Dragon Lady and Dragon Mama by Sara Porkalob (Boston, MA)

Name: Dragon Lady and Dragon Mama by Sara Porkalob (Boston, MA)
Start: 2019-3-20T19:30+0:00
End: 2019-4-6T21:00+0:00

20mar(mar 20)7:30 pm06apr(apr 6)9:00 pmDragon Lady and Dragon Mama by Sara Porkalob (Boston, MA) Event Organized ByAmerican Repertory TheatreEvent Type Fully stagedEvent Type 2Full run

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Dragon Lady and Dragon Mama, by Sara Porkalob

After a run at OBERON in the spring of 2018, virtuosic performer Sara Porkalob returns with Dragon Lady, and also turns her attention to another chapter of her family’s history with Dragon Mama, the second piece in her Dragon Cycle.

DRAGON LADY—RETURN ENGAGEMENT It is the year of the Water Dragon and the eve of Grandma Maria’s 60th birthday. By the light of the karaoke machine, fueled by pork dumplings and Diet Pepsi, she shares a dark secret from her Filipino gangster past with one lucky grandchild. Traversing 50 years of faulty family memories, Seattle-based performer Sara Porkalob returns to share this timely new musical about what it means to come to America.

DRAGON MAMA How does a Dragon earn her wings? Maria Porkalob, Jr. yearns for a gayer, more POC-filled life than Bremerton, WA can offer. When presented with an opportunity to make a quick fortune, Maria must make an important decision: leave her debt-ridden mother, four young siblings, and newborn daughter for the wild unknown of Alaska, or stay close to home, family, and intergenerational trauma. The second play in her Dragon Cycle, Sara Porkalob’s new solo show traverses 25 years of her mother’s life filled with queer love in a barren land, a dope 90s R&B soundtrack, and Filipino gangsters. This is Dragon Mama.

Time

March 20, 2019 7:30 pm - April 6, 2019 9:00 pm edt(GMT+00:00)

Location

Artists Repertory Theatre

1515 SW Morrison St.

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American Repertory Theatre

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University is a leading force in the American theater, producing groundbreaking work in Cambridge and beyond. The A.R.T. was founded in 1980 by Robert Brustein, who served as Artistic Director until 2002, when he was succeeded by Robert Woodruff. Diane Paulus began her tenure as Artistic Director in 2008. Under the leadership of Paulus and Executive Producer Diane Borger, the A.R.T. seeks to expand the boundaries of theater by programming events that immerse audiences in transformative theatrical experiences.

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