CIRCAPINTIG features Migrant Diaries: Two One Acts on finding our inner superheroes!

Chicago, IL - CircaPintig, the Chicago-based community theater company opens its 2014 Theater Season with Migrant Diaries, two one-act plays about the struggles and joys of immigrant life. It features Looking for Darna written by Chicago-based playwright Lani Montreal - a family drama of unspoken love and hidden family histories brought out into the open as Darna, the beloved Filipino superwoman, flashes her powers that strengthen the bond between daughter, mother and grandmother. Cast includes Adriana Cardona-Maguigad, Gigi Mascarenas, Myrla Baldonado, Divine Calo and Cesar Orozco.

Twinbilled with this play is Allos written by Giovanni Ortega, a Los Angeles-based actor-director-playwright whose impressive performing credentials include The Romance of Magno Rubio, Dogeaters and Imelda. The play dramatizes the tenacity and struggles of early Filipino migrants as they deal with racist America of the 1940s. Allos is a homage to the poetic genius of Bulosan, a farm worker turned writer and poet known for his novel America is in the Heart. Cast includes Chip Payos as Allos ably supported by Levi Aliposa and Leo Dave Garcia.

Directed by Louie Pascasio, both plays go on stage on March 21-23, 28-30 and April 4-6, Fridays 8pm, Saturdays 4pm and 8pm and Sundays, 4pm. Performances will be held at Moooh Dulce, 2602 W. Fullerton Ave in Chicago. Tickets are $20 at the door, $15 with advanced reservation and $10 for students and seniors. Advanced ticket reservation via www.brownpapertickets.com or visit our website at www.circapintig.com or call (312) 451-6974.