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Thursday 30 March, 7PM

Southbank Theatre, The Lawler

A rehearsed reading of a tender new dramedy that pits love against obligation.

Approximately 90 minutes, with no interval

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A tender new dramedy that pits love against obligation.

1986: Manila, Philippines. Hopeful young brothers Martin and Ernie take to the streets to celebrate the impending fall of Ferdinand Marcos’s 21-year dictatorship. By early morning, they’ve been separated in the crowd.

In 2022 Sydney, a now cautious Martin implores his activist son Leo to withdraw his online petition against the new Marcos reign. But when free-spirited Ernie shows up unannounced, all three men must face their shared legacy of survival and responsibility.

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Jordan Shea

Playwright

Trudy Dunn

Director

Stephanie Ghajar

Dramaturg

Roman Berry

Cast

Aiden Gale Miranda

Cast

Marty Rhone

Cast

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Jordan Shea

Playwright

Jordan Shea is a Filipino–Australian writer and teacher. A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts (Writing for Performance), his recent work includes One Hour No Oil (KXT, co-written with Kenneth Moraleda); Ate Lovia (Old Fitz); Kasama Kita (Belvoir 25a) and The House at Boundary Road, Liverpool (co-writer, Old 505). Previous residencies include Old 505 Resident Playwright, Sydney Fringe Festival Playwright and as one of the winners of the Philip Parsons Fellowship in 2019. He has won a Varuna Residential Fellowships through Writing NSW, and was runner-up in the Best New Play Award for the Australian Theatre Festival in NYC. His work has been developed at Sydney Theatre Company, ATYP and now, the Melbourne Theatre Company. Jordan is currently under commission with Performing Lines and Australian Plays Transform to create a new verbatim theatre work. He recently wrote Hit from above for a high school drama ensemble, and works regularly as a high school teacher, and as a teacher/facilitator for Belvoir and other communities and arts organisations. Jordan has also worked as a notetaker for Fremantle Media, In-Between-Pictures and Northern Pictures.

Trudy Dunn

Director

Stephanie Ghajar

Dramaturg

Roman Berry

Cast

Aiden Gale Miranda

Cast

Marty Rhone

Cast

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The Lawler

140 Southbank Boulevard

Southbank, Victoria 3006

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