Learning How to Read by Moonlight
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Learning How to Read by Moonlight
by Gaven Trinidad
Six-year-old Eddie and his Nanay ("mother") are determined to make the United States his family's new home after facing life-threatening danger back in the Philippines. Eddie and his imaginary friend create their own worlds in which Eddie can face the challenges of growing up in the United States as undocumented, an English language learner, and queer. A community leader narrates the 90 min play with new...
Six-year-old Eddie and his Nanay ("mother") are determined to make the United States his family's new home after facing life-threatening danger back in the Philippines. Eddie and his imaginary friend create their own worlds in which Eddie can face the challenges of growing up in the United States as undocumented, an English language learner, and queer. A community leader narrates the 90 min play with new narrators at every performance. With imagination, heart, and with some audience participation, the play creates time and space for adults to remember what it is was like to be a child; and the play gives children a voice to be taken seriously by adults in these times of political tumult. The play is performed in English and Tagalog, with the preference of subtitles available in both languages. The play was honored as a finalist for the 2021 Bay Area Playwrights Festival Competition.
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