February 13 – 16, 2025
Ticket Prices – Subsidized: $20 / Regular: $30 / Full Value: $40 / Generous: $50
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The running time of this show is approximately 2 hours long plus intermission.
This ain’t a sob story about war crimes, dementia, nor getting old. It’s a sprint down the memory lane of a butt-kickin’, bar-spittin’, tough grandma who escapes the care home to be with her family. When our favourite Filipino grandma Lola Basyang goes missing, it’s up to her grandchildren Nika and Jun-jun to bring her back to safety. Using their lola’s unfinished memoir, they find clues to her whereabouts, her full-of-beans origin story and the historical turmoils of their motherland. Reminiscent of their immigration stories, they reflect on what it means to maintain family ties in a Western society.
Ages: 14+
A Ruby Slippers Theatre Production
Co-Presented by Blackout Art Society and Presentation House Theatre
Written by Abi Padilla
Director: Leslie Dos Remedios
Lighting Design: Jonathan Kim
Projection Design: Andie Lloyd
Set Design: Kimira Reddy
Sound Design: Riley Hardwick
Music Director and Composer: Argel Monte de Ramos
Music Captain: Vince Sendrijas
Fight Directors and Intimacy Choreographers: Nathania Bernabe and Jackie T. Hanlin
Co-Fight Captains: Evelyn Chew and Terrence Zhou
Props Design: Heidi Wilkinson
Costume Design: Sarah Sosick
Projection Co-Designers: Ronnie Cheng and June Hsu
Dramaturgy: Kamila Sediego
Stage Manager: Jennifer Wilson
Apprentice Stage Manager: Vicki Santos
Apprentice Director: Isaac Stuber Li
Technical Director/Production Manager: Nico Dicecco
Actors:
Yorlene Bernido – Nika
Evelyn Chew – Commander Lumen and Ensemble
Kevin Nguyen – Nurse Chaz, Andi Martin and Ensemble
Abigail Padilla – Basyang
Vince Sendrijas – Jun-Jun, Filipino Radio Reporter
Raugi Yu – Boss Mayhem, Pedro
Terrence Zhou – Ken, Captain Manaka
A Ruby Slippers Theatre Production
Co-Presented by Blackout Art Society and Presentation House Theatre
February 13 – 16, 2025
Thursday, February 13 – 7:30 PM
Friday, February 14 – 7:30 PM*
Saturday, February 15 – 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 16 – 2:00 PM
*Friday, February 14th at 7:30 PM’s performance of Grandma. Gangsta. Guerrilla. will include an Artist Talkback afterwards.
SHOW ADVISORY: Please note that this show includes coarse language, brief mentions and references to sexual assault, mentions of war. If you have any accessibility needs, please reach out to our Box Office at boxoffice@phtheatre.org or 604-990-3474.
Photo of Abi Padilla by Emily Cooper Photography.