Lani T. Montreal
Join us for a good time of karaoke directly following Lani T. Montreal's performance on June 22! There will be food provided and drinks available at the bar.
Lani T. Montreal’s Anak ni Tapia: Leaving Mother
Part of Links Hall’s 2024 Co-MISSION Festival of New Works
Anak ni Tapia: Leaving Mother is a story about what it's like for someone to grow up in the shadow of a celebrity mother with a dark past in a patriarchal and deeply religious society.
Collaborators: Daisy Castro (Director) and Nejla Yatkin (Movement Coach)
Music/Sound: Demetrio Cardona-Maguigad & Michael Querubin
Special Thanks: Evanthia Georges, Joanah Torre, Alexa Bermudez, Ava Bermudez, Luis Bermudez, Cameron Barrett Bermudez, Melanya Liwanag Aguila, Arlene Malinowsky (Chicago Dramatists), Ashley and Ariel Arvis, Ginger and Larry Leopoldo (CIRCA-Pintig) and the Links Hall Team
Artist Bios
Lani T. Montreal is a queer feminist Filipina writer, educator, and performer based in Chicago. Her plays have been read and produced in the U.S., Canada, and the Philippines, mostly by CIRCA-Pintig Filipino-American Theatre Group. Likewise, her essays and poetry have been published in journals and anthologies, among them LitBop Magazine, Rattle, MiPoesias, Riksha and others. Lani writes to create her home in the diaspora. She is currently a Chicago Dramatist Network Playwright, was a Resident Artist at Free Street Theater (2017), two-time recipient of 3Arts Residency Awards (2016 and 2009), and a 2017 alumni of VONA Writers of Color Workshop.
Collaborators
Daisy Castro has been involved in Chicago theatre for 25+ years both on and off stage as a dancer, performer, tech hand, administrator, producer and director. She was part of the second generation of Stir-Friday Night! as writer, actor and development coordinator. In 1991, she was cast as the love interest of Carlos Bulosan in Pintig Theatre group's maiden production, America's in the Heart. This started her long, complicated, and fulfilling relationship with the organization. What a privilege to witness its evolution from concept to the present incarnation.
Demetrio P. Maguigad is a multidisciplinary experience designer and strategist. He is a longtime music producer and sound designer to CIRCA Pintig theatrical and musical productions including Mr & Mrs Laquesta Go Dancing, Sister Outlaw, Game of Trolls, and most recently Daryo's All American Diner. He was the Principal and Director of Design Strategy at LimeRed, and now founder and owner of Polyrhythmic Design & Co.
Michael Querubin is a musician who has collaborated on a few productions with the community theatre group, Circa-Pintig. He is also a member of the Bagwis Collective, a Chicago based progressive Filipino fusion band.
This event is part of Links Hall’s 2024 Co-MISSION Festival of New Works, two groundbreaking weekends of new performance and public events. Representing some of the most talented makers in Chicago from dance, performance art, installation, and performance as social practice, six artists present works developed while in-residence at Links during the 2023-2024 season. Featured artists include: Links Hall Residents AiRos 頌恩 medill, Jamila Kekulah, and Eshan Rafi, and Fellows Najee-Zaid Searcy and Lani T. Montreal.
Additional Events in the 2024 Co-MISSION Festival of New Works
June 21 | Fall Residents: AiRos 頌恩 medill, Jamila Kekulah, and Eshan Rafi
June 23 | Spring Fellow: Lani T. Montreal
June 28 | Spring Fellow: Najee-Zaid Searcy
June 29 | Spring Fellow: Najee-Zaid Searcy
All Co-MISSION Festival of New Works attendees are invited to return to Links Hall after Najee-Zaid Searcy’s performance on June 29th to catch some vibes from DJ Kamarimou and celebrate the end of Links Hall’s season. Cruise into the summer with us as we get ready for what’s next in our journey.
June 30 | Fall Residents: AiRos 頌恩 medill, Jamila Kekulah, and Eshan Rafi
Links Hall's Co-MISSION residencies and fellowships are supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.