It’s been years since I shared this scene exercise with a class, but I still can’t get the feeling of being “misunderstood” out of my mind. I know I’ve written about this in another blog post about a short play I wrote called Flipped. A quick refresh about the plot, a well-to-do real estate redeveloper…
Gophers in the Mission by Conrad A. Panganiban Lights up on a NANDO wearing an apron and talking on the phone inside the La Victoria Panderia. NANDO Yup. Yup. What’d I tell you, bro? Easy as pie! So, are you usin’ da Kellogs or the Miracle-Gro? Heck yeah! I told you Miracle-Gro is da bomb!…
Over my time as a playwright, I’ve been thinking about what it means to be an American playwright of Filipino Descent. Why should I even box myself into a title of being a “Filipino American” Playwright? Can’t I just say, I am a playwright? And I guess before I started posting all of my plays…
Download the script (PDF) Being Careful by conrad a. panganiban CAST OF CHARACTERS STEPHEN: Late 30s. Male. Single. Techie. MELISSA: Late 30s. Female. Single. Receptionist. STEPHEN is banging on the door while MELISSA is sitting at a table pouring some wine into a glass. STEPHEN Let us out! Hey! Hey!!! Is anyone out there?! I…
Download the script (PDF) Teardropped by Conrad A. Panganiban CAST OF CHARACTERS SWIVELS: 40s. Male. Photographer. TEARDROP: 40s. Male. Prisoner. Awaiting execution in 3 days. Lights up on SWIVELS and TEARDROP sitting across from each other at a table. SWIVELS is looking around very nervous. TEARDROP Thanks for coming. SWIVELS Uh… yeah. So, um, you…
Download the script (PDF) The Rope That Binds A One-Act Guide Out of the Aokigahara Forest by conrad a. panganiban CAST OF CHARACTERS PAULO: Late 20s, early 30s. Male. A tortured soul trying to do the “right” thing. NEMI: Early 20s. Female. Punk rock fashioned rebel left with nothing left to rebel against. TIME This…
Download the script (PDF) Boys Don’t Bake Cake A Short Comedy by conrad a. panganiban CAST OF CHARACTERS Madison Hipolito Gaspar: Early 20s. Female. Freshly college graduate. Over achiever. Lauryn Gaspar: Early 20s. Female. Kacey’s younger sister. Madison’s cousin. A girly girl who likes romance and pretty things. Kacey Gaspar: Early 20s. Female. Lauryn’s older…
Copyright Notice: Scripts on this website are copyright protected and may not be reproduced, distributed, disseminated, altered or performed without the author’s prior written permission. conradap@gmail.com Download the script (PDF) Esperanza Means Hopeby conrad a. panganiban Survivor monologues written by Gladys Imperio-Acosta Original Songs written by Dee Pizarro and Loui Paman CHARACTERS ESPY COJUANCO TAN:…
Download the script (PDF) DevotedA 10-Minute Love Story Through Time by Conrad A. Panganiban Cast of Characters MARY/MARISOL/MARIA CLARA: 20s. Filipina. Dressed in black as a statement of rebellion against love in all of it’s forms, shapes, and spaces. CHRIS/CRISTOBAL/CRISOSTOMO: 30s. Filipino American. A history professor and author who’s mysterious past has come back to…
Download the script (PDF) The Gift A 10-minute Sci-Fi Drama Comedy by Conrad A. Panganiban CAST OF CHARACTERS Ysa Manansala: Late teens to early 20’s. Female. Intelligent. Wise ass. Heart-transplant recipient and owner of a powerful gift. Cora Ayala/Female: Mid 40’s. Female. Art collector. Stoic and matter-of-fact. Noah/Male: Male. Assistant to Cora Ayala. SETTING 1)…
