January 2024 – Conrad A. Panganiban

Standing Above Pajaro

Posted on 01/20/202408/01/2024 by Conrad

I wrote this one-act play as a remembrance to the immigrants who endured the racial hatred and physical violence of the 1930 Watsonville Riots.

Can I Write a Comedy?

Posted on 01/08/202401/08/2024 by Conrad

YAY! I can FINALLY share the news that I was selected as a recipient of the 2024 “New Voices in Comedy” Writing Fellowship with Killing My Lobster!

Flipped

Posted on 01/04/202401/04/2024 by Conrad

I wrote this for an assignment as a 10 minute play… but re-reading it almost 10 years later… it’s not a play, but a scene. But I could see the kernal forming of what would become my voice.

Conrad A. Panganiban (he/him/his) is an award-winning Filipino American playwright representing the San Francisco Bay Area. His plays include Daryo’s All-American Diner, Welga, and River’s Message. Conrad’s work has been produced by Bindlestiff Studio, The Chikahan Company, CIRCA Pintig (IL), the MaArte Theatre Collective, and CATS (Contemporary Asian Theatre Scene) . Awards include: Best Play of 2023, Daryo’s All-American Diner (BroadwayWorldAwards Chicago), Best New Play, Daryo’s All-American Diner (Chicago Reader, Best of 2023), Susan Fairbrook Playwright Fund Awardee (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley), 2023 New Voices in Comedy Writing Fellowship (Killing My Lobster), James Milton Highsmith Award Winner (SFSU), National Ten-Minute Play Festival Finalist (Actors Theatre of Louisville), and Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semi-Finalist (Playwrights Foundation). Resident Artist: Bindlestiff Studio. Member: Dramatist Guild of America, and Theatre Bay Area. MFA, San Francisco State University. @consplayspace