CIRCA Pintig

08/28/2026

08/28/2026

Announcing our playwrights for our upcoming third annual Chicago Filipino American Theatre Festival! These six playwrights were selected for our festival where we will be staging their plays for the first time. Join us as we celebrate original Filipino plays and playwrights!

Six original Filipino and Filipino American plays staged and produced at the Little Theater in the historic Rizal Center. Purchase a ticket per evening, or support us with a Festival Pass to see both weekends!

Tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/chicago-filipino-american-theatre-festival

08/21/2026

Announcing our PLAY LINEUP for the 3rd Annual Chicago Filipino American Theatre Festival!

Week 1: Thursday September 10th to Sunday September 13th

We Will Ride by Conrad A. Panganiban
The Karaoke Stress Test by Tim Pintado
The Missing Sister by Annemarie Andaleon

directed by Noella Bonsol

Week 2: Thursday September 24th to Sunday September 27th

Boy Bawang by Allison E. Crisostomo
Intermission Number by Angel Salvador Chiuteña
Featured Reading: Criers for Hire (sa Chicago) by Giovanni Ortega

directed by Rusty Allen

Six original Filipino and Filipino American plays staged and produced at the Little Theater in the historic Rizal Center. Purchase a ticket per evening, or support us with a Festival Pass to see both weekends!

Tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/chicago-filipino-american-theatre-festival

08/01/2026

THE FESTIVAL IS BACK! 🇵🇭

Announcing the Third Annual Chicago Filipino American Theatre Festival! This year we are performing plays that are PASABOG talaga - exciting, revelatory, and spectacular. And for the first time in festival history, the selected pieces will be staged and fully rehearsed!

Our two weekends of original Filipino and Filipino American plays perform on September 10th and September 23rd weekends, save the date!

Stay tuned for more information on our plays and performers!

Tickets available now: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/chicago-filipino-american-theatre-festival

07/29/2026

This Thursday and Friday, join as CIRCA Pintig and CIRCA Pintig artists bring life to the Unheard Voices of Care: Filipino Nurses Exhibit. ⁠
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We engaged our playwrights to bring the exhibit to life through original scenes and monologues. Join us this Thursday and Friday to see our stories! ⁠
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We also will be graced by a piece from the original Filipino musical "Krossroad the Musical" by creator and performer Foline Roos ⁠

RSVP: https://imss.org/program/unheard-voices-of-care-dramatic-reading-circa-pintig-stories-of-nurses-2
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07/27/2026

This Thursday and Friday, join as CIRCA Pintig and CIRCA Pintig artists bring life to the Unheard Voices of Care: Filipino Nurses Exhibit. We engaged our playwrights to bring the exhibit to life through original scenes and monologues. Join us this Thursday and Friday to see our stories! ⁠

07/17/2026

Join us tonight for a free reading of nursing plays inspired by the exhibit "Unheard Voices of Care: Filipino Nurses in America" as we bring life to the exhibit with excerpts from the following scenes:

"The Butterfly of Chula Vista" by Giovanni Ortega
"Crazy on the Inside" by Larry Leopoldo
"Snowflakes and Twinkies" by Kristine M. Reyes

RSVP https://imss.org/program/unheard-voices-of-care-dramatic-reading-circa-pintig-stories-of-nurses/