Grandma. Gangsta. Guerrilla.
When
Runs from
Thursday February 6 2025
to Saturday February 8 2025
Approximate running time: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Venue
Event Notes
×
Ruby Slippers Theatre production in association with The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
Grandma. Gangsta. Guerrilla.
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 favorite 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.
Production Team
Playwright: Abi Padilla
Director: Leslie Dos Remedios
Lighting Design: Jonathan Kim
Projection Design: Andie Lloyd
Set Design: Kimira Reddy
Sound Design: Riley Hardwick
Musical Director: Argel Monte de Ramos
Fight and Intimacy: Affair of Honor, Nathania Bernabe and Jacki Hanlin
Props Design: Heidi Wilkinson
Costume Design: Sarah Sosick
Dramaturgy: Kamila Sediego
Stage Manager: Jennifer Wilson
Apprentice Stage Manager: Vicki Santos
Apprentice Director: Isaac Stuber Li
Technical Director/Production Manager: Nico Dicecco
Actors:
Abigail Padilla - Basyang
Raugi Yu - Boss Mayhem, Pedro, Prologue Attacker
Vince Sendrijas - Jun Jun, Radio Reporter, Tagalog
Yorlene Bernido - Nika
Terrence Zhou - Ken, Captain Manaka, Prologue Attacker
Kevin Nguyen - Nurse Chaz, TV Reporter 2018, Customer, Makapili, Soldier 1944, gang member
Evelyn Chew - Prologue Attacker, Commader Lumen, Police Officer , Reporter 1993, gang member
Content Warning:
. Coarse Language
. Brief Mentions and References to Sexual Assault
. Mentions of War
Doors open 30 minutes prior to show, please note for some shows latecomers may not be guaranteed entry.
TICKET FEES
All Ages $25.00
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Purchase 3 different “Shadbolt Presents” shows for the same Patron and receive a special subscription price of $5.00 off per ticket Available by phone only. Shows $25 and under can be included as one of the three required for subscription however they will not receive the $5.00 discount. Not included: Arts Club on Tour and Jazz @ the Bolt
Please contact the Box Office if you require accessible seating or have ticketing or subscription questions. 604.205.3000
No refunds on tickets. 2.00 fee per ticket for exchanges
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 favorite 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.
Production Team
Playwright: Abi Padilla
Director: Leslie Dos Remedios
Lighting Design: Jonathan Kim
Projection Design: Andie Lloyd
Set Design: Kimira Reddy
Sound Design: Riley Hardwick
Musical Director: Argel Monte de Ramos
Fight and Intimacy: Affair of Honor, Nathania Bernabe and Jacki Hanlin
Props Design: Heidi Wilkinson
Costume Design: Sarah Sosick
Dramaturgy: Kamila Sediego
Stage Manager: Jennifer Wilson
Apprentice Stage Manager: Vicki Santos
Apprentice Director: Isaac Stuber Li
Technical Director/Production Manager: Nico Dicecco
Actors:
Abigail Padilla - Basyang
Raugi Yu - Boss Mayhem, Pedro, Prologue Attacker
Vince Sendrijas - Jun Jun, Radio Reporter, Tagalog
Yorlene Bernido - Nika
Terrence Zhou - Ken, Captain Manaka, Prologue Attacker
Kevin Nguyen - Nurse Chaz, TV Reporter 2018, Customer, Makapili, Soldier 1944, gang member
Evelyn Chew - Prologue Attacker, Commader Lumen, Police Officer , Reporter 1993, gang member
Content Warning:
. Coarse Language
. Brief Mentions and References to Sexual Assault
. Mentions of War
Doors open 30 minutes prior to show, please note for some shows latecomers may not be guaranteed entry.
TICKET FEES
All Ages $25.00
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Purchase 3 different “Shadbolt Presents” shows for the same Patron and receive a special subscription price of $5.00 off per ticket Available by phone only. Shows $25 and under can be included as one of the three required for subscription however they will not receive the $5.00 discount. Not included: Arts Club on Tour and Jazz @ the Bolt
Please contact the Box Office if you require accessible seating or have ticketing or subscription questions. 604.205.3000
No refunds on tickets. 2.00 fee per ticket for exchanges