The House of Baluyot: A Filipino Oresteia

Performance in Villa Theater Lab series
Illustrated playbook cover with the title "The House of Baluyot" in handwriting imposed on an image of a figure sitting in a sea of red with marching figures in the background.

Nov 18 and 19, 2023

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Villa Auditorium

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About

On Imperial Beach in San Diego, a traumatized and houseless man, Estoy, fights to justify his reasons for killing his mother, Temay, a Filipino American nurse. Filled with anguish, Estoy recalls the inevitable events that led up to the murder. This freely adapted version of Aeschylus’s Oresteia, written and directed by Guelan Varela-Luarca and Chay Yew, is an epic saga of power, displacement, and crime in an immigrant Filipino family in California.

Co-produced by East West Players.

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