2024 Season

CIRCA Pintig's 33rd SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT

CIRCA Pintig proudly announces its 33rd Season: KAPWA, Next Generation with a mixture of original works, community collaborations, monthly gatherings, and staged readings as part of the KAPWA Theatre Project grant funded by the Neighborhood Access Program from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE).

Hail Mary/Maria Incubator Workshop

On August 23rd and 24th, CIRCA Pintig and The Ampliverse will be co-producing a workshop performance of the exciting new play HAIL MARY/MARIA. The workshop will consist of a weeklong process of the playwright, director, and actors as they actively rehearse and revise, culminating in two workshop performances, including talkbacks with the team, and a gala to celebrate. 

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Chicago Filipino American Theatre Festival

The debut festival year will share in CIRCA Pintig’s season theme of KAPWA, or kindred, as the festival seeks to connect our Kapwang Pilipino through new writing centered around the Filipino and Filipino American experience. The festival will present up to four evenings of  theatrical works from, up-and-coming and established Filipino playwrights. 

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Sama Sama: Solidarity in the Fields

The play centers around students who want to learn more about the shared experiences and plight of Mexican and Filipino farmworkers, specifically during the Delano grape strike of 1965. This touring show originally commissioned by East West Players Theatre will be presented in libraries, schools, and community organizations.

Daryo’s All American Diner

Daryo’s All American Diner is back by popular demand after its BroadwayWorld Best Play win in Chicago, including 8 nominations as well as Chicago Reader’s Best of Chicago 2023 including Best Established Theater Company. Written by Conrad A. Panganiban, Daryo’s All-American Diner is about the resilience seen through the lens of a Filipino family who struggles to keep a business open at the height of the pandemic. The play sets the tone for how a traumatic act of violence can lead to an act of grace as family and friends come together during a time of crisis.

The Center for Immigrant Resources and Community Arts, also known as CIRCA Pintig is a Chicago-based organization whose mission is to engage community members in addressing the critical needs of immigrant and marginalized communities in theatrical, creative, and empowering ways. A proud new member of the League of Chicago Theatres https://chicagoplays.com/theatre/circa-pintig/ CIRCA Pintig is supported in part by the Asian Giving Circle, Crossroads Fund, DCASE City Arts and Neighborhood Access Program Granst, Illinois Arts Council, an agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and RESIST. For more information, visit www.circapintig.org.

Previous Events

33rd Anniversary Celebration & Benefit

The 33rd Anniversary Gala in March will showcase excerpts from the KAPWA Season as well as continuous programming of Monthly Beat & Film Screening. 

Panther in the Sky

The world premiere of Panther in the Sky by Lani T. Montreal, a co-production with Chicago
Danztheatre Ensemble opens this Spring. This poignant and powerful piece delves into the narratives of four mothers and their sons who deal with poverty, violence, and racism in the city of Chicago.