Event

The FOB Show: FOBlematic

[NOTE: Due unforeseen circumstances, the production has been moved to Exit Theater]

After fourteen years, the show from between two shores is coming home, blending traditional theater, improv, shadow puppetry, movement, and video multimedia to tell entirely new stories of the immigrant experience, seen through the Filipino lens. The production is set to run from Feb 21st through the 29th (Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00pm).

Taken from the acronym for Fresh Off the Boat, a term used to derogatorily refer to new immigrants (most often used by second- and third-generation immigrants in their own communities). The FOB Show was conceived in 2004 by Dino Ignacio and Ryan Morales in the basement of the original Bindlestiff Studio. Themselves first-generation immigrants from Manila, they created the show as a way to upend the stereotypes and clichés surrounding not just Filipino transplants, but all who have had to leave their homes and loved ones to seek better futures in foreign lands.

Sponsored in part by:
SF Arts Commission
SF Grants for the Arts
TBA Ca$h Grant