Save the Dates: October 4/5 in Stockton for Magno Rubio!

More details to come, but please SAVE THE DATE: October 4 and 5!

We have just confirmed that the entire NYC cast of the Obie-award
winning Off-Broadway play, THE ROMANCE OF MAGNO RUBIO, will come to
downtown Stockton in two LMF benefit performances, 8pm, Saturday
October 4th and 2pm Sunday, Oct. 5th, at downtown Stockton's
spectacular historic Bob Hope Theatre (formerly the Fox). The play,
which is set in the 1930s, is about five Filipino farmworkers
struggling to achieve the American Dream as they eke out an existence
working in the fields and living in a San Joaquin Delta bunkhouse.
This incredible play has been performed all over the world in cities
such as Honolulu, NYC, Manila, New Haven and LA -- even in Romania --
and now, the Little Manila Foundation will bring the play home to Stockton!

THE ROMANCE OF MAGNO RUBIO, written by Lonnie Carter and directed by
Loy Arcenas, and produced by the reknowned Ma-Yi Theatre Company of
NYC, is based on a short story written by Carlos Bulosan. Bulosan,
author of the classic _America Is In the Heart_ (1946), lived in
Stockton's Little Manila periodically from the 1930s until his death
in 1956. The play centers around the experiences of five Pinoys who
yearn for love, friendship, and hope as they follow crops and work
tirelessly in the fields around Stockton and the South Bay Area. And
what better month to come to Stockton (the historic heart of Filipino
America!) and watch this play but October: Filipino American History Month!

Tickets will go on sale in July. Please visit our website: http://www.littlemanila.net
, for periodic updates on sponsorship and donor opportunities,
fundraisers to help bring over and house the NYC cast, ticket sales
and prices, free events surrounding the performances such as special
tours of the Little Manila Historic Site, and more information about
the play. Save the date and spread the word to ALL of your friends and
family! It's a theatrical experience EVERYONE should see -- not only
Filipino Americans.

Learn more about the play here: http://www.ma-yitheatre.org/reviews_magno.htm

And here: http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117933776.html?categoryid=1265&cs=1