Pintig Theater Collective

This is Theater, the Art of looking at ourselves - Augusto Boal

Pintig meaning pulse in Pilipino, was founded in April 1991, with a mission to serve as a voice of the Filipino American community by engaging in active cultural work - using art as a means to celebrate the community's rich history and culture.

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Art serves as a common language that links community members to each other and to those communities with whom similar experiences are shared. In doing so, art empowers the community and renders it a potent force for social change. Pintig believes that a strong voice for the community can be developed through the cultural arts - powerful art with a progressive agenda. We develop plays in which we interpret our own history and experiences, conduct educational and identity workshops for the community, and engage community members to challenge injustice rather than stand silent.



Pintig has produced nine productions since 1991, all of which are original works from Pintig writers and commissioned artists. It has also conducted various theater workshops with different student organizations at several universities in Chicago and professional groups within the Filipino American community. Pintig's membership has grown from a founding core of five cultural organizers to more than 50 active members, all of whom are volunteers.

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Louie Pascasio

CIRCA PINTIG KICKS OFF YOUTH SUMMER OUTREACH PROGRAM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Edwin Marquez

Email: dewinmarq@yahoo.com



CIRCA PINTIG KICKS-OFF YOUTH OUTREACH SUMMER PROGRAM



Chicago, IL - CIRCA-Pintig, a Chicago based theater and cultural organization, announces its summer youth outreach program. The program, which will be open to children of all ages, will have its kickoff reception and information session on Saturday, May 2, 2009, 1-4:30 pm at the Naperville Library on 95th Street and Route 59 in… Continue

Posted by Louie Pascasio on April 1, 2009 at 12:40pm

Louie Pascasio

Pintig CIRCA presents Mr. & Mrs. LaQuesta Go Dancing!

Pintig CIRCA presents Mr. & Mrs. LaQuesta Go Dancing!



Chicago, IL - For its 17th Theater Season, Pintig CIRCA opens the New Year with Noel Alumit’s Mr. & Mrs. LaQuesta Go Dancing, a one-act play about love and healing. Jay and Lori La Questa, a middle-aged Filipino couple, are having their annual dance party. Mixed with food and their usual rhythmic gait through tango and cha cha, they gather friends as they always have to celebrate life and honor their only son, Boyett. To… Continue

Posted by Louie Pascasio on January 6, 2009 at 11:28am

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Do you dare?

Hello CIRCA-PINTIG family members and supporters! Once again we owe it to ourselves to see old faces again and meet new ones. Come and enjoy the entertainment through dance, excerpts of upcoming shows, food and prizes.



Dinner is family style and is served exactly at 7PM. Please make sure you come before 7PM. Thank you for your generous support as we push PINTIG towards its 20th Anniversary! We look forward to seeing you all!



Tickets are $ 40.00 each (excluding… Continue

Posted by JEM630 on October 28, 2008 at 11:10am

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CIRCA/Pintig Annual Benefit and Reunion

Hello CIRCA-PINTIG family members and supporters! Once again we owe it to ourselves to see old faces again and meet new ones. Come and enjoy the entertainment through dance, excerpts of upcoming shows, food and prizes.



Dinner is family style and is served exactly at 7PM. Please make sure you come before 7PM. Thank you for your generous support as we push PINTIG towards its 20th Anniversary! We look forward to seeing you all!



Tickets are $ 40.00 each (excluding… Continue

Posted by JEM630 on October 15, 2008 at 10:30pm

Louie Pascasio

CIRCA-Pintig seeks scripts for its 2009-2010 Theater

SUBMISSIONS: CIRCA-Pintig seeks scripts for its 2009-2010 Theater

Season.



*Submissions for one-act plays will be considered for our annual

SHORT ACTS that provides opportunities for exploring narratives and

honing skills in the areas of playwriting, acting and directing.



*Submissions for full-length plays will be considered for our major

FALL Production that celebrate and interrogate the immigrant

narrative from historical and contemporary focal… Continue

Posted by Louie Pascasio on October 6, 2008 at 2:13pm

Past Productions

Nanay Isog & Her Children

an adaptation by Rodolfo Carlos Vera

of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage & Her Children



based on a translation by John Willett

directed by Allan Sargan

music by Louie Pascasio & Steven Baz



Alamat

a journey to rediscover the past... to forge a new beginning...


















More About the Collective

MISSION and VISION
Our mission is to serve as the voice of the Filipino American community by engaging in active cultural work that celebrates the community's rich history and culture.

Our vision is a vibrant Filipino American community within a multicultural society.


OBJECTIVES

To encourage the development and cultivation of Filipino American artistry
To promote a theater methodology that is participatory, evocative and vigilant of the encroachment of a dominant culture that perpetuates neocolonialism
To create opportunities of cultural enrichment and political awareness through partnerships with different cultural and socio-political organizations
 
 
 

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