ON THIS SIDE OF THE WORLD
A New Song Cycle with Music & Lyrics by Paulo K Tiról
World Premiere produced by Three Hares
Access Theater
May 2 - 12, 2019
*** Theatre is Easy Best Bet ***
CREATIVE TEAM
director - Noam Shapiro
composer & lyricist - Paulo K Tiról
producer - Megumi Lee
stage manager - Priscilla Villanueva*
choreographer - Matthew Bovee
music director - Ian Miller
scenic designer - Melanie May
lighting designer - Ethan Olsen
sound designer - Lawrence Schober
costume designer - Annie Le
properties master - Michaela Whiting
press representative - Toro Adeyami/Toro PR
line producers - Rachel Nortz & Marika Brownlee
assistant stage manager - TaTyana Smith
A2/Mixer - Jack Niesi
photo credits - Michael Kushner & Don Gutierrez
ENSEMBLE
Albert Guerzon*
Joanne Javien*
Jaygee Macapugay*
Diane Phelan*
Michael Protacio
Kevin Schuering
*Denotes member of Actors Equity Association
ON THIS SIDE OF THE WORLD
Synopsis:
On this Side of the World is a collection of songs capturing voices from the Filipino immigrant experience in the United States. Stories of overseas workers, young lovers, and gossipy church ladies. Snapshots of undocumented immigrants, millennial princesses, and \irst-generation Americans.
From an airplane somewhere over the Paci\ic to a late-night diner in New York City, Paulo K Tiról’s wistful, joyous song cycle examines lives caught between old and new homes. Performed by six actors, each song is a self-contained story, resulting in a vibrant mosaic of love and loss, humor and heartache, yearning and faith, eight thousand miles from home.
PRESS
“On This Side of the World,” review by Maria Paz Alegre for Theatre is Easy, May 12, 2019
"Filipino-American Immigrants Take Center Stage in Masterful New Song Cycle,” review by Matt Blank for "OnStage Blog", May 18, 2019
"The Filipino Experience In America… through Song,” review by Jed Ryan for "Lavender After Dark," May 7, 2019
"On This Side of the World," review by Wesley Doucette for Broadway World, May 24, 2019
"New Musical Captures Filipino Experience in the US," feature by Walter Ang for TheInquirer.Net, April 26, 2019
"From a School Project to a Full Musical" feature by Momar G. Visaya for Asian Journal, May 10, 2019