What happens when dreams take you far from home?
What unfolds when your dreams lead you far from the place you call home? “Garet: Pinoys in Chicago” captures the moving, funny, and deeply human experiences of Filipinos carving out a life abroad—grappling with identity, belonging, and the everyday fight to survive. Through vivid characters and honest stories, the full-length play reveals the many layers of what it means to be Filipino in a foreign city.
Be part of this journey as Dramanila Theater Production stages the world premiere of Rey E. de la Cruz’s “Garet: Pinoys in Chicago”—a powerful theatrical event filled with heart, authenticity, and cultural pride.
Please watch out for our call for audition for the Rizal Center production. Email info@rizalcenter.org for more information.
Kanta Para Kay Garet
📅 February 7, 8, 14, & 15, 2026 | 7:00 PM
📍 NCCA Tanghalang Leandro V. Locsin, Intramuros, Manila
🎟️ Tickets available at Ticket2Me
📞 For inquiries, please contact
Ms. Carissa De Ocampo – 0945 264 9198
📧 Email: dramanilaph@gmail.com
Rey E. de la Cruz, Ed.D., Positively Filipino correspondent, writes from Chicagoland when he is not loving the arts and longing for his hometown in the Philippines: Ballesteros, Cagayan. He was the first documented film student (University of the Philippines) and high-school film teacher (San Beda University) in the Philippines. An educationalist, he originated and disseminated the use of the ancient Philippine board game sungka as a teaching strategy. He was awarded the Gawad Balagtas for Drama in Filipino by UMPIL, the Philippines’ largest organization of writers, “for his pioneering creative spirit that imagined and expanded what can be possible for today’s modern theater.” Far-out dreams, visionary storytelling, and bold theatricality defined the plays he wrote and directed.
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