Debut is a love letter to queer Filipinos and their families

“This is so Filipino,” my friend Alissa Catiis (aka burlesque performer and producer Miss Ali Verse) told me with a grin during the press preview of CIRCA Pintig’s Debut, written by Nate Cozens. Next to us was another Filipino burlesque friend of ours, with members of their Filipino book club. The community had turned out for a heartwarming queer Asian tale of family and acceptance. Throughout the play, I heard my friends giggling, sometimes cackling. Other times, I heard sniffling in the audience. I shed a tear myself. DebutThrough 12/4: 11/12-11/4, Thu–Fri 7:30 PM, Sat 2 PM, Bughouse Theater, 1910 W. Irving Park; 12/3-12/4, Thu–Fri 7:30 PM, Rizal Center, 1332 W.

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