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It’s one thing to ship a balikbayan box to your family in the Philippines—it’s another to become one! In this surreal and heartfelt one-person show, a Filipino American actor wakes up to find their body slowly transforming into a cardboard box. Convinced that reconnecting with their heritage and repairing their relationship with Catholicism is the key to stopping and reversing the transformation, they book a one-way flight to the Philippines to immerse themselves in a culture they never truly got to call their own.

Balikbayan Boy is a deeply personal "unpacking" of oneself that asks "how much of who we are is shaped by where we’re from, the culture we inherit, and the spirituality of our ancestors?"

Jomar’s having a full-blown identity crisis as he approaches his 30th birthday, so what does he do? He throws himself a debut, a traditional Filipino coming-of-age celebration... usually meant for young women turning 18. But things get complicated when his family arrives and he discovers that their lives are in complete disarray. Will this party bring them together as the family wrestles with growing up or will it be what causes them to grow apart?

DEBUT follows a family’s journey of self-discovery as each member comes to terms with what it means to “act their age.”

Marble is a queer mushroom living in the Mycelium Kingdom who is crashing out after the Hypercolor Highway is shut down. 

There's yelling, yarn, probably some light crying, and one very cute pair of shorts in this emotional freefall solo meltdown performance.