Pork Filled Productions, in association with Theatre Off Jackson, presents
A play by Boni B. Alvarez
Directed by Zenaida R. Smith
Cast
| Leelee | Anna Mulia |
| Jenry | Sam Prudente |
| Farrah | Jen-Ai Clinton |
| Bosley | Matt Dela Cruz |
| Understudy | Anamaria Guerzon |
| Kendall Uyeji |
Staff
| Assistant Director | David Le |
| Stage Manager | Omar Faust |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Alister James Stern |
| Cultural Consultant and Dramaturg | Eloisa Cardona |
| Assistant Dramaturg | Anamaria Guerzon |
| Community Outreach Coordinator | Eloisa Cardona |
| Outreach | Sam Qiambo |
| Props Designer | Jessamyn Bateman-Iino |
| Lighting Designer | Emily Leong |
| Intimacy Director | Jasmine Lomax |
| Set Designer and Builder | Robin Macartnery |
| Costume Designer | Corinne Park-Buffelen |
| Sound Designer | Josh Valdez |
| Social Media Coordinator | Linda RIgor |
| Production Manager | P. Alyda Sorm |
| Graphic Designer | Kwesi Phillips |
| Producers | Omar Faust |
| David Le | |
| P. Alyda Sorm | |
| Roger Tang | |
| Kendall Uyeji | |
| Josh Valdez | |
PFP is a proud member of Theatre Puget Sound and is fiscally sponsored by Shunpike. PFP’s season is supported by 4Culture, ArtsFund, ArtsWA (and the NEA), and the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture,
Acknowledgements
Artswest, Gracie Santos Guce (Project Manager Filipino Community of Seattle), David Hsieh and ReAct Theatre, Jennifer Johnson (Black Pinay, Owner Proprietor, Co-Founder Palengke) Reboot Theatre, Bennyroyce Royon (Culture and Arts Program Coordinator), University of Puget Sound, Geri Ventura (FANHS National Board of Trustees member)
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A Word from the Director
I find few stories more affecting than psychological horror tales. Bloodletting exemplifies the best of the genre: it explores family and community trauma, feeling disconnected from your origins, the pain of otherness.
Filipinos have powerful familial bonds, and that means there is an equally powerful fear of rejection by family or community, and that fear of rejection often festers into a sense of internalized monstrosity.
I keep coming back to the line: “You tell them they are evil, you think they will not want to hurt you more?” It’s a cruel thing. When we tell a person that they are evil or wrong, inherently and irrevocably, we speak it into truth. We eliminate their potential to do or be better.
Sometimes we tell this to ourselves.
This story reminds us that humans make monsters, and learning about our monsters makes us better humans. Take care learning about these monsters.
Zenaida