Fil-Canadian play ‘Homecoming’ to premiere in Vancouver in May | TFC News British Columbia, Canada
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What do you mean it's no one? Of course it's someone!
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Homecoming depicts the lives of three generations of Filipino women taking place between the Philippines and Canada.
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It is a familiar Filipino story of love and duty complicated by a sibling's migration to another country.
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The play also explores the sense of disconnect felt by Filipinos raised abroad.
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Filipino-Canadian playwright Camila Cediego's real-life experiences serve as inspiration to the stage play.
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Homecoming has characters who have been drawn from Camila's imagination.
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Not only imagination, but has also been drawn from her aspects of her real life.
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And that alone is a unique story.
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The play underwent years of planning and development but was halted by the pandemic.
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Corey Payette, Artistic Director of Urban Inc.,
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made it possible for the play,
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to come into fruition.
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Born and raised in Vancouver,
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it was a culture shock for Cediego when she first visited the Philippines.
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The playwright says the trip evoked conflicting feelings and thoughts.
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I got to meet my family for the first time and like as an adult, you know,
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so that was a kind of interesting experience because these are strangers to me.
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I don't know who they are, but you know, you love them right away.
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Theater artist Hazel Venzon is the director of Homecoming.
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Venzon says being a part of the play is very meaningful and empowering to her as a storyteller,
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director, and creator of stories as she worked with an all-Filipino cast.
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An experience that allows me as a director to evolve and grow and work with new artists.
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The actors that we're working with on stage, all Pinay, it's incredibly, it feels like an incredible
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Award-winning actor Lisa Neptuno, who hails from Vancouver, plays one of the lead roles.
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Neptuno had guest roles in CBS TV series So Help Me, Todd! and HBO Max's Peacemaker.
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As an immigrant herself, Neptuno can relate to the concept of the play.
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There's definitely a lot of things I'm drawing from because I, you know,
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there's the classic immigrant experience, I think, that we all know.
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Going, leaving, and then coming here.
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There's a lot of, like, parallels and relatability that can be applied to this play
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from my own experiences as well as other experiences.
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Homecoming is set to premiere in Vancouver next month.
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Cecile Docto, ABS-CBN News, Vancouver.
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Thank you for watching!
