The Romance of Magno Rubio

Schedule

Thu, 02 Jul, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Fri, 10 Jul, 2026 at 08:30 pm

UTC-08:00
Location

McPhetres Hall | Juneau, AK

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The Romance of Magno Rubio is the Obie award-winning play about a Filipino farmworker in California’s Central Valley in the 1930s.
About this Event

Based on the short-story by acclaimed Filipino American writer Carlos Buloson, The Romance of Magno Rubio is the Obie award-winning play about an illiterate Filipino farmworker in California’s Central Valley during the 1930s. Magno Rubio falls in love with a white woman from Arkansas through a pen-pal courtship and eventually learns some hard truths about love and romance and the American dream. Directed by Nathaniel Claridad.

Part of the Alaska Theater Festival 2026.

This production is supported in part by the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council and the City and Borough of Juneau.

Support also provided by a Rasmuson Foundation 2025 Individual Artist Project Award, a Juneau Community Foundation Artist Award, and Filipino Community, Inc

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Where is it happening?

McPhetres Hall, 325 Gold Street, Juneau, United States

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