Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film.

I'm an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society.

But I think there's a genuine joy, too, a sense that no matter what, even if my stomach's growling, I'm going to dance. That's what I want to leave people with at the end of the play. After all this, people still know how to live.

My identity is linked to my grandmother, who's pure Filipino, as pure as you can probably get. And that shaped my imagination. So that's how I identify.

Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film.

There are certain regions in the country where the indigenous people eat dogs.

Life is not simple, and people can't be boxed into being either heroes or villains.