Stories High Play Directory

In 1997 Teatro Ng Tanan (Theater for Everyone), a Filipino theater group based out of the Mint Mall on Mission and Fifth Street (TNT would later become part of Bindlestiff Studio in 2000) created Pinoy/Pinay Talk, Eight and a Half Stories High. New writers, actors and directors were invited to participate and/or to send in their written work. The end result was a show of monologues and one acts. Over the years, many artists have come through Stories High and have become seasoned artists and major contributors to Bindlestiff and other art communities. Although Stories High has evolved over the last ten years into a more formalized process, one thing has remained constant: Bindlestiff's desire to provide a platform for new and upcoming writers, actors and directors.

NOTICE: All plays listed below are protected under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Under the terms of this license, you may copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for non-commercial purposes, provided appropriate credit is given. However, you may not remix, transform, or build upon the material, nor may you use the material for commercial purposes, including but not limited to training Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning Models (MLMs), without prior written consent.

For use of any play in a classroom setting, competition, video recording, publication, staged reading, or full production, prior written permission is required. Please contact StoriesHigh@bindlestiffstudio.org or the playwright directly, if contact information is provided.

2024

Give Them the Bird by Dom Refuerzo

The Assistant by Frank Bella Chavez

Ask Auntie Aurelia Anything by Amy L. Pabalan

Finding Time by Allen Mark Aranas

Steal My Sunshine by Manny Cabrera

Shakespeare in Babak by Jordan Idolyantes Guingao

2023

First Filipino by Yasmine Gomez

Utang Na Loob by Amanda Pabalan

The Trolley Problem by F. Bella Chavez

The Hidden Ruby by Sarah Abbett

Closer to God by Sandra Criswell

Once Upon A Time In Tondo by Jordan Idolyantes Guingao

2022

Devil in the Crosshairs by Chris “Burd” Quines

It’s Okay by rené ly

I Choose by Yasmine Gomez

Chooney and the Skin Arranger by Ed Mabasa

Cristiano’s Kween by Maurus Dumalaog

Get Good by Mikee Loria

2021

The Eagles Curse by Robert Francis Flor

The Masterpiece by Luna Salaver

SPINTO by Jeffrey Ramos

Commemoration by Steven Dorado

Love Past Due by Darah Macaraeg

Not So Much Like A Fish Out of Water After All by Zenaida Nutterfield

Prelude by Esperanza Catubig

Sino, Siya, Ano Ba by John-Carlo Guevara

2020

Retirement by Manny Cabrera

In Your Eyes by Marissa Martinez

Music by Matt Dela Cruz

LRC by Jowy Curameng

The Ruby Reds by Conrad A. Panganiban

Lifie by Joselito Cordero

2019

Mermaid in Saint Malo by Rizal Adanza

Missed Connection by Anth Bongco

The Cleaner by Nic Feliciano

Our Lady of Vincristine by Lauren Garcia

My Mediocre Heart by Edu Ibazeta

Subterranean by Kevin Lim

When You Gotta Go by Michael Loria

In Real Life by Christina Ying

 

2018

Blood Moon by Grace Burns

The Portal by Ariana Espiritu

Infinite Range by Lauren Lola

Mortimer, Mishka and the Fairy Mortician by Ed Mabasa

Un-Socially Awkward by LO FaSho

Opportunity by Thomas Paras

 

2017

Catching Feelings by Manny Cabrera

Choices by Caroline Calderon

Sounding Heartbeats by Sofia Chanco

Common Ground by Lauren Lola

Charlie Don't Die by Ed Mabasa

The Reverie Technician by Thomas Paras

 

2016

Siklistang Pinoy by Glen Jermyn Andag

The Apprenticeship by Benita Benavides

Love is Love by Grace Burns

I Love You, Mariah by Jasmine Hoo

Last Night with Madame Bloody Bosom by Ed Mabasa

The Future Mrs. Pu by Abigail Pañares

 

2015

18 by Aureen Almario

to the pinays who have considered suicide by Caroline Calderon

Please Come Back by Steven Dominguez

The Night Shift by Ed Mabasa

The Gardener by Emmanuel Romero

Jigsaw Puzzle by Danica Ronquillo

Full House House by Jericho Saria

 

2014

Untethered by Jinky de Rivera

Two Twenty-One by Judith Ferrer

Brinkman's Last Visit by Ed Mabasa

Holed up at the Delta by Conrad A. Panganiban

Searching for Garland Jackson by Paolo Salazar

 

2013

Gotta Love Them Immigrants! by Dianne Aquino Chui

Rally Fights the Man by Cristal Fiel

Last Night of the Tarantula by Ed Mabasa

The Last Unicorns by Paolo Salazar

It Has a Face by Tatiana Chaterji

 

2012

 

2011

Thicker Than Wine by Conrad A. Panganiban

Tip Jar by Patrick Silvestre

Gabriella’s Monologue by Jocelyn Deona de Leon

Baby Lust by Manny Cabrera

Rizal on Angel Island by Ignacio Zulueta

 

2010

 

2009

Busy Little B’s by Nina de Torres Ignacio

Through A Doll Darkly by Joselito Cordero

20 Minutes Past Tomorrow by Alexis E. Dayers

It’s So Natural by Manny Cabrera

Adam & Steve by Ethan Umali

The Multiplex by Patrick Silvestri

 

2008

Choices by Josef Anolin

Brothers & Sisters by Mario “Nomi” deMira

Non-Sequiturs by Cathlin Goulding

The Last Verse in Despair by Ed Mabasa

The Gift by Conrad A. Panganiban

One Year by John Raposas

Not Quite Unrequited by Ava Tong

 

2007

 

2006

Vacation Sensation by Andrea Almario

Boxing Rule by Darah Macaraeg

The Kiss by Ed Mabasa

Stuck by Mike Ricca

Train Song by Adrien Salazar

LoveStoneHeart by Cheri Mims

 

2005

Final Purification by Anton Delfino

You, Me, and Jose by Chuck Lacson

The Rub by Ed Mabasa

Going Down by Lisa Macabasco

Borders by Conrad A. Panganiban

Lucy's Kitchen and Alex's Garage by Ali Wong