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Thunder Above, Deeps Below

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 4m

“Large, loud, and complex—at times deeply funny, at times deeply disturbing... it is at once movingly optimistic and cruelly cynical... it is, in fact, great theatre.” – NYTheatre.com

Thunder Above, Deeps Below

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 4m

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Summary
Three homeless friends — a Filipina-American with a hidden past, a Filipina trans woman, and a Puerto Rican hustler — struggle on the Chicago streets to scrounge up enough cash to bus it to San Francisco before the winter cold hits. But when a bearded man on a quest, a mystery man in sunglasses, a wealthy john, and a doughnut shop's spell-casting assistant manager put their hopes and friendships to the test, the trio find they must spare some change of a far queerer kind.
History
Thunder Above, Deeps Below premiered at the Barrow Group Theatre in New York City in 2009. It was produced by Second Generation theatre company.

PERRY - 19, African-American, a business student who assists with the books at his family's tire shop, the Prince of Tires.
THERESE - 19, Filipino-American, a homeless woman. 
GIL - 24, Filipina, a homeless trans woman. 
HECTOR - 17, Puerto Rican-American, a homeless prostitute. 
MARISOL - 24, Dominican-American, assistant manager at a chain dougnut shop, possibly a sorceress of some kind. 
BOATWOMAN - Ageless (to be played by the actor playing Marisol)
MR. LOCKE - late 30's and THE PRINCE - early 20's, African- American and Iranian. (two men in different disguises to be played by one actor)

  • Time Period Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Media

“An engaging, rich play... deeply rewarding.” – DramaQueen.com

“Large, loud, and complex—at times deeply funny, at times deeply disturbing... it is at once movingly optimistic and cruelly cynical... it is, in fact, great theatre.” – NYTheatre.com, Read More

“The play successfully... gets its hands dirty with the hard truths about internalized homophobia, and the traumas a variety of societies and families inflict on anyone who is sexually different... an intelligent look at the twisted thinking that makes that word a potent tool for abuse and control... an engaging, rich play that, though sometimes difficult, is finally deeply rewarding.” – DramaQueen.com, Read More

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A. Rey Pamatmat

A. Rey Pamatmat’s plays include Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them (Actors Theatre of Louisville), after all the terrible things I do (Milwaukee Rep), House Rules (Ma-Yi), Thunder Above, Deeps Below (Second Generation), A Spare Me (Waterwell), and DEVIANT. His newest play, S ...

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