Paulo K Tiról (composer, lyricist, bookwriter) and Noam Shapiro (director, dramaturg) will be returning to Catslair in February '24 to continue work on Dear America, a musical adaptation of the bestselling memoir of Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, immigration activist, and undocumented American Jose Antonio Vargas. During their first residency at Catslair in May '22, they began work on Dear America and also worked on On This Side of the World, a full-length musical about a Filipino woman flying from Manila to New York City with a one-way ticket and a suitcase of stories. In May '23, On This Side of the World had its world premiere at East West Players in Los Angeles, the country's largest and longest-running Asian American theatre, where it had a sold-out extended run and became the theatre's highest-grossing new work.

Affiliation: NYU