Nanay

by Molly Olis Krost

Angela has arrived to congratulate her twin sister on her new baby but, instead finds Eve “cohabitating” with a Filipino vampire with an infamous hunger for all things fetus. Does Angela believe Eve’s claims that all is well with her new relationship? NANAY, a new play by Molly Olis Krost, incorporates Filipino mythology and tradition to compare eastern and western approaches to sisterhood, trauma and healing
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Angela has arrived to congratulate her twin sister on her new baby but, instead finds Eve “cohabitating” with a Filipino vampire with an infamous hunger for all things fetus. Does Angela believe Eve’s claims that all is well with her new relationship? NANAY, a new play by Molly Olis Krost, incorporates Filipino mythology and tradition to compare eastern and western approaches to sisterhood, trauma and healing
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Nanay

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  • Playwrights Foundation: Nanay by Molly Olis Krost
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    Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, NANAY, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020. We were moved by the quality of the writing and the relevant and compelling themes that spoke to the mission of our festival. It excelled in a competitive process of 735 plays submitted this year and rose to the top after a six month long process discussing its merits with both national and local Bay Area readers, and we hope it moves swiftly towards production.

    Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play, NANAY, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020. We were moved by the quality of the writing and the relevant and compelling themes that spoke to the mission of our festival. It excelled in a competitive process of 735 plays submitted this year and rose to the top after a six month long process discussing its merits with both national and local Bay Area readers, and we hope it moves swiftly towards production.

    ”
EVE Late 20's/early 30's. Filipina. Recently pregnant.
ANGELA Late 20's/early 30's. Filipina. EVE's twin sister.
MANANANGGAL Any age. Any gender. Filipino. A manifestation of a creature from Filipino mythology that most closely relates to a vampire. They are infamous for eating unborn fetuses and small children. How human looking versus creature looking they appear is up for interpretation. Apparently, their name is Ernesto.
MOTHER A manifestation of EVE and ANGELA'S mother. A culmination of their memories and impressions of her from throughout lives. Played by the same actor as MANANANGGAL.

Development History

  • Workshop, Town Hall Theatre, 2023
  • Reading, Macha Theatre Works, 2023
  • Reading, The Parsnip Ship, 2022
  • Workshop, Magic Theatre , 2021

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