SARA Porkalob’s Dragon Lady & Dragon MAma - JANUARY 26 - MARCH 6
Nordo opens 2022 with two productions by award-winning artist and Seattle luminary Sara Porkalob, Dragon Lady & Dragon Mama - the first two chapters of her three-part Dragon Cycle.
Both productions will perform in repertory, January 26th – March 6th, 2022, at The Culinarium at Nordo in the historic Pioneer Square neighborhood. Select weekend days will include both productions.
Photo by: Robert Wade, Intiman 2017
PRE-SHOW DINNER
Unlike Nordo’s signature immersive events, Dragon Lady and Dragon Mama will not include a meal service during the show. Instead, patrons have the choice to upgrade their experience for a pre-show prix fixe dinner of Filipino cuisine, created by The New York Times restaurant list for 2021, Chef Aaron Verzosa of Archipelago. Dinner will be served in Nordo’s second venue, The Knife Room, adjacent to The Culinarium. Beverages will be available pre-show and at intermission.
COMMUNITY TICKET
In addition to the Tasting Menu upgrade, Nordo is offering 10% of available seats at a discounted “Community Ticket” rate, intended to decrease the barrier to attendance while making more accessible art.
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Join us for the Seattle Premiere production of Part II of the Dragon Cycle
How does a Dragon earn her wings? Maria Porkalob, Jr., yearns for a gayer, more POC-filled life than Bremerton, WA, can offer. When presented with an opportunity to make a quick fortune, Maria must make an important decision: leave her debt-ridden mother, four young siblings, and newborn daughter Sara for the wild unknown of Alaska, or stay close to home, family, and intergenerational trauma. Traversing 25 years filled with queer love in a barren land, Dragon Mama features ghosts, Filipino gangsters, and a dope ‘80s and ‘90s soundtrack.
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It is the year of the Water Dragon and the eve of Grandma Maria’s 60th birthday. By the light of the karaoke machine, fueled by pork dumplings and Diet Pepsi, she shares a dark secret from her Filipino gangster past with one lucky grandchild. Traversing 50 years of faulty family memories, this timely new musical is about what it means to come to America. The Seattle Times calls Dragon Lady “Commanding and irresistible…a fierce and vibrant memoir.”
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Unlike Nordo’s signature immersive events, the Dragon Cycle will not include a meal service during the show. Instead, patrons have the choice to upgrade their experience for a pre-show prix fixe dinner of Filipino cuisine, created by The New York Times restaurant list for 2021, Chef Aaron Verzosa of Archipelago. Dinner will be served in Nordo’s second venue, The Knife Room, adjacent to The Culinarium. Beverages will be available pre-show and at intermission.
CREATIVE TEAM
Band
Pete Irving (Guitar, Composer and Band Leader)
Mickey Stylin’ (Bass)
Jimmy Austin (Trombone)
Production Team
Andrew Russell (Director)
Erin Bednarz (Sound)
Christopher Mumaw (Lights)
Terry Podgorski (Set)
Sara Porkalob (props/costume)