The Romance of Magno Rubio May 30, 2007

This play tells the tale of Magno, a short Filipino migrant worker who longs for love. Set in the central valleys of California in the 1930s, the play follows Magno's long-distance relationship via love letters exchanged with his pen pal Clarabelle, a woman from Arkansas whom Magno discovers through a lonely-hearts ad. Believing he has found the woman of his dreams, the young man fantasizes about their life together, only to soon realize that reality and dreams do not always align.