Patriot in Search of a Country
Co-written by virtuoso performer Grace Chan and Puente Theatre's Lina de Guevara, Patriot In Search Of A Country tells the passionate and often humorous story of Chan’s life-journey as she searches for her identity and a country to which she can pledge allegiance.
The play chronicles Chan’s first awakening as a Voice in her birthplace, the Philippines, and follows her through her struggles as a young woman caught between traditional Chinese family rules and contemporary values, to her immigration to Canada as a young adult. We witness the resulting isolation, frustration, and confusion she experienced in this country until finding her place in the world of music and opera..
Patriot In Search Of A Country is a truly unique piece of theatre, expressed through the spoken monologue and through Grace's exquisite repertoire of classical opera and Chinese and Tagalog music and art songs.
Production of Patriot in Search of a Country as part of the Meli Festival:
Cast & Crew
Performed by: Grace Chan
Written by : Grace Chan & Lina de Guevara
Piano: Aya Fukuda
Artistic Direction& Dramaturgy: Lina de Guevara
Soundscape: Enrique Rivas
Lighting & Projections Design: William Mackwood
Stage Manager: Rebecca Mulvihill
Staging Consultant: Barbara Poggemiller
Producer: Marianne van der Meij
Music Credits
I am Chinese............................................... Liu Jia Chang
Ako ay Pilipino .............................................George Canseco
O Canada.................................................... Robert Stanley Weir/Calixa Lavallee
Lullaby from "Iron Road" ...............................Chan Ka Nin
Ikaw Lamang................................................ D. Simon/Arr 6. Palaruan
Bali Ha'i....................................................... Rodgers and Hammerstein
Ritorna Vincitor from "Aida"........................... Giuseppe Verdi
An die Musik .................................................Franz Schubert
Goldberg Variations #1,4 BWV988 ..................Johann Sebastian Bach
The Lark in the Clean Air............................... Phyllis Tate
Simple Gifts ..................................................Shaker Song/Arr. A Copland
He's Got the Whole World in His Hand ............Spiritual/Arr. Margaret Bonds
