Thunder Above, Deeps Below
by A. Rey Pamatmat

Name: Thunder Above, Deeps Below
Brand: A. Rey Pamatmat
SKU: 9780573700170
Rating: 3.87 (15 reviews)

Thunder Above, Deeps Below Book Cover — Thunder Above, Deeps Below Cover

Highlights

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Present DayRole(s) for Asian Actor(s)Unit Set/Multiple SettingsContemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Awards & Recognition

Lambda Award for Drama

Synopsis

Three homeless friends — a Filipina-American with a hidden past, a Filipina trans woman, and a Puerto Rican hustler — struggle on the Chicago streets to scrounge up enough cash to bus it to San Francisco before the winter cold hits.

But when a bearded man on a quest, a mystery man in sunglasses, a wealthy john, and a doughnut shop's spell-casting assistant manager put their hopes and friendships to the test, the trio find they must spare some change of a far queerer kind.

Press Reviews

"Large, loud, and complex—at times deeply funny, at times deeply disturbing... it is at once movingly optimistic and cruelly cynical... it is, in fact, great theatre."
— NYTheatre.com

"The play successfully... gets its hands dirty with the hard truths about internalized homophobia, and the traumas a variety of societies and families inflict on anyone who is sexually different... an intelligent look at the twisted thinking that makes that word a potent tool for abuse and control... an engaging, rich play that, though sometimes difficult, is finally deeply rewarding."
— DramaQueen.com

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
PERRY 19, African-American, a business student who assists with the books at his family's tire shop, the Prince of Tires.	male	—	19, African-American, a business student who assists with the books at his family's tire shop, the Prince of Tires.
THERESE 19, Filipino-American, a homeless woman.	female	—	19, Filipino-American, a homeless woman.
GIL 24, Filipina, a homeless trans woman.	female	—	24, Filipina, a homeless trans woman.
HECTOR 17, Puerto Rican-American, a homeless prostitute.	—	—	17, Puerto Rican-American, a homeless prostitute.
MARISOL 24, Dominican-American, assistant manager at a chain dougnut shop, possibly a sorceress of some kind.	male	—	24, Dominican-American, assistant manager at a chain dougnut shop, possibly a sorceress of some kind.
BOATWOMAN Ageless (to be played by the actor playing Marisol)	male	—	Ageless (to be played by the actor playing Marisol)
MR. LOCKE late 30's and	male	30	late 30's and
THE PRINCE early 20's, African- American and Iranian. (two men in different disguises to be played by one actor)	male	20	early 20's, African- American and Iranian. (two men in different disguises to be played by one actor)