Debutis a love letter to queer Filipinos and their families

Source Chicago Reader
Original Load Date Nov. 11, 2026, 10:01 a.m.
Last Updated Nov. 11, 2026, 10:01 a.m.
Original URL https://chicagoreader.com/performing-arts/theater/theater-review/debut-circa-pintig/

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“This is so Filipino,” my friend Alissa Catiis (aka burlesque performer and producer Miss Ali Verse) told me with a grin during the press preview of CIRCA Pintig’s _Debut_ , written by Nate Cozens. Next to us was another Filipino burlesque friend of ours, with members of their Filipino book club. Th...