The Romance of Magno Rubio
by Lonnie Carter

June 24 - July 12, 2026

Tickets: TBD

Based on the short-story by acclaimed Filipino American writer Carlos Buloson, The Romance of Magno Rubio is the Obie award-winning play about an illiterate Filipino farmworker in California’s Central Valley during the 1930s. Magno Rubio falls in love with a white woman from Arkansas through a pen-pal courtship and eventually learns some hard truths about love and romance and the American dream.

Part of the Alaska Theater Festival 2026.

This production is supported in part by the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council and the City and Borough of Juneau.

Additional support provided by Filipino Community, Inc..

PERFORMANCES
TBD

PRODUCTION AND CREATIVE TEAM
Billy Bustamante Director
Flordelino Lagundino Producer / Actor