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RINABETH apostol

​on a journey to discover the next adventure
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​Written and performed by Rinabeth Apostol, little brown gIRL: work in progress, is a new 80-minute autobiographical comedic cabaret originally conceived and workshopped during Apostol's 2021- 2022 tenure as The Asian Centennial Distinguished Theater Fellow and Class of 1939 Artist-in-Residence at the College of William and Mary.

Thru musings and music, little brown gIRL provides a critical lens of the challenges of being a (young), queer, Filipina American from a strict immigrant-activist family; navigating trauma and joy from adolescence to adulthood... all for the sake of being a f*n actor and choosing to live unapologetically.

University and college campus tour dates to be announced soon!
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RECENT + UPCOMING PROJECTS

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Spring 2024 \\ See Min Kahng's spicy new musical at TheatreWorks and Center Rep!
August 29 - September 29, 2024 // With Santo Niño prayers, karaoke, and chicken adobo, this World Premiere looks at the complicated ways Filipino Americans grapple with their love and duty to family.
June 5 - July 14, 2024 // How do you create a future with someone from an entirely different past? Will there be a food fight?! This world premiere production was the winner of the 2023 B Street New Comedies Festival!
May 1 – June 2, 2024 \\ A comedy with dark edges that takes an honest look at the absurdities of being home with a baby, the power of female friendship, the dilemma of going back to work, and the effect class has on parenthood in America.
January 25 – February 24, 2024 \\ Things aren't what they seem in the World Premiere of MY HOME ON THE MOON!
September 13 - October 8, 2023 \\ The West Coast Premiere of BALD SISTERS at San Jose Stage Company as Sophea, the spirited + stubborn younger sister learning how to cope with the loss of her mother.
JUNE 16 - JULY 16, 2023 \\ "To be, or not to be..." Can humans rise above their collective cycle of destruction? Playing the quintessential revenge hero, Laertes in HAMLET with the Marin Shakespeare Company
APRIL 2023 \\ little brown gIRL travels to Long Beach, CA to be featured at the annual AAAS Conference
MARCH 2023 \\ Tackling the mesmerizing music of Rodgers + Hammerstein's Bali Ha'i in SOUTH PACIFIC as Bloody Mary, backed by the Billings Symphony Orchestra
JANUARY 25 - FEBRUARY 26, 2023 \\ Reprising the title role as Afong Moy, THE CHINESE LADY, the first Asian woman to set foot in America
Dropping December 2022 \\ Starring as all your favorite female Superheroes (and then some) as the sole female MoCap + Stunt Performer
Kick Butts + Eat Nuts \\ Marvel + Sirius XM's THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL RADIO SHOW podcast! Hear me as Squirrel Girl's rival talkshow host (and superhero skeptic) Gretchen Campbell
JUNE 22 - JULY 24, 2022 \\ as Ginny Yang at Capital Stage in SMART PEOPLE
MAY 11 - 29, 2022 \\ as Connie is this hilarious world premiere MONUMENT: OR FOUR SISTERS OR A SLOTH PLAY at Magic Theatre
APRIL 21 - MAY 8, 2022 \\ as Alison Bechdel in FUN HOME at 42nd Street Moon, Gateway Theatre
MARCH 3 - 20, 2022 \\ as Padma in the world premiere of REDWINGED BLACKBIRD at Live Oak Theatre

HI. I'M RINABETH!

I've always had my nose in a book. It didn't matter where I was going or what time of the day it was -
I enveloped myself in stories of far away kingdoms and immersed myself in characters traveling in search of _________________.
On road trips, I'd use the headlights of the car behind us to get thru the next chapter -
​Always on a journey to discover the next adventure.
It's probably why I got my first pair of glasses when I was seven. And wrote my first full-length (produced!) play in the fifth grade.

I still love stories, only now instead of subjecting my parents to living room performances,
I tell them in professional theatre spaces (or onscreen + on air!) - taking page to stage to inspire and entertain.
It's a passion for creating cultural and personal narratives -
Exploring diverse stories - it makes me happy.
Let's tell them together. 
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