Riley Palanca (stage name: Revan Badingham III)

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Age: 32
Ethnicity: Filipino
Occupation: Playwright, Spoken Word Artist, Novelist
Years of experience: 10

Personal & Professional Philosophy:
“No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.” (Woolf, Virginia)

Upcoming project:
Would Virginia Woolf Contemplate on Suicide if She Were Filipino?, a one-act play inspired by the BL phenomenon in Asia. The play will have its world premiere at the Montreal Fringe Festival, June of 2022.

Highlight of my work:
Intimate queer stories in the diaspora, based on shared personal experiences.

Future Goals:
Staging this play for Fringe is only the beginning. We hope to continue the development of this script, and to possibly tour the play to Ontario and Manitoba.