God Will Do The Rest

by Nicholas Pilapil
directed by Fran de Leon
August 29-September 29, 2024

In the wake of her divorce, Connie—the black sheep of the de Dios family—is back in her childhood home after being estranged for almost two decades. But a de Dios doesn’t forgive or forget. When the whole family—her tough-as-nails father, wayward son, bougie sister with the white doctor boyfriend, and flamboyant favorite aunt—all gather to celebrate her glamorously overbearing mother’s milestone birthday, what could possibly go wrong? With Santo Niño prayers, karaoke, and chicken adobo, God Will Do The Rest exposes the complicated ways Filipino Americans grapple with their love and duty to family.

Special Events
• AAPI Content Creator Day – Sunday, September 1
• Filipino Hollywood Night – Saturday, September 7
• With Love Pride Day – Sunday, September 8
• Theatre Community Night – Monday, September 8

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About the Play

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Production Photos

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Reviews

“Essential Arts Critic’s Pick…#1 BEST BET“—Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times

“FANTASTIC… an extraordinarily compelling and outright hilarious dramedy that is backed by a top-notch ensemble cast who fire on all cylinders…will breeze by and leave you wanting more.” — Edward Hong, The Nerds of Color

“STAGE RAW TOP 10… RECOMMENDED… invites us into the exuberance and commotion that the Filipino American experience can be: openness, vulnerability, and sass in confronting dueling cultures.” — Amanda L. Andrei, Stage Raw

“A DON’T MISS PRODUCTION…condensed so beautifully and flawlessly…If it were a streaming show, I would binge-watch it all day.”—Laura Foti Cohn, Larchmont Buzz

“ACID HILARITY…[a] fresh new comedy-drama…one playwright to watch.”—Eric Gordon, People’s World

“RECOMMENDED…tight ensemble acting…this God works— in mysterious and mirthful ways.” — Ed Rampell, Hollywood Progressive

“HILARIOUS… an excellent cast… prove[s] that a warm, loving, conflicted, crazy family happens in every culture..” —Elaine Mura, Splash Magazines

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Audience Reactions

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Cast

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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Creative Team

Nicholas Pilapil (Playwright) is a Filipino American playwright. His play God Will Do The Rest was written and developed in The Writers’ Room at the Geffen Playhouse and was a finalist for the New Harmony Project and Amphibian Stage’s SparkFest, and a semi-finalist for American Blues Theater’s Blue Ink Award, Dramatist Guild Foundation’s National Playwriting Fellowship, and Seven Devils Playwrights Conference. Nicholas’ plays include The Bottoming Process (world premiere with IAMA Theatre Company, Victory Gardens Ignition Festival of New Plays) and if all that You take from this is courage, then I’ve no regrets (winner of the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival). His work has also been developed with Abingdon Theatre Company, Playwrights Foundation, Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA, Fountain Theatre, Theatre Rhinoceros, and The Workshop Theater, among others. His plays and essays are published by Samuel French, Smith and Kraus, Astringent Press, and Kuwento Co. Nicholas is a member of Boston Court Pasadena’s Playwrights Group and is an alum of The Writers’ Room at the Geffen Playhouse, IAMA Theatre Company’s Emerging Playwrights Lab, The Vagrancy Playwrights Group, and artEquity.

Fran de Leon (Director) Multi-hyphenate artist Fran de Leon was born in Downtown Los Angeles and spent her childhood in both Manila and Hollywood. Her one-person show, Faces of America, has been performed over 500 times nationwide, including for the United Nations Association in New York and Los Angeles. Recent directing credits: Everybody (5C Performing Arts); Sacrifice Zone: Los Angeles (Natural History Museum); Holy Shiitake (Whitefire Theatre); Into the Woods (Pasadena Playhouse), Valor (Writer/Director Center Theatre Group’s Digital Stage). TV credits: “The Brothers Sun,” “For All Mankind,” “For the People,” and “General Hospital.” Affiliations: Co-Artistic Director, Will & Company; Core Member, Critical Mass Performance Group; Adjunct Faculty, USC School of Dramatic Arts. frandeleon.com

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