Project Award 2025

Flordelino Lagundino, an actor, will perform in ‘The Romance of Magno Rubio’, a complex story of a Filipino farmworker who falls in love with a white woman through a pen-pal courtship, communicating themes of love, connection, displacement and longing. This play is part of the Alaska Theater Festival and will bring professional theater directly into community spaces at no charge.

When asked what he would like the public to know, Lagundino responded, “I am an actor, director, educator, and producer. I believe art is a daring and provocative act of self-expression. At its best it is a revelatory experience that profoundly impacts both the artist and their audience.

Theater Alaska’s mission is to bring professional theater directly into community spaces. For many, there exist significant barriers to attending theatrical events. Theater Alaska is inspired to create a theater that overcomes these obstacles. To increase accessibility, the theater brings free productions to venues such as community centers, libraries, schools, parks, and other non-traditional venues.”

Listen to Flordelino Lagundino in the radio play “Shift” by Filipino American playwright Edgar Mendoza where Lagundino plays as The Stranger. The audio clip below is the last three minutes of a live performance at the 2nd annual Alaska Theatre Festival: Radio Plays from February 2025. Aired on KTOO.

(Left to right) Flordelino Lagundino as Tom Snout playing a wall and Enrique Bravo as Bottom in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare. Lagundino acted and directed this production; Marta Lastufka as Nora (left) and Jake Waid as Torvald (right) in a production of “A Doll’s House, Part 2” by Lucas Hnath. Hosted inside Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Clan house, this production was directed by Lagundino.