Allen Baylosis is an emerging dramaturg and performance scholar. He is interested in the intersections of transnational theater, minoritarian performances, migration, and the Filipinx diaspora. He is currently an Institute of Asian Research fellow, primarily affiliated with the Centre for Southeast Asian Research and the Centre for Migration Studies at the University of British Columbia.

I explore the intersections and entanglements of theatre, minoritarian performances, transnationalism, migration, cultural production, racial capitalism, and transpacific worldmaking as I locate myself immersing in the field of Critical Filipinx studies.

I am dedicating my research to Filipino migrants who have now embodied the “global Filipino” — much to inquire about is the social justice-ness in Filipino-ness in the global north. With all these in mind, my working research question is: How is the performance of Filipinoness alternately staged and perceived, consumed, and produced on the global stage?

Selected and Conference Presentations (*upcoming)
*The Rise and Performance of Pan(dem)ic on the Streets: On #StopAsianHate Crimes and Disposability of Migrant Workers. “Shifting Centres – In the Middle of Nowhere” International Federation for Theatre Research 2022 World Congress Hosted by The Institute of Research in Literature and Visual Arts at the University of Iceland and the Department of Performing Arts of the Iceland University of the Arts. 20-24 June 2022.

*Na(i)tawid: Dramaturgical Notes on Pinoys, Pan[dem]ic, and Place-based Inquiry in Victoria. Performing CATR/ACRT 2022: “Emergence: RePlay, ReCollect, ReExist”. Canadian Association for Theatre Research. Hosted by St. Thomas University (27-28 May 2022) and the University of Toronto Scarborough (6-7 June 2022) and in-person host University of Lethbridge (12- 14 June 2022).

*Performing Immunity: A Case Analysis of Jose Antonio Vargas’ Comprehensive Immigration Reform Testimony. Endnotes 2022: (Anti)Bodies. English Graduate Department at The University of British Columbia. 20 May 2022.

PIGLAS: A Song For Anti-Asian Violence. 2022 Art + Memory + Justice Symposium Resilient Cartographies: Everyday strategies of social justice that (re)emerged during pandemic times. Supported by the Social Justice Institute and Transformative Memory Network (UBC’s Research Excellence Cluster), University of British Columbia. 19 March 2022.

Transphobia and Pardon: A Performance Remembering Laude’s Death. The International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR) 2021: Theatre Ecologies: Environments, Sustainability, and Politics. 12-16 July 2021. National University of Ireland, Galway.

INA-NA: Staging the Feminine Body Through the Tadtarin Performance in the Chamber Theatre Adaptation of Nick Joaquin’s “The Summer Solstice”. 7th International Conference on Gender & Women’s Studies 2020 (GWS2020). International Center for Research Development. 17-18 November 2020, National University of Singapore Society, Singapore. ISSN2659-2460 – Best Student Presenter (Master’s Degree Category)

The Relational Uncertainties of Male Homosexuals Engaged in a Secret Same-Sex Romantic Relationship (Abstract Submission). Sixth International Conference on Gender & Women’s Studies 2019 (GWS 2019). International Center for Research Development. 17-18 June 2019, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ISBN: 978-955-4543-51-5 (print); ISSN: 2659-2460 (online) – Best Student Presenter

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Selected Theatre and Performance Credits

Correspondence: The Rizal Intercultural Theatre Community Project, Assistant Director and Dramaturg | Anyone Can Act Theater, South East Asian Cultural Heritage Society, and National Pilipino Canadian Cultural Centre. (On-going project 2021- July 2022)

Taeyang Wants to Hunt, Puppeteer and Production Staff |Frozen Coconut Arts Collective. Vancouver Outside Arts Festival 2021. (October 15, 2021)

Singaw/Fume. Director and Curator. Written by Andrew Estacio. Link: https://bit.ly/Singaw2020

The Summer Solstice: A Chamber Theatre Production, Director and Adapter | Dulaang Laboratoryo, Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts, University of the Philippines Diliman (March 6-8, 2020)

Six Characters In Search of an Author/Anim na Tauhang Naghahanap ng May-akda, Actor: Father/Ama (Lead Role) | Dulaang Unibersidad ng Pilipinas, College of Arts & Letters, University of the Philippines Diliman. Written by Luigi Pirandello & Translated by Rody Vera, Directed by Professor Emeritus Tony Mabesa (June – September 2018)

Charlotte Douglas Fee Graduate Award (2022)

The C.V. Starr Fund for Asian/Pacific/American Student Research (2021)

NYU The Leigh George Odom Memorial Award for Distinguished MA Student (2021)

NYU Performance Studies Emerging Scholar (2021)

Tisch Salute 2021 Department of Performance Studies Banner Bearer-Student Representative (2021)

NYU Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dean Travel Grant (2020)

UP Diliman Creative/Critical Theses Grant in the Arts, Culture, and Humanities (2020)

UP Mobility for Vigor and Excellence (MOVE UP) Scholarship for Exchange Study (2019)

Allen is an international graduate student who hails from Quezon City, Philippines.