BUFFALO'ED by Jeannie Barroga; A play reading & conversation on Afro-Asian Histories.

Baryo Brooklyn presents Buffalo Soldiers & The Philippines: a play reading of BUFFALO'ED by Jeannie Barroga, followed by a facilitated conversation on Afro-Asian Histories. Presented in partnership with Hi-ARTS.

Barroga’s BUFFALO'ED theatrically interrogates the role of African American Buffalo Soldiers in the Philippines during the Philippine American War, circa 1899.

The reading is directed by Claro de los Reyes and featuring actors: N’Sangou Njikam, Benton Greene, Amara James Aja, Nicole Aiken, Kristian Espiritu, Sergio Mauritz Ang, Sienna Aczon, Ron Russell, Victory Chappotin, and Michael Salgarolo

Following the reading will be a Facilitated Dialog by historian Michael Salgarolo and scholar Cynthia Marasigan.

Buffalo Soldiers & The Philippines is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council.

Additionally, Buffalo Soldiers and the Philippines is a featured program within the Baryo Brooklyn public programs series, a project made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the New York State Legislature and administered by Brooklyn Arts Council.