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Emil Amok: 69

February 28 @ 7:00 pm

$12

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Independent journalist, podcaster, investigative humorist, and former NPR host Emil Guillermo — winner of an American Book Award — takes his truth to the stage in a comic one-man show through his Asian American Filipino perspective about the current state of America in reverse.

As Emil’s Filipino father might say. “It’s really pucked up now … everything’s flipped.”

It’s Emil Amok’s take on race, gender and politics in America now. It’s Emil Amok: 69.”

Inspired by Jimi Hendrix. And Sesame Street.

WHAT CRITICS SAY ABOUT EMIL AMOK’s Monologues:

“Exposes America’s ugly colonization of the Philippines, along with other comical and often profound observations…must-see for anyone who cares about human rights and social justice.” – Manhattan Digest

“Stand-up, monologue, rant? …Enjoy trying to keep pace with Guillermo’s brilliant mind…Funny, poignant.” -The Orlando Weekly

“Charismatic…Guillermo’s life is one worth exploring.” –DC Metro Theater Arts

“Excellent…Emil Guillermo knows how to tell a story and that ability sets his “Amok Monologues” above other solo shows.” –San Diego Story

Emil Amok Guillermo has performed his “Amok Monologues” at fringe festivals around the country from New York to Orlando to Fresno since 2017. Shows are inspired by his weekly “Emil Amok” columns in the ethnic media underground since 1995, thought to be the longest running weekly column on Asian American issues in the media.

See the latest “Emil Amok” columns on Patreon. He also hosts “The PETA Podcast,” and the often daily live podcast “Emil Amok’s Takeout,” at YouTube.com/@emilamok1

Emil has acted in Off-Off-Off Broadway productions, including Ishmael Reed’s “The Shine Challenge 2025,” at the Theater for the New City in New York’s East Village in January. He appeared in Ishmael Reed’s “The Conductor” at Theater for the New City in 2023. Emil has studied storytelling with Mike Daisey, Seth Barish, April Yvette Thompson, and Adam Wade, among others. A collection of Emil’s published work, “Amok: Essays from an Asian American Perspective,” won an American Book Award in 2000.

As a broadcaster, he was the first Filipino American to host a national news show when he was with NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

He has won journalism awards for his work in TV, radio, newspapers, and the web, including SPJ and RTNDA awards, and the Asian American Journalists Award for Civil Rights And Social Justice, the $5,000 Suzanne Ahn Prize.

His production company currently produces podcasts (the PETA PODCAST and Emil Amok’s Takeout). His voice-over work includes animal investigations for PETA, downloaded by millions.

He is currently working on a comic novel and other performance projects. He has also treated his ADHD by writing poetry. In December 2024, he was named the inaugural poet laureate of Ripon, California.

A licensed insurance agent, he has funded his artistic projects by providing consumers with information on how they can best use life insurance and annuities.

Born and raised in San Francisco to immigrant parents from the Philippines, Emil attended public schools, including O.J. Simpson’s middle school, and Lowell High School.

Emil was the first in his family to travel east of Reno when he attended Harvard.

In his varied career, he served as press secretary and speechwriter to then-Congressman Norman Mineta, a two-time cabinet member; was a radio talk show host in Washington, D.C., and a colleague of Morton Downey, Jr.; a joke contributor to Jay Leno; a creative writing student of Stanley Elkin and Ishmael Reed; and a radio deejay, leaving Harvard sophomore year to become “Emil For Real,” on KLOL Houston where he played Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” 10,978 times. Upon returning to Harvard, he delivered the Ivy Oration as class clown, the same speech given by fellow Lampoon members like Jim Downey and Conan O’Brien. His true-life stories are real, based on imagination, and even more ironic in the year 2025.

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Date:
February 28
Time:
7:00 pm
Cost:
$12
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Website:
http://www.amok.com

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Performer / Group
Emil Amok Guillermo