Theodore GonzalvesCo-editor Theodore S. Gonzalves is a musician, educator, scholar, and curator. He served as tongue in A mood's musical director, keyboard player for Bobby Banduria, and co-founder of Jeepney Dash Records. His published work includes Stage Presence: Cnversations With Filipino American Performing Artists, The Day the Dancers Stayed: Performing in the Filipino American Diaspora, Carlos Villa and the Integrity of Spaces, and Filipinos in Hawai'i (co-authored with Roderick N. Labrador). Theo taught for several years in the United States, Spain, and the Philippines. His creative and scholarly work has been generously supported as a Fulbright Scholar and as a fellow at the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress. He served as the twenty-first president of the Association for Asian American Studies. Theo lives and works in Washington, D.C. Co-editor A. (Allan) Samson Manalo is a Filipino American writer, director, producer, and stand-up comic who has performed in over 400 colleges and comedy clubs in 47 states and three countries. Manalo is the co-founder and Artistic Director of the Filipino American experimental comedy troupe, tongue in A mood. After producing several sold-out performances at Bindlestiff Studio, Manalo along with his wife Joyce took over operations of the theater in 1998 establishing the Filipino American performing arts epicenter it is today. As a writer, Manalo was a regular contributor to Filipinas magazine, Manila Times, Manual magazine and has written works published in Stage Presence: Conversations With Filipino American Performing Artists, Liwanag II, and ZYZZYVA Literary Journal. Manalo lives with his wife in San Francisco where they both continue to produce, direct, and perform. Read More Read Less