Grant-winning solo show hits hollywood
Filipino American Solo Performer from Explores the American Dream and Self-Actualization
Lesley Asistio, a solo artist from Los Angeles, CA, will be performing her one-woman-show, “Nurse Asistio: Living the Filipino American Dream!,” at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. After receiving a theatre grant from the Puffin Foundation to develop it, Asistio will be performing her solo show about the American Dream and self-actualization at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in Hollywood, CA.
Asistio is a Filipina American theatre artist who specializes in acting, directing, playwriting, and solo performance. Asistio has been creating and producing theatre in Los Angeles for more than a decade.
“Nurse Asistio” is about a Filipino woman who in an attempt to fulfill her mother’s hopes for her to become a nurse, tries to attain the American Dream while still staying true to her roots. This multi-character, surrealist-comedy explores dreams, happiness, re
