Jeannie Barroga: Filipino American Playwright

Jeannie Barroga is a Filipino American playwright that has written Bubblegum Killers, about the anti-Filipino sentiment in the 1930s, Banyan, a Pinay Wizard of Oz, and Gadgets, about a Filipino American family. Her plays address non-Filipino themes as well, like Walls, which explores the controversy around the design and creation of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington DC.