Standing Above Pajaro

On a desperate early morning in 1930, Celestino Tobera, breaks into the Watsonville General store seeking refuge from an angry mob threatening to kill all the Filipino Immigrant workers there. Melissa Crawley, the store owner, must decide between helping Celestino or the person in charge of the mob–her son.

Story and Libretto by Conrad A. Panganiban

Music by Jeremy Rafal

Show Type: One Act musical

Tickets $25 / $30 at the door

Spark Musical Theatre Festival NYC - Fall 2026

Nov 2nd - 22nd, 2026

All performances take place at the 28th Street Theatre (also known as TADA!)
15 West 28th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, 10001

Emerging Artists Theatre (EAT) returns with its first Spark Musical Theatre Festival NYC, allowing composers and librettists to present where they are in their creative process  as a work-in-progress with audience feedback. Visit the theater any evening during this three-week event, and you'll find yourself transported in a number of surprising ways perhaps by a bouncy new musical that will have you humming. Emerging Artists has always been about new works, talents, and voices. That's never been more evident than now.

NO REFUNDS will be granted.