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Full script of new yorker in tondo by marcelino agana jr?
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NEW YORKER IN TONDO
(Marcelino Agana, Jr.)
SCENE: The parlor of the Mendoza house in Tondo. Front door is at right. Curtained
window is at left. Left side of stage is occupied by a rattan set -sofa and two
chairs flanking a table. On the right side of the stage, a cabinet radio stands
against a back wall. Open door-way in center, background, leads into the rest of
the house.
MRS. M: (As she walks toward the door) -Visitors, always visitors. Nothing but visitors all
day long. Naku, I'm beginning to feel like a society matron.
(She opens door. Tony steps in, carrying a bouquet. Tony is 26, dressed to kill, and is the suave
type. Right now, however, he is feeling a trifle nervous. He starts slightly on seeing Mrs.
Mendoza.)
MRS. M : Tony! I thought you were in the provinces.
TONY : (Startling) -But is that you, Aling Atang?
MRS. M : ( Laughing) --- Of course. It's I, foolish boy. Who did you think it was
…Carmen Rosales?
TONY : You …you don't look like Aling Atang.
MRS. M : (shyly touching her boyish bob) - I had my hair cut. Do I look
so horrible?
TONY : Oh, no, no … you look just wonderful, Aling Atang. For a moment I
thought you were your own daughter. I thought you were Kikay.
MRS. M : (Playfully slapping his cheek) --- Oh, you are as palikero as ever, Tony. But come
in, come in. (She moves toward the furniture and Tony follows.) Here, sit down,
Tony. How is your mother?
TONY : (As he sits down, still holding the bouquet) --- Oh, poor mother is terribly
homesick for Tondo, Aling Atang. She wants to come back here at once.
MRS. M : (Standing beside his chair, putting on an apron) - How long have you
been away?
TONY : Only three months
MR. M : Only three months! Three months is too long for a Tondo native to be
away from Tondo. Ay, my kumare, how bored she must be out there!
TONY : Well, Aling Atang, you know how it is with us engineers. We must go
where our jobs call us. But as soon as I have finished with that bridge in 2 | P a g e
Bulacan, mother and I are coming back here to Tondo.
MRS. M : Yes, you must bring her back as soon as possible. We miss her
whenever we play panguingue.
TONY : (Laughing) --- That is what she misses most of all.
MRS. M : Now I understand how she feels! Your mother could never, never become
a provinciana, Tony. Once a Tondo girl, always a Tondo girl, I always say. (She
pauses, struck by a thought). But I wonder if that's true after all. Look at my
