FULL CONTACT investigates writer/performer Estrada’s experiences as a 20-year survivor of a brutal martial arts cult, and interweaves his Filipino father’s immigrant story with his own coming-of-age as a gay man at the height of the AIDS crisis. In the play, Estrada embodies himself and his father as boys and young men, and through their contrasting stories discovers how the larger history of Western colonialism in Southeast Asia affected them both. The piece examines the forces that made Estrada susceptible to joining a cult, his time within it, and his struggle to escape. Through these histories, he brings to life the emotional battle between father and son and his ongoing battle to take pride in himself as a gay Filipino American man against all odds. FULL CONTACT was a 2020 finalist for the National New Play Network Commission Grant. The play has also received residencies at The Orchard Project, Space on Ryder Farm, and Barn Arts Collective, as well as two public work-in-progress showings with light production values at The Tank NYC and Cloud City. The play will receive a residency as part of Bric Media Arts’ Performance Lab in March 2022, directed by Gaven Trinidad.