Reviews
"Essential Arts Critic's Pick...#1 BEST BET"—Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times
“FANTASTIC...extraordinarily compelling and outright hilarious... A benchmark in Asian American theatre history as one of the best...one of the best Asian American plays I have ever seen.”—Edward Hong, The Nerds of Color
"The best, most definitive play on contemporary Filipino American immigrant life and experience in the U.S. The play delivers...emotional, nuanced and poignant."—Ruben V. Nepales, Golden Globe Awards
"ACID HILARITY...[a] fresh new comedy-drama...one playwright to watch."—Eric Gordon, People's World
"STAGE RAW TOP 10...Pilapil adeptly captures the hilarious (yet painful) shade thrown by Filipinos...the de Dios family flourishes with distinct voices amidst large Filipino family chaos."—Amanda L. Andrei, Stage Raw
"Well-written...condensed so beautifully and flawlessly...If it were a streaming show, I would binge-watch it all day."—Laura Foti Cohn, Larchmont Buzz
“HILARIOUS...prove[s] that a warm, loving, conflicted, crazy family happens in every culture."—Elaine Mura, Splash Magazines
“This God works—in mysterious and mirthful ways.”—Ed Rampell, Hollywood Progressive

History
World Premiere with Artist at Play & Latino Theater Company
Workshops with Artists at Play
Staged reading at the Geffen Playhouse
Workshop at the Geffen Playhouse
Written in residency in The Writers' Room at the Geffen Playhouse

Acknowledgments
Winner of The Hellen Keller Award – Progie Theater Awards
Best Play nominee – BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Award
Best New Play nominee – BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Award
The Odets Award nominee – Progie Theater Award
Finalist for The New Harmony Project
Finalist for Amphibian Stage's SparkFest
Semi-finalist for Dramatists Guild Foundation's National Playwriting Fellowship
Semi-finalist for American Blues Theater's Blue Ink Award
Semi-finalist for Seven Devils Playwrights Conference

Read
New Play Exchange
The Best Men's Monologues 2024 published by Smith and Kraus

Press
Winners of the Los Angeles 2025 Progie Theater Awards are announced (People's World)
INTERVIEW: Nicholas Pilapil (Beckett's Babies Podcast)
Birthdays at Bergamot Station and a Filipino American home: The best of L.A. arts this weekend (Los Angeles Times)
Lying and Hiding, Writing Distinct Voices, and An Actual Formula to Success - with Nicholas Pilapil (Playwright's Spotlight)
Reggie Lee, Jason Rogel, Ellen D. Williams on their play 'God Will Do the Rest' (GMA News)
Play highlights Fil-Am family life in US, served with adobo and lumpia (Rappler)
The Out Agenda (KPFK Public Radio)
Fil-Am uses boxing skills to direct family drama in LA (Inquirer)
Building community as a theater artist (Asian Actors and Thespians Podcast)
Recommended Play of the Month (The Subtext Podcast)
Fil-Am family secrets at LA’s Geffen Playhouse (Inquirer)
Readings of New Works by AAPI Playwrights (Rafu Shimpo)