E2E: The Boy from Bantay

Producing Company

Bantay Productions and Leviathan Lab

Jeremy Rafal (Playwright/Performer) was born in the Philippines, raised in Hawaii, and is now a New York City-based multi-hyphenate artist as an actor, musician, writer, director, and educator. He was last seen on stage in Heart Strings (The Atlantic Theater), Maple & Vine (Constellation Stage and Screen), Machinal (The Mechanicals), The King & I (Interlakes Theatre), Richard III and King John (American Theatre of Actors). As a pianist, he has performed and competed around the US and abroad including Japan, Russia, the Philippines, Italy, Taiwan, among others. He earned a Master of Music in Piano Performance from CCM in Cincinnati and a Doctor of Music degree from Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. He is excited to bring The Boy from Bantay to Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2025 after its premiere in FringeNYC. TV credits include Power Book III “Raising Kanan”, FBI, I’d Kill for You, among others. He has also appeared in films and several commercials. As a writer, his play Where Voices Linger was a runner up at Kingsman Quarterly’s Holiday Playwright Contest. His short film Exit 15 has won several accolades from various film festivals including Best Dramatic Short, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, and an Audience Award. He recently composed the opera Standing Above Pajaro with San Francisco-based playwright Conrad Panganiban, inspired by the 1930 Watsonville Riots against Filipino migrant workers. Besides being an actor-musician, Jeremy is also into linguistics, jump roping, and CrossFit with his CF-L1 certification. IG @thatonepinoyguy

Josh Boerman (Director) is a New York-based director and designer. From 2013 to 2015 he worked as costume manager at the Flea Theater, assisting with and maintaining costumes for shows including Mary-Kate Olsen is in Love, a cautionary tail, and the Drama Desk-nominated The Mysteries. He also designed the costumes for Kapow-i GoGo, currently in monthly residence at the PIT. Josh has directed over 20 episodes of the long-running late-night play competition #serials@theflea, and is an internationally ranked competitive pinball player.

Kate Morris (Co-producer) is a graduating Arts and Entertainment Management student at Pace University. She has interned at The Thrasher-Horne Center and The Jazz Gallery, gaining hands-on knowledge in venue operations, marketing, and event logistics. Now, she’s co-producing The Boy from Bantay at Edinburgh Fringe 2025, further honing her skills in live event production. Kate is passionate about performance, music, and travel.

Read more at: www.theboyfrombantay.com