Spurring discussions about love

Love Cafe Project is a collection of narratives that hope to spark conversations on love—and by love, we don't simply mean the romantic kind. We believe that, to understand the nature of love, we need to look at its different types and how we, as human beings, express them.

Initially a cycle of four one-act plays by Filipino playwright and author, Dr. Joem Antonio, Love Cafe Project has now expanded into more stories and other media.

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The Narratives

Stay Healthy / Cancerous Kang Carrot Ka!

A One-Act Play

“All things are poison and nothing is without poison,” said Theophrastus von Hohenheim, Father of Toxicology. But why worry about toxins when we’ve got friends?

Read the script: English | Filipino

Napakaselan ng Gabi

A One-Act Play

Limang taon na ang nakalilipas nang tumigil mag-aral si Matt para mapagtapos si Arie. Ngayong gabi, biglang mababalitaan ni Matt na may boyfriend na si Arie—si Jess, ang best friend ni Matt.

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The Dust in Your Place / Ang Alikabok sa Kusina

A One-Act Play (adapted into film)

A comic strip artist must tell her writer what’s plaguing his relationships with other girls… even if it may be at the cost of their own friendship.


The Dust in Your Place won the Second Prize for the One-Act Play in English category at the 2012 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards.

Read the script: English | Filipino

Newspaper Dance / Bangko ni Noe

A One-Act Play

A couple break up only to find themselves, twenty minutes later, stranded in the same waiting shed on a stormy evening.

Newspaper Dance won the Third Prize for the One-Act Play in English category at the 2008 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards.

Read the script: English | Filipino

Stray Cat / Pusang Gala

A One-Act Play

A boy plays Good Samaritan to a girl who contemplates suicide, only to be placed in a situation where he might contemplate suicide himself.

Read the script: English | Filipino

exesanonymous.com

A full-length play

The end of relationships can be a very messy business. A man and a woman visit exesanonymous.com as means to deal with their respective relationships. While they might not find the closure they seek, there is a chance that they find catharsis in the stories they find.


exesanonymous.com won the Second Prize for the Full-length Play in English category at the 2016 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards. An excerpt of the play was staged during the awards night.

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The Dust in Your Place at Cinemalaya 17

The film adaptation of The Dust in Your Place made it as a finalist in Cinemalaya 2021.

Watch it online: KTX - Cinemalaya 2021 Group B

Starring: Boo Gabunada, Chaye Mogg

Directed by: David Olson

Executive Producers: Warren Allen and Michael Stamati

Written by: Joem Antonio

Produced by: Joaquin Coromina and Andrew Ramsay

Assistant Director/UPM: Mich Dela Cruz

Director of Photography: JC Gellidon

Production Design: Katrish Aristoki and Crew

Script Supervisor: Alex Fuentes

Production Assistance by: Martina Petines and James Joseph Younghusband

Edited by: David Olson and Sebastian Olvídelo

Original Score by: Miguel Abella

Color Grade and Sound Design by: David Olson

Behind the Scenes: Leo Gabriel

If you'd like to use the above material for anything other than personal reading, please ask for permission from Dr. Joem Antonio. You may send him an email at info at lovecafeproject.com.