Pilipinx Consciousness Night, or PCN for short, is a theatrical production in which we promote Pilipinx awareness and the different issues our students and families face within society. The planning, writing, acting, dancing, directing, and technical work are all accomplished by the students who pretty much build this production from the ground up. PCN is an annual spring tradition that PASA of CSUEB has kept since our very first production back in 1972. This is an event that not only our members look forward to, but everyone looks forward to at the end of the school year.
If you are interested in acting or dancing then we welcome you to join us. Even if you don't want to perform we have other jobs that need to be filled as well. We have a tech crew that helps not only to plan, build, and paint the sets that will be used on stage, but they also help behind the scenes during the show to run the lights and sound, move props around, and help the cast with whatever they need. The committees we'll have besides performing and tech crew are security, marketing, finance, and wardrobe.
Photo featured in the Daily Pioneer (May 22, 1975) of Pilipino American Students Association members performing Tinikling on the campus lawn for International Friendship Day.
"I feel like even PCN brings so many people together. We're like working so hard for a production really brings the unity of everybody. So that's why I think Kapatid and PCN just go well together because ... it makes PASA just so strong for people to learn about their culture to have a community and to like really just see someone else that looks like you and like work together use your talents together and create something so amazing you know."
Contemporary - CSUEB PCN 50 Dance Exhibition: Sabado
Date: April 17, 2022
Choreographer: Cat De Leon
Dancers: Ceci S., Ana S., Julie O., Andre R., Hanna C., Jonathan B
Lead Actor/ "Randy Sabado": Elijah Q.
Lead Actress/"Gerry Low-Sabado": Junelle Rae R.
Pilipinx Consciousness Night (PCN) is not only traditional dances but also showcase other performances like Contemporary and Hiphop. From PCN 50 (Sabado), the contemporary dance was choregraphed to represent the story of Randy Sabado and loving memory of Gerry Low-Sabado.
Lumagan - CSUEB PCN 2011
Date: circa 2011
Lumagan is what the Kalinga tribe would dance in a dance festival. The women represent the birds flying in the air and musically paired to the beat of gongs.