Eric Pogi Sumangil | Not About You Season 2 : Episode 7

"People are trying to figure out how to categorize you and I
think that's just a human thing."


'Pogi' talks about being an actor of color and how that makes him
wonder about parts he does or doesn't get. He talks about people
assume he speaks Spanish because of how he looks even though he's
a Filipino-American. He talks about identifying outside of the
typical "racial binary" and about being a part of a family that
has ongoing immigration into the US. 


Eric 'Pogi' Sumangil is a two-time recipient of the Playwrights'
Center's Many Voices Fellowship. His full-length plays
include The Duties and Responsibilities of Being a Sidekick and
Kicking The Gong Around. His play, The Debutante's Ball, was
produced in 2015 by History Theatre in partnership with Mu
Performing Arts. 


He is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association, and a
co-founder of The Unit Collective, a collective of emerging
playwrights of color. He is a recipient of a 2002 Excellence
in the Arts award from the Fil-Minnesotan Association, and
once got his name on a plaque for eating a 3-pound steak.