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Much Ado For Freedom is a fundraising event for @myrefugehouse - with @improvshakesco the healing power of laughter and community is leveraged.

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💛 AN EVENING OF ENTERTAINMENT. A MISSION OF HOPE.

We’re bringing people together for a night filled with laughter, wonder, Filipino culture, and a purpose that reaches far beyond the stage.

🎭 The Improvised Shakespeare Company will create a completely original play on the spot.
🌟 Actress and Producer Paris Berelc will serve as our emcee.
🎩 Magician Sirinda will bring close-up magic to the evening.
🇵🇭 Society of Philippine Americans at Mayfield will open the event with a traditional tinikling dance.
💙At the heart of it all is My Refuge House, supporting girls in Cebu, Philippines, as they reclaim their futures after exploitation.

When you join us, you’re doing more than enjoying a wonderful night out. You’re helping bring attention and support to a mission centered on hope, healing, and brighter futures.

📅 Thursday, November 19, 2026
🚪 Doors open at 6:30 PM | Show begins at 7:00 PM
📍 The Woman’s Club of South Pasadena
🎟️ Be part of the evening: MyRefugeHouse.org/muchado

Come for the comedy. Stay for the magic. Celebrate culture. Support hope.

Please share this post with someone who believes in making a difference. ✨

#MyRefugeHouse #MuchAdoForFreedom #CommunityImpact #ComedyForACause by @muchadoforfreedom

“Never doubt the capacity of art to bring about moments of profound emotion and reflection.”
— Sir Patrick Stewart

I first met Sir Patrick Stewart backstage at a show my husband was performing in with the Lyric Opera and Second City. I’d already been laughing with Sunny, with no idea they were connected. When the dots finally joined, it all made sense. Both of them have a way of inviting you into their very down-to-earth but deep presence. I still (half) joke that my first handshake with him was the most spiritual handshake of my life.

I’m certain I’m not alone. So many people have a story like this, because of the way he lived and the way he was with people.

That show led to his connection with the Improvised Shakespeare Company, and I’m grateful for the way it wove our worlds together.

I dream of helping people feel that seen with just a hello, eye contact, and a handshake. It’s what we hope to offer at My Refuge House, and it’s why the arts have a home on our campus and in our events.

Where there are places thoughts can’t reach, art can.

Thinking of Sunny, his family, and everyone who loved him today. Grateful for his life and legacy. 🤍 by @muchadoforfreedom

Thanks to all of you who have purchased your tickets already! Thanks to you, we have general admission tickets and only one VIP and one Gold level ticket left. If you want designated premium seating, this is your last chance.

We also have some sponsorship levels left. Send us a DM or check out link in bio to request more information.

#gratitudeabounds by @muchadoforfreedom

Joy is the point. 🎭

On stage, The Improvised Shakespeare Company builds a full play from a single audience suggestion. No script, no rehearsal. Just trust, listening, and a room that laughs together.

In Cebu, the girls of My Refuge House find that same laughter as they rebuild their lives after exploitation. They play, they learn, and they say “yes, and…” to the future they choose.

Every ticket to Much Ado for Freedom supports long-term, trauma-informed care for the girls of MRH. When you laugh with us, you’re part of their story.

Thursday, November 19 · 7 PM
The Woman’s Club of South Pasadena
Tickets at the link in bio.

With thanks to our creative partners:
@improvshakesco
@theparisberelc
@sirindas
#societyofphilippineamericansatmayfield (SPAM)

Thanks also to our venue partner and sponsors:
@womansclubsp
@fccpasadena
@socalpartnersforglobaljustice

#MuchAdoForFreedom #MyRefugeHouse #ImprovisedShakespeare #comedyforacause by @muchadoforfreedom

Want your name on one of the most joyful nights in South Pasadena? 🎭

Much Ado for Freedom is just under 4 weeks away, and sponsorships are open! Join us for an evening of laughter, magic, culture, and community at the Woman’s Club of South Pasadena on November 19, supporting girls at @myrefugehouse in Cebu, Philippines, who are healing and claiming their own stories.

Sponsor by November 6 to be featured in our event program. ➡️ MyRefugeHouse.org/muchado

#MuchAdoForFreedom #MyRefugeHouse #ImprovisedShakespeare #SouthPasadena by @muchadoforfreedom

“There was a star danced, and under that was I born.” 🌟🎭

Much Ado for Freedom is back! Join us on Thursday, November 19, at the Woman’s Club of South Pasadena for an evening of laughter and hope with the Improvised Shakespeare Company. Every laugh supports girls in Cebu who are writing the next chapter in their futures.

Tickets are on sale now, with 10% off early bird pricing through 10/8!

Sponsorship are also now open.

✨ INFO AND TICKETS ✨
MyRefugeHouse.org/muchado by @muchadoforfreedom

The joy in that room? It goes all the way to Cebu. 🎭

Every laugh at Much Ado for Freedom helps create space for girls at My Refuge House to learn, create, and claim their futures. We’re thrilled to do it all again on November 19 with the @improvshakesco at the @womansclubsp ✨

Tickets go on sale in 2 days, on October 1! by @muchadoforfreedom

Save the date: Thursday, November 19 at the Woman’s Club of South Pasadena. Much Ado for Freedom is back for year ten, thanks to two partners who keep saying yes. The Improvised Shakespeare Company gives us a play that has never existed before and will never exist again, and the Woman’s Club gives us a home to do it in. Tickets coming soon.

#muchadoforfreedom #myrefugehouse #restoringonelifeatatime #onestoryatatime #savethedate by @muchadoforfreedom

Meet Izhabella. An 8 year old with a lot of heart. Her sister Princess has already been with us waiting for her. Help us welcome her to @myrefugehouse with open arms.

You support just such a welcome when you attend events like @muchadoforfreedom or @fashioned4freedom and when you create your own peer advocacy and support through @movementforfreedom and personal birthday appeals. Thank you.

#meetthemrhgirls by @muchadoforfreedom

💙 18 years in Cebu.
💙 18 years of care that does not hurry.
💙 18 years of girls and young women deciding what their own lives look like.
💙 18 year of staff who show up with full hearts.
💙 You made the room for it.
💙 Our sights are set on the horizon.
💙 Our dreams are also reaching high.
💙 Salamat kaayo. by @muchadoforfreedom

Kinda chic to have an unplanned matchy matchy day at the office. 🤣🤩 by @muchadoforfreedom

I recently heard myself tell our 13 year old that bad stuff is going to happen. Some of it big and terrible, some of it small, and a lot of it out of our control. When we name the hard feelings, find our allies, and lean in with a tiny bit of faith, gratitude, or curiosity, we usually find our way to a new perspective and deeper sense of support. We feel more creative. More connected.

July 30 is World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. It’s a heavy day, and we want to spend it talking about connection, because connection is the antidote.

Exploitation counts on isolation. On girls being unseen. On the world feeling big and anonymous.
Our summer has been proof of the opposite. Childhood friends turning up in Denver the same time we were there. A Houston church we met in Colorado. A North Carolina church checking in on us in Cebu. Students half a world away rallying books and prayers. Founding members, former staff, new pastors, an old friend of my mom’s. People finding us. Us finding them. Over and over.

It really is a small world. Thank you for helping make it a safer one for our girls.

~ Heather (CEO, My Refuge House)

Be a builder of community and a world without human trafficking @myrefugehouse: text “notip2026” to 50-155

Salamat kaayo. Amping. 💙

#EndHumanTrafficking #WorldDayAgainstTraffickingInPersons #MyRefugeHouse #Cebu by @muchadoforfreedom