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COUNT THEM—22 productions in just the first five months of the year, from the small two-character drama (“Red”) to the all-stops-out musical extravaganza (“Ibalong,” “Katy”). Local theater is at its most prolific and exciting in years; and so, before the last days of summer ring the curtain down on the old season to usher in the new by June—and with memory the only antidote to the ephemeral nature of theater—we thought we’d look back and salute the performances that lit up the stage and occasioned cheers in the previous months.
Posted: May 11th, 2013 in Editor's Pick,Featured Gallery,Headlines,Photos & Videos | Read More »
The Philippine Educational Theater Association (Peta) opens its doors to hold different events outside of its line-up of theater productions. This coming May and June, Peta presents “Improv Night” and “Geek Fight! Trivia Nights” to kick off The Peta Theater Center Roofdeck Series.
Posted: April 25th, 2013 in Lifestyle Stories | Read More »
The Philippine Educational Theater Association (Peta), in partnership with Globe Telecom, recently staged the highly successful and long-running production of “Batang Rizal” in Dagupan City, before an audience of thousands of college students from different universities and colleges in Pangasinan.
Posted: April 13th, 2013 in Featured Gallery,Headlines,Photos & Videos | Read More »
By Totel V. de Jesus
This summer, why not bring theater appreciation to the next level by learning how to act? Various theater groups are conducting acting workshops—basic and advance—fit for children, teenagers and adults.
Posted: April 7th, 2013 in Lifestyle Stories | Read More »
By Totel V. de Jesus
Man-made miracles do happen and if there’s one person who knows this, it’s composer-music arranger-singer-actor-playwright Vincent de Jesus. Just last night, despite great odds, his co-written opus with Ricky Lee, “Himala, the Musical,” was restaged again to celebrate its 10th anniversary.
Posted: March 16th, 2013 in Editor's Pick,Featured Gallery,Headlines,Photos & Videos,Super | Read More »
By Amadís Ma. Guerrero
This early, Peta (Philippine Educational Theater Association) is preparing for “Maxie the Musical,” the stage version of the hit Cinemalaya film “Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros,” which made waves here and abroad after it was first presented at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Posted: March 16th, 2013 in Editor's Pick,Featured Gallery,Headlines,Photos & Videos,Super | Read More »
By Walter Ang
Philippine Educational Theater Association’s (Peta) “D’ Wonder Twins of Boac” was a wonderful and fun production that delivered on all levels.
Posted: March 9th, 2013 in Editor's Pick,Featured Gallery,Headlines,Photos & Videos,Super | Read More »
Ranked among the top 30 pianists in the world by the 2009 Cliburn Competition and has toured some of the most prestigious performing arts venues around the globe, acclaimed pianist Ang Li performs two shows exclusively at the Peta Theater Center this March 20.
Posted: February 23rd, 2013 in Lifestyle Stories | Read More »
By Amadís Ma. Guerrero
England’s Poet Laureate John Masefield once called “Twelfth Night” “the happiest and one of the loveliest of all Shakespeare’s plays. Mirth here is so mingled with romantic beauty that few can tire of it.”
Posted: February 16th, 2013 in Editor's Pick,Featured Gallery,Headlines,Photos & Videos,Super | Read More »
By Gibbs Cadiz
National Artist for Literature F. Sionil José, in a recent column, called it “the ancient problems of our theater”—the lack of resources, say, and more gravely, the continuing lack of audiences, which was the prevalent lament during the sparsely populated National Theater Festival held in November this year at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Posted: December 15th, 2012 in Editor's Pick,Featured Gallery,Headlines,Photos & Videos,Travel | Read More »
By Amadís Ma. Guerrero
After going to the movies, so to speak, and making Shakespeare lots of fun, the Philippine Educational Theater Association (Peta) is shifting gears and concentrating on Philippine literature.
Posted: November 24th, 2012 in Editor's Pick,Featured Gallery,Headlines,Photos & Videos,Super | Read More »
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