Ambitious student theater performances from FEU, UP, Ateneo
The past weekend of theatergoing can be summed up by the words of the esteemed playwright Glenn Sevilla Mas, who, in an exclusive interview last year
May 11, 2019
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The past weekend of theatergoing can be summed up by the words of the esteemed playwright Glenn Sevilla Mas, who, in an exclusive interview last year
On being Tanghalang Ateneo’s new artistic director: ‘I won’t lie—being AD is a dream. But I imagined this [happening] 20, 30 years from now, hindi ganitong agad-agad.’
TA’s Glenn Sevilla Mas and DUP’s Dexter Santos step down this year as artistic director of their respective organizations.
As on the streets, the millennials are leading the charge for and remaking local theater
At 31, this Young Turk directs (Tanghalang Ateneo’s ‘Middle Finger’), designs sets (Red Turnip’s ‘33 Variations’), teaches stage management and serves as theater manager of Power Mac Spotlight at Circuit Makati
Bit by Bit Company, in cooperation with Hero, Blueberry & West, presents this December the twin bill “Children’s Plays for Adults,” featuring back-to-back acclaimed original Filipino plays—Eljay Deldoc’s “Si
This multi-awarded playwright (nine wins in the Palanca Awards so far) likes “Archie” comics because, “like me and my friends, he’s not perfect. He loves his family and friends and will do everything he can to help them. He aims to please everyone which, of course, leads him to all sorts of trouble.
Tanghalang Ateneo, the longest-running theater company of the Loyola Schools of the Ateneo de Manila University, opens its 37th season with “R.U.R. (Robot Unibersal ni Rossum).” Written by Czech writer
Displacement, differences, departures–these are the norms that echo repeatedly in his plays, whether the ones he writes, stages or picks for TA’s season offerings
“Rite of Passage,” written by Glenn Sevilla Mas, is more than just a typical teenager’s coming-of-age story. It is a quest for survival and sanity when no help is within sight. It is an agonizing education into life’s harsh realities, and a deliberation on whether or not a next step is even possible.
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