Dash and daring creativity in campus theater
Over the past couple of weeks, there has been a spate of arresting theater offerings, mainly student productions, on campuses. While vastly different from
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Over the past couple of weeks, there has been a spate of arresting theater offerings, mainly student productions, on campuses. While vastly different from
Colleagues and friends remember a gifted actor of wit and kindness, of ‘tender frankness and jolly spirit’
This adaptation bridges Shakespeare’s ‘Richard III’ with present-day Philippines to biting effect
‘Watch this play as a political act—a way of making a stand,’ says Ricky Abad, who’s directing the adaptation ‘RD3RD’ with Anton Juan
Kalil Almonte reprises Romeo in this Filipino ‘Romeo and Juliet’ that moves to the Sama-Badjao dance ‘igal’
New original plays, bigger audiences, a tighter community, more regional shows in the spotlight
The bare outline of its story makes “It’s April, What Are We Doing Here?” seem like nothing special. A philanderer is caught red-handed by his wife when she visits the apartment of his young lover, and hijinks ensue. Yet everything else makes it much more than the humdrum comedy of an extramarital affair it appears to be.
Othello, Richard III, Macbeth, King Lear–now he’s drawing gasps as another towering character, Ludwig van Beethoven, in “33 Variations.”
Some students may regard it as a hobby until they graduate, while others see it as a bona fide drama course for a long-term career. Regardless of its practitioners’ motivations, the recent developments in university-based theater organizations have transformed campus theater into a serious training ground for students’ professional, intellectual and moral growth once they leave the academe.
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