In 1996, Banaue Miclat (later Janssen), a freshman theater student at the University of the Philippines Diliman, appeared in Domingo Landicho’s “Elias at Salome,” and was directed for the first
At “Tonight for Tony,” the tribute and necrological service for director, actor and pillar of Philippine theater Tony Mabesa last Oct. 9 at the Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater, the home
Inquirer Opinion editor Gibbs Cadiz was covering the theater scene in 2007 when he interviewed theater legend Tony Mabesa, then 69, and fresh from having directed a contemporized “Hamlet” for
The play is known to be deliberately frustrating but immersive direction from Tony Mabesa and a slew of bold performances make this a particularly effective rendition of the material.
“We are just presenting three plays, but in a way we are preparing for 40 more years of DUP,” said the group’s new artistic director, Banaue Miclat-Janssen.
Philippine theater maverick, director, professor, and TV and film actor Tony Mabesa had wanted to stop celebrating birthdays after his grand 80th in 2015, which was masterminded by students and theater “babies” at Dulaang UP.
Dulaang UP pillar Tony Mabesa stages the National Artist for Literature’s powerful family drama in both English and Filipino
In 2007, some upper-class Certificate in Theater Arts students of the University of the Philippines (UP) were talking about this incoming freshman—a good-looking boy from Pampanga who had acted for Sir Tony Mabesa’s plays at Angeles University.
One grabs the soul; the other drains it
‘The Comedy of Errors’ has become Dulaang UP’s ‘Ang Katatawanan ng Kalituhan,’ ongoing until Sept. 11
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