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A contemporary rock musical with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt, Next To Normal tackles themes like mental health, drug abuse, and ethics in modern psychiatry. It tells of a family’s struggle to cope with such mental health issues including family pressure, grief, and the intricacies of everyday life. Focusing especially on the story of Diana Goodman, audiences are taken on a journey of how this family’s matriarch deals with the darker sides of everyday life, all whilst trying to take care of her seemingly normal family. Next To Normal is directed Missy Maramara and co-directed by Darrell Uy, the tandem behind blueREP’s award-winning hit last season, Spring Awakening. Working with them in the Artistic Team are Ejay Yatco as Musical Director, Franco Ramos as Choreographer, Miyo Sta. Maria as Lighting Designer, Cholo Ledesma as Sound Designer, Tata Tuviera as Production Designer, and Creative Coordination by Bea Jose. Credit: Paw Castillo Credit: Paw Cas...

This coming March 6-8, 2020, Dulaang Laboratoryo would open its festival season with Nick Joaquin’s Summer Solstice, a chamber theatre adaptation by Allen Baylosis. With this, we are inviting your company to be one of our media partners. The story features controversial themes about the three-day Tadtarin ritual where women celebrate their femininity and fertility. It is set on the feast day of Saint John in the 1850s. Beginning in the possession of Amada, Entoy’s wife, by the Tadtarin spirit, Doña Lupeng is stirred into skepticism and awe about the age-old ritual in their town. She mocks men in the procession, and she listens to Guido, her husband’s cousin, telling her about the supremacy of women. Don Paeng, her husband, claims that women should need love and respect, not adoration. The drama continues to Doña Lupeng’s decision to join the ritual, giving her momentary power, and Don Paeng submitting to her presence. The adaptation of The Summer Solstice into a Chamber Theater P...

"Tabing Ilog," the iconic Kapamiya TV series that gave Filipinos the ultimate 90s teen barkada is returning, but this time as a live stage musical, starting March 2020. The show that introduced us to John Lloyd Cruz, Jodi Sta. Maria, Paula Paralejo, Paolo Contis, Desiree Del Valle, Patrick Garcia, Baron Geisler, and Kaye Abad was not just another a teen TV show. Every Sunday afternoon, viewers saw the trials and triumphs of eight close friends as they navigated their way through their relationships, families, and the challenges of growing up. "What set "Tabing Ilog" apart was that it tackled the realities of teenagers growing up at the time," said Raymund Dizon, business unit head of Star Hunt and executive producer of the original series. The show did not shy away from topics like teenage pregnancies, pre-marital sex, bitter arguments with parents, alcoholism-themes that are still very relevant today. "The challenge now is that the teenagers ...

QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES – Roselyn Perez returns to the PETA stage with Rody Vera’s Under My Skin, a provocative, relevant, and heart-wrenching drama top-billed by esteemed TV, film, and theater actors Cherry Pie Picache and Roselyn Perez. Inspired by real people and events, the play accurately depicts the realities, triumphs, and struggles of people living with HIV, while navigating an important conversation about acceptance and tolerance. Cherry Pie and Roselyn share the role of Dr. Gemma Almonte, an epidemiologist studying the spread of the virus in the Philippines. Through her, we discover different stories of love, pain, and acceptance with a number of characters, who are inspired from real people and events. In 2015, Roselyn took on a similar role of a doctor in yet another HIV-advocacy play, The Normal Heart by Actor’s Actors, Inc. and The Necessary Theatre. Her highly praised performance garnered her a nomination for Best Female Featured Performance in a Play in the P...