Karitas X Damaso in FringeMNL 2016

After producing the play MAS MABIGAT ANG LIWANAG SA KALUNGKUTAN by Rogelio Braga, the company embarked on a journey to an international arts festival – Fringe Manila. Allowing itself to shine on the cosmopolitan stage in Makati’s The Pineapple Lab (by Andrei Pamintuan, also a thespian), UP Rep restaged U.Z. Eliserio’s outrageously blasphemous KARITAS AT DAMASO with the same approach as the 2015 twinbill ISANG MAGSASAKA x KARITAS AT DAMASO. The play ran on different showdates in February, so-called National Arts Month of the Philippines. Dax Carnay directs, with the cast reprising their roles (with Bryle Leaño as Karitas) and three new members of the ensemble.

A preshow preceded the one-act play, where the company is introduced by its current production manager Jake Ryne Evangelio (Batch 13-A) and a tula-dula on violence against women, homosexuals and the working class is performed (Pasyon ni Amor/Tibo ang Positibo/Camilla Rosa) as a mood-setter.

KARITAS AT DAMASO is a musical farce about a young religious woman Juana Donna who goes to church to confess that she has been raped, hoping the confession would retrieve her virginity so she can marry. What she witnesses is a hypocritical exchange of dirty secrets, sexual affairs and lewd practices unbecoming of the three religious fanatics Padre Damaso, Mother Karitas and Sister Salve Regina. Their woes are echoed in songs, with 6 saint statues coming to life as backup dancers.

The audience’s reactions were very familiar, as KARITAS AT DAMASO proves again its witty yet also incredibly irreverent humor. A blog post released last year, INTENT TO INSULT, opens up the play’s subject matter and its script that allegedly intends to ridicule the Church and nothing more. The impression was quite familiar with Kilos Sining students (a program from Guro ng Sining, led by Jhoven Sy and Glecy Atienza, involving students from different colleges) who recently had a Danas-Dula activity to watch different plays. When they saw KARITAS AT DAMASO, they were extremely shocked. Some praised the overall direction and enjoyed the costumes, music and performances, some were offed by the sexual innuendoes combined with the blasphemous songs and catchphrases, and some never want to see it again.

But if it has proven anything, KARITAS AT DAMASO’s exaggerations has successfully challenged local notions of faith and our love for suffering in a predominantly Christian country, all through an enjoyable and subversive theatrical experience, while also conquering cosmopolitan sensibilities of arts and culture:

http://cnnphilippines.com/videos/2016/02/11/Manila-joins-Fringe-Festival-2016.html

But then again, still a lot has to be done.

Additional photos courtesy of Darren Bendanillo.

ISKA: Ang Iskandalosa

Performed during UPLift 2: Building Bridges – the second outing of the Office of Initiatives for Culture and the Arts of U.P. Diliman where all recognized university performing groups are showcased.

UP Rep chose to show the riveting state of the University of the Philippines community in a performance for the U.P. administration… who were all there watching.

BANGSA: Mga Dayalogo sa Moro

“Ang mga Mananahi” ay tungkol sa apat na babaeng Tausug na nananahi ng patches para sa kanilang mga irog at kamag-anak na sumanib sa digma. Dito makikita ang papel ng kababaihan, ngunit sa gitna ng trabaho ay maiuungkat ang ilang mga lihim at surpresa…

 

“Ang Bayot, ang Meranao at ang Habal-Habal sa Isang Nakababagot na Paghihintay sa Isang Kanto ng Lanao del Norte” ay tungkol sa dalawang magkaibang lalaki (isang Manilenyong social worker, at isang Meranao na habal-habal driver) na nagkita sa isang kanto ng Lanao del Norte at nagkaroon ng pagkakataong maunawaan ang isa’t isa at kani-kanyang pakikipagsapalaran sa gitna ng mga nakakalokang aberya.

“So Sanggibo a Ranon na Piyatay o Satiman a Tadman” (o “Ang Isang Libong Alaala ay Kayang Patayin ng Isang Pagkakamali”) ay kwento ng isang babae na minsan nang umibig sa isang lalaking nagnanais bumalik sa Ranao, ngunit hinayaan lamang itong lumisan at manatili na lamang na isang alaala…

BANGSA.
Isang bansa.
Isang bayan.
Isang samahang may mayamang kasaysayan
… pero ano na nga ba ito sa kasalukuyan?

Ngayong Nobyembre, tunghayan ang tatlong dulang magbabahagi ng mga kwento ng pag-ibig, pagkakaibigan at pakikipagsapalaran ng mga Bangsa Moro. Ito’y mga dayalogong nangungusap ng pagkakaunawaan sa gitna ng walang hanggang tunggalian at mga dayalogong humihingi ng hustisya sa panahon ng kawalan ng boses at kamalayan. Nakaranas ka na ba ng isang makabuluhang dayalogo?

Inihahandog ng The UP Repertory Company para sa aming ika-43 taon ang “Bangsa: Mga Dayalogo sa Moro”.

Tampok dito ang mga dula ni Rogelio Braga, sa direksyon ni Emmanuel dela Cruz, “Ang mga Mananahi”; “Ang Bayot, ang Meranao, at ang Habal-habal sa Isang Nakakabagot na Paghihintay sa Kanto ng Lanao del Norte”; at sa direksyon ni Dax Carnay, “So Sanggibo a Ranon Na Piyatay o Satiman a Tadman”.

Ngayong Nobyembre 3, 8, 10 & 15 (3pm & 7pm); Nobyembre 7 & 14 (7pm) sa Bulwagang Tandang Sora, CSWCD.

Magpareserve na ng tickets: http://bit.ly/GetBangsaTickets

Ang Kagilagilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ng Iskolar ng Bayan: A Brief History

 

Even in its early years, UP Rep has been known for its performances about students. Being an all-student theater organization without backing from the university administration, UP Rep is no stranger to the struggles of ordinary students. In the iconic ISKOLAR NG BAYAN (penned by Richie Valencia), UP Rep introduced the students as a social sector that is also oppressed by a corrupt system. Students are no stranger to farmers and workers whose rights are being taken for granted and in fact, in those earlier years, many of the students are actually sons and daughters of poor farmers and workers.

The musical production of ISKOLAR NG  BAYAN was first staged in 1976, and in those days the tula-dula ANG KAGILAGILALAS NA PAKIKIPAGSAPALARAN NG ISKOLAR NG BAYAN was produced. With a structure that borrows heavily from Pete Lacaba’s JUAN DELA CRUZ, the ISKO tula-dula is all about the adventures and misadventures of a provinciano freshman who must come to terms with city life and the modern UP life. In the end, it asks all about how and why UP is in its current state of contradiction. ISKOLAR NG BAYAN became both an informative and critical performance on the system of the University of the Philippines. Since then, the tula-dula was performed by the company for many occasions for the information and enlightenment of UP students, most especially its so-called “freshies”.

In the ’80s, the tula-dula also produced different variants like ISKO MEETS TIBO.

In 2008, with the rise of its own full-length tula-dula,  UP Rep staged ANG BOMBASTIC NA PAKIKIPAGSAPALARAN NG ISKOLAR NG BAYAN at the UP Film Center. BOMBASTIC is about students from different backgrounds and how the stories of their struggles are connected to a single problem. This was Rep’s production in celebration of UP’s Centennial Year.

UP Rep has performed ISKOLAR NG BAYAN in different venues, particularly in orientations. It also produced variants like ISKOLAR NG BAYAN AT ANG EXPENSIVE PAMANTASAN, ISKA FOR ALL SEASONS and ANG KAGILAGILALAS NA PAGTATAPOS NG ISKOLAR NG BAYAN – these are about the ongoing problems of undergraduate students.

In February 2013, UP Rep was also invited to perform ISKO in UPLift, the Benefit Concert of the Office of Initiatives for Culture and the Arts (OICA) at the University Theater.

Because of the ongoing changes and struggles of the students, ISKOLAR NG BAYAN never loses its significance as a tale that truly reflects what it is like to be in the University of the Philippines. To the present day, UP Rep performs ISKO to continually ask the administration to listen to the woes of its students.

This August, watch out for the UP Repertory Company’s performances of ISKOLAR NG BAYAN.

[ISKO and BOMBASTIC Photos courtesy of UP Repertory Company Alumni Association]

37th Gawad Urian Best Actress: Angeli Bayani, UP Rep Alumna

Our beloved UP Rep Alumna Angeli Bayani (94-A) won this year’s Gawad Urian for Best Actress (for her performance in Lav Diaz’ film NORTE: HANGGANAN NG KASAYSAYAN). She won over former grandslam winners Nora Aunor and Vilma Santos. Angeli was also known the previous year for her performances in JUANA CHANGE: THE MOVIE, ILO-ILO and THE GUERRILLA IS A POET.

In UP Rep, Angeli’s last production was ALIMUOM (2002) where she starred in the plays Las Viajeras and Damas de Noche (both penned by Joi Barrios). Because of her range and depth as an actress and performer, her fellow Repists frequently call her “the best actress of the world”.

And tonight, she has proved it yet again. Congratulations, Angeli Bayani!

Happy Father’s Day, Behn!

To our founder, who stood for the Company not only as mentor but also as its eternal father and mother,
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!

Under the company, Behn’s last directed-production was the alumni prod TEATRO NG BAYAN (1997), and the last time UP Rep residents got to work with the late director was in Tag-Ani Performing Arts Society’s 2009 production of the controversial PAGSAMBANG BAYAN.

UP Rep met with Behn Cervantes for the very last time on June 24, 2013 (almost 2 months before he passed away) in the UP Alumni Association’s tribute for Behn at the Bahay ng Alumni, UP Diliman. In this event, the company performed “Iskolar ng Bayan” and “UP Naming Mahal” from the Gary Granada musical LEAN.

[Photo from lifestyle.inquirer.net]

Behn Cervantes on UP Rep Alumna Rory Quintos

Here’s a short to our prized alumna and acclaimed director Rory Quintos whose television series THE LEGAL WIFE raked in praise from critics and proved iconic due to its performances and memorable lines.

Philippine Daily Inquirer | October 9, 2004

ALAGAD NG MIDYA

A Tula-Dula Performance in CMC Student Council’s KALAYAAN: An Open Mic Night. It is about the imprisonment and the on-going struggle to free political prisoner Maricon Montajes.
It ends with the call-to-action “Alagad ng Midya, tuparin ang ating tunay na Araw ng Kalayaan”.

 

(Photo courtesy of UP Journalism Club)

The REProductions

For the past 4 decades, the UP Repertory has been known for its various productions and performances inside and outside the University. Here is a complete list of the organization’s productions from 1973 to present.

 

1973

DRAMAFEST  | UP College of Engineering Theater

        Batu-bato

        Damask: Hello Out There, Sa Bawat Sandali

 

Oli Imipan, Visa, The Man Who Trusted The Devil Twice, Medea, Cross-Purpose, Antigone | UP CAS

 

Mga Laruan Anghel (Trans. of The Dancers), Sobre Saltos ni A. Bello, Butil ng Buhay | UP CAS

 

Sobre Saltos, Butil ng Buhay, Kahapon, Ngayon at Bukas | UP Protestant Chapel

 

Sa Bawat Sandali ng Buhay (Trans of A. Florentino’s The Cadaver), Sobre Saltos | PGH

 

Hiyas ng Lahi Program | Philam Life Auditorium

 

*Short, Short Life of Citizen Juan ni A.L. Bonifacio | Abelardo Hall UP Diliman

 

1974

Daga at Mansanas, hanggang Pier (Trans. Of P. Daroy), Vida ni W. Virtusio | UP Los Banos

 

Pasiklaban ’74 | Tanghalan UP

 

Dahil sa Anak  (ni J.C. Balmaceda), Daga at Mansanas, Sobre Saltos | Tangahalang UPCAS

 

Dahil sa Anak, Daga at Mansanas, at Sobre Soltos | Food terminal (Sponsored by Department of Public Information)

 

*Heart of Emptiness is Black (ni R. Demetillo) | Abelardo Hall

 

Sa Bawat Sandali ng Buhay. Tag-Ani ang Piging | Freshman Orientation Program Committee

 

Oli Impan, Uwak (ni L.B. de la Cruz), Vida | UPCAS

 

Lamayan | UP Rep, UP Writer’s Club, Upsilon, Likas, INL, Dept. of Filipino, UP Community

 

Heart of Emptiness is Black | Philam Life Auditorium

 

Lamayan II | UP Rep, UP Writer’s Club, Samapil

 

Moses, Moses (ni R. Sicat), Bigas, Tag-Ani (by A.L. Bonifacio) | Tanghalang UPCAS

 

Kalinangan ng Lahi | Greater Manila School Drama Festival

 

Tag-Ani, Oli Impan, Ang Piging | PGH Quadrangle

 

Tag-Ani, Oli Impan | Pateros, Rizal Festival

 

1975

IKA-90 KAARAWAN NI JULIAN CRUZ BALMACEDA

                Palabas ni Swan

                Dahil sa Anak

                Sino Ba Kayo?

(3 Dula ni JCB)

 

Baston at Pamaypay (Trans. Of A.L. Bonifacio’s Walking Canes and Fans)
“retitled” Pagbibinyag sa Apoy at Dugo, Sobre Saltos, Sa Bawat Sandali ng Baway | Bago bantay Elementary School

 

Bigas, Sino Ba Kayo? Kahapon, Ngayon, at Bukas (1 bahagi) | University of the East

 

Vida, Kahapon, Ngayon, at Bukas (1 Bahagi) | Barrio Balayhangin at Barrio Dayap, San Pablo, Laguna

 

Kahapon, Ngayon, at Bukas, Sino Ba Kayo?, Bigas, Vida | UE

 

Dahil sa Anak, Sino Ba Kayo? | Araneta Center (front of PECO Cubao)

 

Pakikipagsapalaran ni Juan de la Cruz
(tula ni Pete Lacaba, isinaayo ni R. Argonza, isiniarte ni Sonny Oliveros at Raul Dealino, direksyon ni Ces de Joya)

 

Sakada (ni Mauro Avena) | Philippine Science High School

 

Sakada | St. Joseph’s College

 

Ang Kagilagilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Juan de la Cruz, Lumaban Ka O Bayan | 2^nd floor CAS Lobby, Ateneo Pitong Taon ni Fidel Sicam

 

Sobre Saltos, Kung Paano Pinatay ang Ibalot ang Higante (ni A.L. Bonifacio) | Hospocio de San Jose

 

Kung Paano Pinatay ng mga Ibaloi ang Higante. Sobre Saltos, Kahapon, Ngayon, at Bukas (1 bahagi) | Sta. Cruz, Laguna, Plaza

 

Sa Bawat Sandali ng Buhay, Vida | (National Federation of Sugar Waorkers), Barrio Intsikan, Cavite

 

Sa Bawat Sandali ng Buha, Vida, Kung Paano Pinatay ng mga Ibaloi ang Higante, Kahapon, Ngayon at Bukas | Cavite Institute, Silang, Cavite

 

Pitong Taon (sa Palangca Festival of Plays) | CCP Little Theater

 

Sino Ba Kayo?, Vida, Sobre Saltos | Abelardo Hall

 

1976

Salong-Diwa Program | Tanghalang UP

 

Sobre Saltos, Sa Bawat Sandali ng Buhay | Tanghalang AS

 

Pitong Taon, Ibaloi | PNB UP Branch UP

 

ALAY FRESHMAN | UP Protestant Chapel

               Kastilyo ni Kardo

               Sapang Palay

                Iskolar ng Bayan

 

ISKOLAR NG BAYAN: Proyekto ng Samapil | UP College Manila

                Kastilyo ni Kardo,

                Sapang Palay,

                Iskolar ng Bayan,

                Ang Kagilagilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Juan de la Cruz

 

Ang Bundok (ni A.L. Bonifacio, Musika ni Fabian Obispo at Rodolfo de Leon)

 

Konting Bato, Konting Semento | Vinzons Rooftop

 

Dasal Tula ng mga di Turista, Alay sa Anak-Pawis, Kayamanan Karalitaan Monumento, Kastilyo ni Kardo, Sino Ba Kayo? | LA Salette College, Santiago, Isabela

 

Oli Impan | Molave Residence Hall

 

Pamaskong Handog | Tanghalang UP

 

Kastilyo ni Kardo, Sino Ba Kayo?, Oli Impan

 

Kung Paano Pinatay ng mga Ibaloi ang Higante| UP Library Filipiniana

 

Oli Impan | Bicutan

 

1977

Kastilyo ni Kardo, Vida, Sino Ba Kayo | UP Iloilo College

 

Dapithapon (ni Domingo Landicho) | Tanghalang W. Guerrero (UPCAS)

 

Kung Paano Pinatay ng mga Ibaloi ang Higante | UP Los Banos at National Parks & Wildlife Center

 

Kastilyo ni Kardo, Vida, Sino Ba Kayo? | San Miguel Auditorium

 

Kagila-gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Juan de la Cruz, Kastilyo ni Kardo | Barrio Magsaysay, Tondo

 

Juan Obrero | Dasmarinas Village Makati, St. Scholastica, Marikina

 

Iskolar ng Bayan, Tuta’t Unggoy, Juan de la Cruz | FOPC

 

Iskolar ng Bayan II (ni Bien Fernandez) | AS Lobby

 

Pagsambang Bayan (ni Bonifacio Ilagan) | Tanghalang Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero, UP Chapel, Stella Maris College, Cubao, St. Scholastica’s Little Theater, Tondo; Ateneo de Manila University, Cavite, Pandacan

 

Juan Obrero, Iskolar ng Bayan | St. Theresa’s College Cebu, Immaculate Concepcion, Sacred Heart Boys High, Colegio de San Jose Recoletos, Southwestern University, Cebu City Science High School

 

Kung Paano Pinatay ng mga Ibaloi ang Higante, Iskolar ng Bayan, Vida, Juan Obrero, Sino Ba Kayo? | University of San Carlos Cultural center

 

Pagsambang Bayan | Union Technological Seminary Cavite

 

Ang Ating Sinderela, Puppet Show (ni Amelia Lapeña Bonifacio)

 

 

1978

Beatas (ni Nick Joaquin, with Maryknoll Theater Guild) | Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater

 

Pagsambang Bayan | Sta. Ana Pandacan

 

Juan Obrero | Meysulao, Calumpit, Bulacan, Marilao Bulacan at Plaridel, Bulacan

 

1979

Iskolar ng Bayan | AS Lobby Proclamation Rally

 

Sigaw ng Bayan (ni Bonifacio Ilagan) | Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater; St. Joseph College

 

Iskolar ng Bayan, Vida, Juan Obrero, Sino Ba Kayo? | Holy Family School Teacher’s Village

 

Vida, Sigaw ng Bayan (one scene) | ISWOD

 

Juan Obrero | Bicutan Rehabilitation Center

 

Panahon ni Cristy | St. Theresa’s College Q.C

 

Ang Panahon ni Cristy (ni Edgar Maranan) | Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater

 

Juan Obrero | Quezon Hall

 

Langit Ma’y Magdilim (ni Bonifacio Ilagan) | Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater; UP Los Baños

 

1980

Pagsambang Bayan (1 bahagi) (Protest Concert) | AS Lobby

 

Titser ng Bayan | Free UP Society 1^st Meeting

 

Pagsambang Bayan | WMG Theater

 

Iskolar ng Bayan | UP Manila

 

Pagsambang Bayan | Tropical Palace (tinangkilik ng National Council of Churches of the Philippines)

 

Pagsambang Bayan | UP Los Banos

 

Juan Obrero | SSS

 

Iskolar ng Bayan | AS

 

1981

Juan Obrero | Simbahang Elinwood Malate

 

Overnight Vigil for People’s Mass | Quezon Memorial Circle

 

Hindi Ako Patay | Puerta Real, Intramuros

 

Estados Unidos Bersus… (ni Bonifacio Ilagan) | WMG Theater

 

1982

Larawan | Philam Life Auditorium; Tanghalang W M Guerrero; Iloilo; Bacolod; Tuguegarao

 

Kaaway | Tanghalang WM Guerrero

 

DULA UNIVERSITY WEEK | Sunken Garden

               Dahil sa Anak

               Oli Impan

               Sino Ba kayo (3 sa 1)

 

Juan Obrero (Workers’ Rally) | Pasay Metro Manila

 

1983

Ang Aral: Baden Baden Kantata ng Pagsasang-ayon | Faculty Center Lobby

 

Ang Kagila-gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Juan dela Cruz (Free the Artist Rally) | St. Joseph College Auditorium Q.C; AS Steps

1984

El Extensionista | WM Guerrero Theater

 

March of Heroes | Liwasang Bonifacio

 

Cultural Numbers (For the Lakbayan Marchers) | Binan Laguna Stop Over

 

El Extensionista | WMG

 

Makiisa Festival | Raja Sulayman, Fort Santiago

 

Pagsambang Bayan III | WMG Theater; Simbahan ng Bo. Ligas; Tondo; Angeles at San Fernando, Pampanga

 

March of Heroes (Unang Anibersaryo ng Pagkamatay ni Benigno Aquino) | Sto. Domingo Church tungong Luneta

 

Pagsambang Bayan (excerpts, kaarawan ni Lorenzo Tañada) Christ the King Auditorium Q.C

 

Makiisa Festival | Christ the King, Q.C

 

Juan Obrero  | Manila Hilton

 

Kagila-gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Juan de la Cruz | FEU

 

1985

Pagbibinyag ng Apoy at Dugo | Tanghalang W. M Guerrero

 

Pagsambang Bayan | Simbahan ng Sta. Isabel, Sta. Isabel, Malolos, Bulacan

 

Palayain si Behn at Lino | AS Steps

 

Iskolar ng Bayan | AS Parking Lot; Kalayaan Residence Hall; School of Economics

 

Juan Obrero “Haranang Bayan” | Pulilan, Bulacan

 

Kardong Kamote | Camp Crame

 

March of Heroes and Excerpts from Pagsambang Bayan | US Embassy

 

1986

Civil Disobedience Program | AS Steps

 

February Revolution | Camp Crame

 

Pagpupugay Concert | Sunken Garden

 

Mambo ’86 | Vargas Museum

 

Secret | FC Studio

 

UP Foundation Day | AIT

 

Ang Reyna at ang mga Rebelde | Tanghalang WMG

 

People’s Cultural Caravan | Luneta Grandstand

 

Oli Impan, Sobre Saltos | Tanghalang WMG

 

 

1987

Isko Meets Tibo | Punlang Silang, CCP Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

 

Walang Pamagat | Engineering Theater UP

 

Iskolar ng Bayan (Excerpts) | Isip Pinoy Channel 9

 

In Search of a UP President| Abelardo Hall

 

Iskolar ng Bayan | ETC Freshamn Orientation; Alpha Sigma Leadership Training; Kalayaan Residence Hall

 

Batang Hiroshima | Tanghalang WMG

 

Mga Bagong Krisis sa Buhay ng Iskolar ng Bayan (oil price hike) | AS Lobby; Kalayaan Residence Hall; A.S.A Congress

 

KINSE | AS Lobby

          Fantasya

          Artista Daw Set ng “Mailap ang Tuwa, Pakipot ang Liwanag”

 

1988

Agnes of God

 

GUERRERO | Tanghalang WMG

                Laban ng Basketbol

                Kailangan: Isang Tsaperon

                Tatlong Ulupong

 

May Isang Sundalo (Festival of One-Act plays) | Abelardo Hall

 

Tribute to Laborers | Mehan Gardens

 

Tula Dula on US Bases | AS Lobby, Kamia Residence Hall

 

Iskolar ng Bayan | Kalayaan Residence Hall; Alumbi Hostel; Alpha Sigma Leadership Training

 

Dulawit on US Bases | Kalayaan Residence Hall; AS 2^nd floor lobby; UP Student’s Voice

 

Socialized Tuition Fee Scheme (July 1 Walkout) | AS Lobby

 

There’s No Business Like Showbusiness | Anti-Censorship Rally, MTRCB Office

 

US Bases (Choral Recitation) Politikalokohan | AS Lobby

 

Sobre Saltos | Veterans Memorial Hospital

 

Human Rights (Tula-dula)  | AS Lobby

 

1989

Mabini Girls

Twelve Angry Women & Sila ang Huhusga

1990

Lorena | WM Guerrero Theater

 

Tula dula on Total war concert | Malcolm Hall

 

Diptik | Bataan; St. Paul, Manila; UP Los Banos, Ilocos Sur, WM Guerrero Theater

 

1991

Pagsabog ng Liwanag (ni Jose Y. Dalisay) | WMG

 

DIPTIK

                Usapang Babae

                 Huling Pahina

 

Santuwaryo

 

1992

Santuwaryo II: Mga Tagpong Alay sa Kalikasan | Student Activities Center Palma Hall

 

BEINTE | UP Theater Lobby UP Diliman

             Ruta

             Aling Kuh

             Lalaking Naging Patpat

 

1993 

Pasakalye 2: Tanghalan sa Tanghali | Palma Hall Lobby

 

1994

HALUPI | Pilar Herrera Hall, UP Diliman

Ama Namin

Bantugan

 

1995

PALABAS 

              Last Full Show

              Taguan sa Ulan

 

1996

Seremonyas (Translation of Maureen Duffy’s Rites)| Vinzons Rooftop

 

1997

TEATRO NG BAYAN | WMG Theater

               Ang Mga Kagilagilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Juan dela Cruz – Jose F. Lacaba 
               Estados Unidos Bersus Cruz, Abad at Tolentino – Bonifacio Ilagan
                                   (Based on original text of “Hindi Aco Patay” – Juan Matapang Cruz, additional text by Joi Barrios)
              Sakura, MacArthur at Pugo – Behn Cervantes

 

1998

Terminal

 

1999

BABAE | Vinzons Rooftop

              Dalawa

              Maternal

 

Esprit de Corps; May Isang Sundalo | Aldaba Recital Hall UP Diliman

 

2000

UP ng Ina (Full length Tula Dula by UP Repertory Company Writers’ Pool) | Aldaba Hall UP Diliman

 

UP ng Ina: Bayan Muna Bago Baba | Aldaba Hall UP Diliman

 

2001

UP ng Ina: Baba Na! | Aldaba Hall UP Diliman

 

TATSULOK | Aldaba Hall UP Diliman

                Nana

                Tatlo-tatlo

                Paraisong Parisukat

 

2002

ALIMUOM: Mga Kuwento Pagkatapos ng Digma | Dalisay Aldaba Hall

                  Sino ba Kayo?

                  Las Viajeras

                  Damas de Noche

 

Mang Serapio;  Moses Moses | Aldaba Hall UP Diliman

 

2003

TRENTA: Mga Kuwento ng Paggunita, Pag-ahon; ‘Pag Tumibok ang Puso  | Aldaba Hall UP Diliman

            Parokyano

            Dolores

            Cruise my Heart, Hope to Die, Dava?! Dava?!

(written by UP Repertory Company)

 

Tatlong Manyika; Sistema ni Propesor Tuko | Aldaba Hall UP Diliman

 

Ang Butihing Babae ng Timog (Laboratory Production) |  Vinzons Rooftop

 

2004

Sino Ba Kayo? ; New Yorker in Tondo | UP Theater

 

HAPLOS NG DAHAS | Aldaba Dance Hall UP Diliman

                 Haplos ng Dahas

                 Sa Ngalan ng Ama

                  (mga dula ni Roberto Jose De Guzman Jr.)

 

2005

ANG MARIA | Aldaba Hall UP Diliman

                   Ang Pinakamakisig ng Nalunod sa Buong Daigdig

Lutong Bahay

 

TIMAUA | WM Guerrero Theater

               Luisita

               Kumbensiyon

 

2006

CHILDREN CROSSING | Aldaba Hall UP Diliman

Malakas at Maganda

                Ang mga Paru-paro at mga Unggoy

                Ang Panlilinlang ni Kuya Perry (written by UP Repertory Company writer’s Pool)

 

Damas de Noche: A Rock Musical | Aldaba Hall UP Diliman

by Joi Barrios, liriko ni Romulo Baquiran Jr.

 

2007

MGA DULANG ALAY SA ENGLISH SPOKENING | Narra Residence Hall; International Center; Kamia Residence Hall; Sampaguita Residence Hall; Molave Residence Hall

                  Makukulay na mga Poster

                  Chupakabra

(written by UP Repertory Company)

 

Damas de Noche Rock Musical (re-run) | Henry Lee Irwin Theater, Ateneo De Manila University

 

2008

Ang Bombastic na Pakikipagsapalaran ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan | UP Film Institute

 

2009

Pagsambang Bayan | UP Bahay ng Alumni

 

Titser’s Act & Hello Philippines! Isang Bonggang Musical | UP CMC

 

2010

MANILA IN 3D | Engineering Theater

                Cruise my Heart

                Helen of Camalaniugan

                Isang Dakilang Mamamayan ng Republika

 

2011

MS. DULCE EXTRANJERA: Ang Paghahanap kay Miss B | Aldaba Recital Hall

 

BAHAY-B(AH)AYAN | Engineering Theatre

              #RevolutionItsMoreFunInThePhilippines (by Albert Cruz)

              Pulo’t Gata (by Chris Martinez)

              Pangulo Naming Mahal (by Nicolas Pichay)

 

2012

PED XING: TATAWID KA BA KAHIT NAKAMAMATAY?

(written by the UP Repertory Company Writers’ Pool) | Aldaba Recital Hall

 

APUHAP 13-IN-1 | Aldaba Recital Hall

               Agnoia (by Liza Magtoto)

              Our Lady of Arlegui (by Chris Martinez)

 

2013

PED XING: TATAWID KA BA KAHIT NAKAMAMATAY? SUMMER COMEBACK

by the UP Repertory Company Writers’ Pool (laboratory production) | Bulwagang Tandang Sora

 

LEAN | Aldaba Recital Hall & Palma Hall 1st Floor Lobby

(Based on Lean the Musical by Gary Granada)

 

DAMAS DE NOCHE: Isang Musikal | Aldaba Recital Hall

by Joi Barrios, liriko ni Romulo Baquiran Jr.

The UP Repertory Company Profile

The UP Repertory Company (UP Rep) is a non-stock, non-profit student theater organization in the University of the Philippines, Diliman. It and is also the University’s Official Performing Group for Philippine Theater.

 

In 1972, Director Behn Cervantes, a distinguished Filipino thespian here and abroad, established the University of the Philippines Repertory Company or UP Rep as an answer to the University’s need for a socially responsible performing group. Because of the deteriorating social conditions prevalent during the Martial Law period, the company staged productions that mirrored the lives of the Filipino masses, thus, Repleksyon ng Pangangailangan ng Nakararami (RPN).

UP Rep’s wide repertoire of plays were written by highly acclaimed Filipino artists and playwrights. It has mounted plays of National Artists and writers such as Joi Barrios, Romulo Baquiran, Jr., Amelia Lapena-Bonifacio, Rogelio Sicat, Alberto Florentino, Domingo Landicho and Nick Joaquin so as to develop the members in the artistic and technical aspects of theatre.

As a student organization, UP Rep has continually strived to train its members in the art of theatre. Consequently, UP Rep has produced talents, most of whom are successful in their chosen field. Joi Barrios, Bibeth Orteza, Rory Quintos, Ces Quesada, Jon Santos, Angelie Bayani, Ching Arellano, Nick Olanka, Kata Innocencio, Blaise Gacoscos, Eugene Domingo, Stella Canete, Chris Martinez and Enrico Santos are just some of them.

Because of its continuous commitment to Philippine Culture and the Arts, UP Rep was named as the University Performing Group (UPG) in theater, and to date, the only student-theater organization given such title. UP Rep has also received the Wenceslao O. Vinzons Achievement Award for Special Interest Organization (1983), Wenceslao O. Vinzons Achievement Award for Most Outstanding Student Organization (1985), Aliw Awards for Best Cultural Series (1987) and was also a finalist in Cultural Center of the Philippines’ National Drama Competition (1989).

In pursuing its aim to bring theater closer to the masses, UP Rep has performed in a number of venues outside the University. UP Repertory Company is now on its 41st year.