With the theme “Revolt,” the newly designated nationwide theater firm places the highlight on literary works by Nationwide Artists tailored for the stage
Tanghalang Pilipino (TP) isn’t any stranger to pushing ahead courageous, related tales for the stage. Of their final season, one in every of their most profitable productions was the unique musical “Pingkian,” in regards to the oft-overlooked younger revolutionary hero, Emilio Jacinto. The musical just lately garnered 18 nods for the fifteenth Gawad Buhay Awards first quarter citations, together with excellent authentic rating, authentic ebook, and excellent authentic musical.
Persevering with this legacy, TP just lately launched the lineup for his or her thirty eighth season, highlighting the idea of “revolt,” and the love discovered on the coronary heart of this radical and transformative concept.
The season will function stage variations of compelling literary works, two of that are by Nationwide Artists for Literature.
Kicking off TP’s thirty eighth season is “Balete,” based mostly on Nationwide Artist F. Sionil Jose’s novel “Tree.”
Whereas this isn’t the primary ever manufacturing of “Balete,” this 2024 model of the play is a devised work in collaboration with the Tanghalang Pilipino Actors Firm, utilizing each the unique novel and the difference written by award-winning playwright Rody Vera. It’s set to open on Sept. 13 and can run till Oct. 6. It options the TP Actors Firm and Nonie Buencamino (who, apparently, was additionally a pioneering member of the TP Actors Firm).
Come November, TP might be staging a rerun of the heartwarming kids’s musical “Sandosenang Sapatos,” which relies on the brief story of the identical title by Palanca Award winner Dr. Luis Gatmaitan. The musical just lately gained the Gawad Buhay award for excellent manufacturing for kids.
When requested why they’re restaging the musical once more, director and TP Actors Firm senior member Jonathan Tadioan notes the timeless relevance of the fabric, particularly with its message on the common energy of affection, particularly inside the household.
“Sandosenang Sapatos” will run from Nov. 15 to Dec. 8.
Ending TP’s “Revolt” season is the stage adaptation of the Mike de Leon movie “Kisapmata,” which itself relies on Nationwide Artist Nick Joaquin’s crime report “The Home on Zapote Road.”
It revolves round what appears to be an ideal, regular Filipino household—till its unraveling, triggered when the household’s unica hija falls in love and subsequently marries.
“Kisapmata” might be tailored and directed by award-winning playwright and director Guelan Varela-Luarca, and can function the Tanghalang Pilipino Actors Firm’s senior members Jonathan Tadioan, Marco Viaña, Lhorvie Nuevo-Tadioan, and Toni Go-Yadao.
The play is about to run from Mar. 7 to 30, 2025.
Nationwide performing arts firm for theater
On the thirty eighth season launch, TP board member John Arcilla introduced that the Cultural Heart of the Philippines (CCP) and Nationwide Fee for Tradition and the Arts (NCCA) have designated TP because the nationwide performing arts firm for theater for the years 2024 to 2029.
TP was chosen after deliberations of purposes by the CCP and NCCA. Nationwide performing arts corporations are chosen as mandated by the Nationwide Performing Arts Corporations Act (Republic Act No. 11392), which goals to “present a framework for the collection of Nationwide Performing Arts Corporations, designating for the aim of sure performing arts genres and appropriating funds.”
The nationwide standing is conferred for a five-year interval for corporations representing numerous performing arts genres reminiscent of ballet or modern dance, theater, orchestra, choral firm, and Indigenous performing ensemble.
Among the many tasks of the designated nationwide corporations embody persevering with applications for coaching and training for skilled growth of artists of their area, conducting analysis associated to their style, and “[undertaking] documentation of its actions and applications for the preservation and dissemination of Filipino masterpieces within the performing arts” in addition to growing a “repertoire of authentic Filipino works that can assist outline the nation’s nationwide cultural id.”
