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Inside ‘El Fuego del Alma’: Reimagining Tennessee Williams for the Filipino Stage
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Inside ‘El Fuego del Alma’: Reimagining Tennessee Williams for the Filipino Stage

This July and August, Porvenir presents El Fuego del Alma, a full intimate found-space production adapted by playwright Eljay Castro Deldoc and directed by Mark Mirando. Based on Williams' Summer and Smoke, the production relocates the story to a provincial Philippine setting while preserving the emotional tensions that continue to make the play resonate.

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The ‘virgin’ playwrights of VLF XXI bravely unwrap humanity’s innate desire for acceptance
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The ‘virgin’ playwrights of VLF XXI bravely unwrap humanity’s innate desire for acceptance

The Virgin Labfest (VLF), the country’s pioneering theater festival of untried, untested, and unstaged one-act plays, has turned these daydreams and ambitious ideas into reality since its establishment in 2005. Carrying the theme “Hubo’t Hubad” in its 21st edition, it transforms into a sanctuary for narratives that unwrap humanity’s innate hunger to be desired, seen, and celebrated.

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Mad Child Productions to stage Guelan Valera-Luarca original this August
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Mad Child Productions to stage Guelan Valera-Luarca original this August

After a successful sold-out run of Trophy Boys last April, Mad Child Productions’ vision continues for their third season, Our Coming of Age, with a lineup of productions led by young directors exploring the mortifying ordeal of finding yourself. 

This August, the company is set to stage Mga Binago Ng Araw by Guelan Varela-Luarca, whose recent written and directorial works (3Upuan, Dagitab, Kisapmata, Ang Linangan) continue to receive critical acclaim.

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UP SAMASKOM Brings Light and Laughter in ‘LIVE A.I.D.S. 36: Let There Be Laughs’
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UP SAMASKOM Brings Light and Laughter in ‘LIVE A.I.D.S. 36: Let There Be Laughs’

Live A.I.D.S. (Ang Istoryang Dinebelop ng SAMASKOM, formerly known as Acts, Improvisations, Dances and Songs) is an annual musical-comedy variety show mounted by a talent-laden student organization, UP SAMASKOM. Audiences can expect witty takes on trending topics, viral content, and familiar impersonations in its 36th run, happening from June 26 to 28 at the Ignacio B. Jimenez-KAL Theater in the University of the Philippines Diliman. 

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How the ’70s became the ‘bongga’ era
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How the ’70s became the ‘bongga’ era

There is a reason the Philippine 1970s era continues to live on, through music, fashion, and now, onstage. It stays vivid, defined by a word that has outlived the era itself. Bongga, a shorthand for something extravagant, expressive, and unapologetically seen.

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VLFXXI: Hubo’t Hubad unwraps the human soul with 12 ‘virgin’ scripts
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VLFXXI: Hubo’t Hubad unwraps the human soul with 12 ‘virgin’ scripts

The Virgin Labfest (VLF) officially comes of age in its 21st edition, stripping down all pretense of innocence while showcasing the bold Filipino voice and spirit. As it nurtures emerging and established playwrights, directors, actors, and designers, it revels in the artistic and creative desires expressed through fearless storytelling.

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VLF XXI opens doors for aspiring Writing Fellows until April 30
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VLF XXI opens doors for aspiring Writing Fellows until April 30

The Virgin Labfest (VLF), the theater festival of untried, untested, and unstaged one-act plays, is now accepting applications for its Writing Fellowship Program (WFP). Applications can be submitted until April 30, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. (Philippine Standard Time).

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‘The Addams Family’ Haunts Ateneo this April to May 2026!
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‘The Addams Family’ Haunts Ateneo this April to May 2026!

Once a Newbie Production, and now returning to the Ateneo de Manila University stage after 10 years, The Addams Family meets you once more this April to May 2026. Brought to you by Ateneo Blue Repertory, the company behind the award-winning Zsazsa Zaturnnah The Musical... ‘Yun Lang! (2023), Legally Blonde (2025), the PROM (2024), Next to Normal (2020), Spring Awakening (2019), and RENT (2018). Centered around the beloved yet extraordinary family you know and love, this comedic musical is set to grace you with a peculiarly charming time. One normal (or not) night awaits you. The Addams have saved a seat just for you at the table. Will you accept our invitation? 

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Mad Child Productions to open their season with ‘Trophy Boys’
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Mad Child Productions to open their season with ‘Trophy Boys’

After intriguing audiences with their season teasers, Mad Child Productions finally reveals the first production in their lineup this year with a staged reading of Emmanuelle Mattana’s Trophy Boys to be directed by Jillian Ita-as. Trophy Boys headlines the lineup for Mad Child’s Season Three, A.K.A. Our Coming of Age. 

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