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PhilStage Jury Releases Gawad Buhay Citations
Productions by Tanghalang Pilipino (TP), Repertory
Philippines (Rep) and the Philippine Educational Theater Association
(PETA) and Ballet Philippines dominated the first and second quarterly
citations of GAWAD BUHAY!, the performing arts awards program
organized by the Philippine Legitimate Stage Artists Group (PHILSTAGE).
Tanghalang Pilipino';s Kudeta romped off with a total of
nine citations while Rep's Hamlet and PETA's Skin Deep tied with six
citations each.
A Filipino translation of Mustapha Matura's black comedy
about a coup that toppled a country's president, Kudeta romped off
with citations for outstanding play, stage direction (Floy Quintos);
ensemble performance (cast of Kudeta); male lead in a play (Mario O
Hara); featured performance in a play (Bong Cabrera and Riki
Benedicto); adaptation/translat ion (George De Jesus III); sound
design (Janice Dee); lighting design (Dennis Marasigan); and set
design (Tuxqs Rutaquio).
Rep's Hamlet, a futuristic take on the William
Shakespeare' s classic, was cited for outstanding play; ensemble
performance (cast of Hamlet); featured performance in a play (Cris
Villonco);sound design (Jethro Joaquin); lighting design (Martin
Esteva); and costume design (Faust Peneyra).
Billed as a musical comedy on ordinary people's search for
beauty and happiness, PETA's Skin Deep was cited for outstanding
musical, stage direction (Nor Domingo); ensemble performance (cast of
Skin Deep); male lead performance in a musical (Robert Sena); female
lead performance in a musical (May Bayot, Gail Guanlao Billones and
Isay Alvarez); and original libretto (Vince De Jesus).
Ballet Philippines ' Latin Heat earned five citations for
outstanding dance production, ensemble performance (cast of Latin
Heat); original choreography (Bam Damian and Alden Lugnasin) male lead
performance in a dance production (Biag Gaongen) and featured
performance in a dance production (Camille Ordinario-Joson) . Another
TP production, EJ : Ang Pinagdaanang Buhay Nina Edgar Jopson at Evelio
Javier, was cited for outstanding male lead performance in a musical
(Jett Pangan and Juliene Mendoza) and sound design (Jethro Joaquin).
Other citations include Jose Mari Avellana for outstanding
male lead performance in a play (Rep's Tuesdays with Morrie) and Lisa
Macuja Elizalde for outstanding female lead performance in a dance
production (Ballet Manila's Le Corsaire).
ALTAR BOYZ, Repertory Philippines ' production of an
off-Broadway musical about a Christian boy band, was the lone
qualified entry for the second quarterly citation cycle. The
production garnered citations for outstanding musical, stage direction
(Charri Arrespacochaga) , ensemble performance (cast of ALTAR BOYZ),
male lead performance in a musical (Red Concepcion), choreography
(Jason Zamora), musical direction (Jojo Malfrrari), and sound design
(Gidget Tolentino).
PHILSTAGE President Dennis Marasigan explained that Gawad
BUHAY! honors outstanding accomplishments in theater, dance and music
among PHILSTAGE member-companies. Quarterly citations, nominations,
and winners are juried by a panel of performing arts practitioners,
critics, academicians and enthusiasts invited or selected by the
PHILSTAGE Board of Directors.
“The jury members are required to watch all productions of
Philstage members and only those who have watched all productions are
allowed to cast their final votes for the quarterly citations,
nominations and winners, ” Marasigan stressed. The jury meets
quarterly for the citations from which will be culled the nominees
qualified to vie for the annual award to be announced in fitting
ceremonies during the National Arts Month in February 2009.
PHILSTAGE is an alliance of the country's leading and
established performing arts companies which include Actors Actors,
Inc. (AAI), Ballet Manila (BM), Ballet Philippines (BP), Gantimpala
Theater Foundation (GTF), Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-aawit (OPM),
Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA), Repertory
Philippines (REP), Tanghalang Pilipino and the Triumphant Peoples'
Evangelical Theater Society (TRUMPETS). It can be reached via email
philstage@tri-isys.com.
The complete list of Gawad Buhay! citations for the first and second
quarters of 2008:
Outstanding Play:
Hamlet (Repertory Philippines ); Kudeta
(Tanghalang Pilipino);
Outstanding Musical:
Altar Boyz (Repertory Philippines ).
Skin Deep (PETA)
Outstanding Dance Production:
Latin Heat (Ballet
Philippines )
Outstanding Original Libretto:
Vince De Jesus (Skin Deep)
Outstanding Original Play:
No citation
Outstanding Original Choreography:
Bam Damian and Alden Lugnasin
(Latin Heat) Jason Zamora (Altar Boyz)
Outstanding Stage Direction:
Chari Arrespacochaga (Altar Boyz); Nor
Domingo (Skin Deep); Floy Quintos (Kudeta);
Outstanding Ensemble Performance:
Altar Boyz (Repertory Philippines ),
Hamlet (Repertory Philippines ); Kudeta (Tanghalang Pilipino); Latin
Heat (Ballet Philippines ); Skin Deep (PETA)
Outstanding Male Lead Performance in a Play:
Jose Mari Avellana
(Tuesdays with Morrie); Mario O’Hara (Kudeta);
Outstanding Male Lead Performance in a Musical:
Red Concepcion
(Altar Boyz)), Jett Pangan and Juliene Mendoza (EJ: Ang Pinagdaanang
Buhay nina Evelio Javier at Edgar Jopson); (Robert Seña (Skin Deep)
Outstanding Male Lead Performance in a Dance Production:
Biag Gaongen
(Latin Heat)
Outstanding Female Lead Performance in a Play:
No citations.
Outstanding Female Lead Performance in a Musical:
May Bayot, Gail
Guanlao Billones and Isay Alvarez (Skin Deep);
Outstanding Female Lead Performance in a Dance Production:
Lisa
Macuja Elizalde (Le Corsaire)
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play:
Bong Cabrera and Riki
Benedicto (Kudeta); Cris Villonco (Hamlet);
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Dance Production:
Camille
Ordinario-Joson (Latin Heat)
Outstanding Translation/ Adaptation:
George de Jesus III (Kudeta);
Outstanding Musical Direction:
Jojo Malferrari (Altar Boyz)
Outstanding Set Design:
Tuxqs Rutaquiio (Kudeta)
Outstanding Costume Design:
Faust Peneyra (Hamlet)
Outstanding Lighting Design:
Martin Esteva (Hamlet); Dennis Marasigan
(Kudeta)
Outstanding Sound Design:
Janice Dee (Kudeta); Jethro
Joaquin (EJ: Ang Pinagdaanang Buhay nina Evelio Javier at Edgar
Jopson); Jethro Joaquin (Hamlet); Gidget Tolentino
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