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TOP STORIES
Seven standing ovations in seven shows
IPAG sizzles in its US road
shows
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IPAG off to U.S. tour
In the U.S. Mainland after its Philippine Centennial
shows in Hawaii
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schedule
29th Season underway
more exciting theatre from Southern
Philippines' best. Full
sked below
IPAG collaborates in
"Uwahig"
joins Mindanao theatre artists in ITI-UNESCO
festival
RECENT STORIES
Bak2Bak tickles and
pains
Tours draw more kudos
IPAG joins collaborative production
29th THEATRE SEASON
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July
7
7:30 p.m.
MSU-IIT gym
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TALES FROM
MINDANAO
Send-Off performance
The highly-acclaimed repertoire of dance-stories that
have enthralled thousands in over 80 cities around the world
Direction, Music&ScriptSTEVEN
PATRICK C. FERNANDEZ
ChoreographyNOLLY
CEBALLOS and the IPAG CREATIVE COLLECTIVE
Road Schedule:
July 19, 1:30 p.m. St. Paul’s College, Manila
July 22, 8:00 a.m., and 10:00 a.m., Don Bosco Cebu City
July 24, Sacred Heart School, Cebu City
Also: National Tours until March 2007
(More schedules will be posted as soon as other shows are confirmed)
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July
– October
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HAWAII – U.S. TOUR
check schedule
Hawaii, Seattle, Olympia, Los Angeles,
Washington DC, Virginia, North
Carolina, Fayettville
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September
6, 7, 8, 9
13, 14, 15, 16
20, 21, 22, 23
7:30 p.m.
CASS Rooftop Theatre
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KWITS
A twin bill of one-act plays that expose the deals and
incongruities of today’s charades. “Patas,” a controversial work by
Steven Patrick C. Fernandez and an outstanding play in the 1986 CCP
Playwriting Workshop, is corruption and sexual politics that rock the
university.
Tambacan goes crazy when Kikay returns from Nuyok in “New
Yorker sa Tambacan,” an adaptation of Marcelino Agana’s hilarious “New
Yorker in Tondo.”
DirectionHOBART
SAVIOR
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October 28
3
p.m. / 7:30 p.m.
CAP Auditorium(Davao City)
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BAK2BAK
Two partners, two lives, and two stories. Bak2Bak is:
Babuyan Island by three-time Palanca-winner German Gervacio and
Isa Pang Kawing by Steven Patrick C. Fernandez. These plays peep
into artificial relationships between odd couples who, after some uneasy
coping, acknowledge their predicaments.
DirectionSTEVEN
PATRICK C. FERNANDEZ |
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November
Mindanao and Hong Kong
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PINOY AKO… PINAGMAMALAKI KO
A multi-media revue that highlights the significance of
our OFWs as our modern-day heroes, featuring the country’s more
prestigious artists and groups.
DirectionSTEVEN
PATRICK C. FERNANDEZ
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2007
February
7, 8, 9, 10
14, 15, 16, 17
7:30 p.m.
CASS Rooftop Theatre
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UWAHIG
A multi-media traipse through the elemental landscape of
postcolonial, postmodern, war-stricken environmentally ravaged Mindanao.
The collaborative piece has been produced by Mindulani, Inc., the
network of Mindanao theatre artists for the 31st UNESCO
International Theatre Festival. Front acting are new exciting dance
works by IPAG’s budding choreographers.
Mise
en Scene & ScriptSTEVEN
PATRICK C. FERNANDEZ
ChoreographyFELIMON
BLANCO and IPAG
DesignsBOOTS
DUMLAO
MusicGEEJAY
ARIOLA and the MEBUYAN PEACE PROJECT
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ARCHIVES
Tokyo raves IPAG collaboration
Theater director and critic Kamaluddin Nilu of the
Dhaka-based Center for Asian Theater sums it up when he asserts that, “this is
the best Ramayana version I have seen.” |
Gender politics in
Bak2Bak
Bak2Bak, a twin bill of comedies
completed a 12-night run in the Rooftop Theater of the MSU-IIT College of Arts
and Social Sciences |
More kudos for National tours
Tales From Mindanao
and sequel
Tatlo Sa Isa performed in the Central Philippine University in Iloilo
City, Philamlife Auditorium and the Far Eastern University Theater in Manila to
cap its 28th Season |
National Choreographers Workshop in Iligan
Twenty choreographers from various groups
in Mindanao joined dance professor and choreologist Esteban "Basilio" Villaruz
in a workshop last November 4 to 8 in Iligan. |
IPAG on U.S. road show
blitz
American audiences have responded with 7
standing ovations for 7 shows of
Tales
From Mindanao in the IPAG's Hawaii island tour and in Olympia and
Seattle Cities in Washington State.
It performs next in Hollywood in the International Celebrity Center (5930
Franklin Ave., Hollywood) before flying to Washington DC with performances in
Arlington Virginia, North Carolina, the Fayetteville International Festival,
and Virginia Beach.
The Philippine Centennial Commission and the Conference of Visayan Organizations
hosts the IPAG in Hawaii. Other sponsors in the various states include the
Filipino-American Community of South Puget Sound, the Migrant Heritage
Commission, the Philippine Heritage Foundation of North Carolina, and The Travel
Outlet, among many others. The production that IPAG is bringing to America has
been performed to over 80 cities around the world in its previous tours.
Check the
updated schedules.
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IPAG off for
2006 U.S. tour
IPAG
launches its road tours of the U.S. starting with performances of
Tales
From Mindanao in Hawaii in July 29. IPAG is featured
in the Philippine Centennial Celebrations. It also performs in Washington State,
North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Washington D.C., and Los Angeles.
The Philippine Centennial Commission and the Conference of Visayan Organizations
hosts the IPAG in Hawaii. Other sponsors in the various states include the
Filipino-American Community of
 South Puget Sound, the Migrant Heritage
Commission, the Philippine Heritage Foundation of North Carolina, and The Travel
Outlet, among many others. The production that IPAG is bringing to America has
been performed to over 80 cities around the world in its previous tours.
Check the
updated schedules.
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IPAG's 29th Season offers more excitemen t
Two local in-base productions and several
international-national road tours of its well-acclaimed shows make exciting the
IPAG 29th Season for 2006-2007.
While the integrated arts ensemble continues its
international tours, home-based actors are busy with the first twin-bill this season:
Patas by Steven P.C. Fernandez and the hilarious New Yorker sa Tambacan,
an adaptation of the now-classic comedy by Marcelino Agana, New Yorker in
Tondo.
Check the
schedule above.
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IPAG joins ITI-UNESCO festival
Steven P.C. Fernandez conceptualized, wrote, and directed the collaborative production
Uwahig, Mindanao's entry in the UNESCO-organized International Theatre
Institute (ITI) Philippine Theatre Festival last May in Manila.
With Fernandez was a team from the IPAG that joined Mindanao artists Felimon Blanco and Boots Dumlao in
mounting the post modern theatre piece
representing Mindulani, Inc.
 Uwahig joined hundreds of theatre artists in the week-long international
festival that represented countries affiliated with the ITI.
Collaborating with Fernandez and the IPAG were Felimon Blanco of the Kumbingan
Ensemble, and Boots Dumlao of the Kathara Dance Collective. Music was composed
by Geejay Ariola and the Mebuyan Peace Project. The IPAG artists are: Leilani
Monterola-Fernandez, Melvin Pascubillo, Amado Guinto, Wenna Balaido, Jetaime
Yamut, Kenn Erwin Velasquez, and Hobart Savior. Lilybeth Maraon is Stage
Manager, Dexter Jumalon is Technical Director assisted by Arvin Solis and Albert
Manosa, and Arlem Abanes Production Manager.
Uwahig will be seen early next year as part of the IPAG 29th Season.
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Check related articles:
Uncovering Uwahig
(also published in the June 19 issue of The Philippine Daily Inquirer)
2006
US-HAWAII TOUR
WORLD TOUR 2002
2002 REVIEWS
IPAG WORLD TOURS
TALES FROM MINDANAO
MORE REVIEWS
IPAG has performed in over 80
cities around the world, in Monaco, France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, the
Netherlands, Austria, United Kingdom, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, .
It won the Grand Prize in the Concourse de
Chanson Internationaux
and was most awarded group of the 13th International Folklore Festival in
Port Sur Saone, France.
In July to October, it performs for the Philippine Centennial Celebrations in
Hawaii and in other events in the U.S. Mainland. |
photo credits: Saki Binudin/IPAG/Robert Booc/IOV
Taiwan/Ronald Salazar/Arvin Solis /Steven Fernandez
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