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Myths given life by the magic of the theatre conjure the theme
that the MSU-IIT Integrated Performing Arts Guild (IPAG) sets
for its 34th Theatre Season this school year.
Beyond defining myths as stories of superheroes, IPAG notes the
dominance of myths in our lives -- as a frame in the manner we
view life, as manifestations of our life ways, as explanations
of our existence, and as stories that give us and our
communities our identities.
 IPAG Artistic Director Steven Patrick C. Fernandez explains
further: "Myths are not only about traditional tales and heroes
but are about characters that are as contemporary as the stories
in our komiks magazines."
Performances
Subjects and these "heroes," therefore, are the focus of IPAG's
in-base productions.
On
September 15, 16, and 17 (MSU-IIT gym, 7:30 p.m.), IPAG performs
two narratives from Philippine lore in a multi-media staging
tagged "Hapoy daw Wahig" (Fire and Water). The Agyu story
of the Bukidnon-Manobo epic Ulahingan will be premiered.
Remounted will be the contemporized staging of the Maguindanaon epic
Indarapatra and the Bukidnon flood myth entitled "Uwahig"
that main features these other performances that will be opened
by the dance vignette on the Earth Goddess "Gaia."
The theme of "captivity" captures the spirits of two new one-act
plays, to be staged under a director's and playwright's
apprenticeship program, which premieres in the third week of
November, the series culled as XPs (XPerience, XPeriment,
and XPlore).
Sarimanok,
the first IPAG signature dance production, will be restaged with
a new treatment on February 16, 17, and 18, 2012 at the MSU-IIT
gym in Iligan. The awarded Sarimanok with a string of
acclamations catapulted IPAG to national fame in the 1980s.
Four other productions will hit the road nationwide:
Suhi,
SugaTula, and favorites
Tales From Mindanao and
Tatlo sa Isa.
Performed
Meanwhile, IPAG has confirmed the dates for its nationwide
performances that will start in the 3rd week of August.
Riding on the momentum of the last Season, IPAG has opened this
season with a string of training programs and productions.
Already, Uwahig performed to celebrate Heritage Month
last May 18 at the Xavier U. Also in May, Tales previewed
for the Summer Institute for Cultural Workers including an
opening sortie for the 18th Iligan National Writers
Workshop.
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