FOURTH QUARTER LESSON:

MAPEH
ORIGINAL PERFOMANCE WITH
THE USE OF MEDIA
 WHO ARE THEY AND
WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON?
QUARTER IV: ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE
WITH THE USE OF MEDIA

THEATER IS THE ONE MAJOR ART

FORM THAT BRINGS TOGETHER ALL
THE OTHER ART FORMS FROM
PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, TO
INSTALLATION ART, TO MUSIC, TO
DANCE, TO LITERATURE, EVEN TO
COMPUTER ARTS IN SINGLE
PRODUCTION.
 Philippine Theater a n d
Performing Groups
THE PHILIPPINES HAS A RICH AND THRIVING
THEATER INDUSTRY THAT YOU MAY BE
INTERESTED TO VENTURE INTO IN THE FUTURE.
PRODUCTION RANGE FROM ORIGINAL PLAYS
WITH PHILIPPINE THEMES AND SETTINGS, TO
RENOWNED THEATER CLASSICS FROM PAST
CENTURIES, TO CONTEMPORARY MUSICALS
FROM BROADWAY OR LONDON’S WEST END.
BELOW IS AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE
MORE PROMINENT THEATER AND
PERFORMING GROUPS IN THE COUNTRY AND
THEIR MAJOR PRODUCTIONS.
 PETA a n d T a n g h a l a n g
Pilipino
WITH THE AMERICAN PRESENCE IN THE
PHILIPPINES FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH
CENTURY, IT WAS INEVITABLE THAT MANY US
AND EUROPEAN THEATER FORMS AND SCRIPTS
FOUND THERE WAY HERE. AMONG THEM
WERE THE CLASSICS, SUCH AS THE PLAYS OF
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, AS WELL AS THE
WORKS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN
PLAYWRIGHTS. AT THE SAME TIME, LOCAL
THEATER GROUPS STAGED ORIGINAL
PHILIPPINE ZARZUELAS WHICH WERE PLAYS
PERFORMED IN SOME.
PETA a n d T a n g h a l a n g
Pilipino
IN THE PAST FEW DECADES, MODERN
THEATER GROUPS HAVE CONTINUED TO
EXPRESS THE DISTINCTLY PHILIPPINE
INTERPRETATION OF BOTH ORIGINALLY-
WRITTEN PLAYS AS WELL AS
ADAPTATIONS F FOREIGN WORKS
TRANSLATED INTO FILIPINO.
THE PRODUCTIONS OF THESE
GROUPS SPAN THE RANGE
FROM DARING NEW
PRESENTATIONS OF CLASSICAL
WORKS, TO THE SPECTACLE OF
PHILIPPINE MYTHS AND
LEGENDS, TO COMMENTARIES
ON CURRENT SOCIAL AND
POLITICAL ISSUES.
AT THE FOREFRONT OF THESE
ARE THENN PHILIPPINE
EDUCATIONAL THEATER
ASSOCIATION (PETA), FOUNDED
IN 1967 BY CESILE GUIDOTE-
ALVAREZ, AND TANGHALANG
PILIPNO, THE RESIDENT THEATER
COMPANY OF THE CULTURAL
CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES,
FOUNDED IN 1987.
Pamana
PETA, 2013
Ibalong
Tanghalang Pilipino, 2012
 MEANWHILE, OTHER PHILIPPINE
THEATER GROUPS ARE ALSO STAGING
ORIGINAL AND ADAPTED PLAYS AND
MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS, PRIMARILY IN
ENGLISH. BEST KNOWN AMONG THESE
ARE REPERTORY PHILIPPINES,
TRUMPETS, AND NEW VOICE COMPANY.
MORE RECENTLY, THEATER DOWN
SOUTH HAS BEEN ADDED TO THEIR
ROSTER. AND CHAMPIONING THE
CAUSE OF THE MORE CLASSICAL FORM
OF MUSICAL PERFORMANCES IS THE
PHILIPPINE OPERA COMPANY.
Repertory Philippines
IN 1967, THEATER ZENAIDA AMADOR
FULFILLED HER DREAM OF BRINGING
THE BEST OF BROADWAY AND LONDON’S
WEST END TO FILIPINO AUDIENCES.
TOGETHER WITH ACTRESS BABY BARREDO,
AMADOR ESTABLISHED REPERTORY
PHILIPPINES, A COMPANY THAT ONLY
STAGED ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PLAYS AND
MUSICALS YEAR-ROUND BUT TRAINED
ACTORS AND ACTRESSES AS WELL. THE
COMPANY CONTINUES WITH THIS VISION
TO THIS DAY.
MULTI AWARDED THEATER ACTRESS AND SINGER,
LEA SALONGA, IN FACT, BEGAN HER CAREER AS A
CHILD LEAD IN PRODUCTIONS OF REPERTORY
PHILIPPINES. FROM THERE, SHE WENT ON TO
BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL STAGE SUPERSTAR IN
THE LEAD ROLE OF KIM IN MISS SAIGON – PUTTING
THE PHILIPPINES ON THE WORLD MAP IN TERMS OF
THEATER TALENT.
IN ITS 2009 SEASON, REPERTORY ADDED A FILIPINO
CLASSIC IN ENGLISH TO ITS PRODUCTIONS – A
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS FILIPINO, BY NATIONAL
ARTIST NICK JOAQUIN. TO DATE, IT CONTINUES TO
OFFER A MIX OF PRODUCTIONS RANGING FROM
LITERARY CLASSICS TO CONTEMPORARY SATIRES,
COMEDIES, AND MUSICALS.
 TRUMPETS
IN THE 1990S, THE PHILIPPINE THEATER
GROUP TRUMPETS ALSO BEGAN
MOUNTING GRAND PRODUCTIONS OF
ORIGINALLY-WRITTEN MUSICALS WITH
A SLANT TOWARDS GOOD VALUES FOR
CHILDREN AND THE WHOLE FAMILY.
AMONG THEIR PLAYS HAVE BEEN
JOSEPH THE DREAMER; FIRST NAME;
THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE
WARDROBE; LITTLE MERMAID; HONK;
N.O.A.H.; AND THE BLUEBIRD OF
HAPPINESS. PUBLIC.
 TRUMPETS
THE INTENTION OF TRUMPETS IS TO
PROVIDE WHOLESOME THEATER
EXPERIENCES FOR FILIPINO YOUTH
WHILE ALSO BUILDING UP THE
PHILIPPINE THEATER-GOING PUBLIC.
TRUMPETS
NEW VOICE C O M P A N Y
ALSO MAKING ITS OWN DISTINCT
CONTRIBUTION TO THE PHILIPPINE
THEATER SCENE IS NEW VOICE
COMPANY, ESTABLISHED IN 1994 BY
MONIQUE WILSON—ALSO A
REPERTORY PHILIPPINES’ PROTÉGÉE
WHO WENT ON TO STAR ON THE
INTERNATIONAL STAGE. NEW VOICE
HAS EARNED A REPUTATION FOR
STAGING THOUGHT-PROVOKING
PRODUCTIONS ON DARING AND DEEP
TOPICS.
Philippine Opera Company
THE PHILIPPINE OPERA COMPANY (POC)
WAS FOUNDED IN 1999 BY A GROUP OF
DEDICATED CLASSICALLY-TRAINED
SINGERS, LED BY SOPRANO KARLA
GUTIERREZ AS ARTISTIC DIRECTRESS.
THE POC SEEKS TO DEVELOP
PERFORMERS AS WELL AS AUDIENCES
FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC PERFORMANCES,
BOTH FOREIGN AND FILIPINO.
PHILIPPINE OPERA COMPANY
THEATER DOWN SOUTH
IN 2007, THEATER DOWN SOUTH WAS
FOUNDED, WITH PHILIPPINE THEATER
MAINSTAY MICHAEL WILLIAMS AS
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR. THE VISION OF
THE COMPANY IS TO WIDEN THE
REACH OF STAGE PRODUCTION.
 ROLES I N STAGE
PRODUCTION
Basic Roles that Most Plays Require
The person who takes the play fro mere concept to an actual
PRODUCER presentation. He or she choose all the team members and
assigns them their functions, and oversees the casting of the
actors and actresses for he different roles.
Is the overall artistic coordinator of the entire production. Like
DIRECTOR a conductor of an orchestra, he or she has a vision of the
desired total effect and impact of the performance.
For a script intended for stage performance, the writer of the
script is more specifically called a playwright. The initial
concept or plot may be original, and then developed into a
PLAYWRIGHT play script is more script. Or it may be based on an existing
story or another play which the playwright will then adapt to
present in a new way.
The concept and creation of the physical stage is the task of
the set designer. He or she builds the set (or sets) that will
SET DESIGNER simulate the world that the play’s characters are supposed to
live in.
 Coordinating closely with the set designer is the
lighting designer. Lighting is critical in designing the
mood of each scene in the play, highlighting a
LIGHTING DESIGNER dramatic moment, signaling the entrance of a
character, focusing attention on a specific spot on
stage, or even providing the blanket of darkness for
set and prop changes.

The actors and actresses must look believable in their

roles and much of this is owed to the costume designer.
COSTUME DESIGNER He/She studies the general setting (time and place) that
the play is meant to take place in, as well as each
character in the script.

SOUND DESIGNER Similar to the lighting designer, the sound designer

serves a vital role in creating and enhancing the
atmosphere of the performance
PRODUCTION Coordinating all the complex behind-the-scenes details
MANAGER of staging a play is the production manager
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Shadows the play’s director throughout the entire
production process.
 •is included in the production team
•he/she not only plans out all the dance steps
to suit the music, but also rehearses the actor
CHOREOPGRAPHER until they are able to perform the dance
skillfully – while remaining “in character” on
stage.

MAKEUP DESIGNER As the costume designer deliberates on the

characters’ main attire, the makeup designer is
brought in to plan the hairstyles and makeup to
complement the costumes.
 ACTIVITY
“EXPERIENCING THEATER”

IF POSSIBLE, SCHEDULE A TIME

WITHIN Q4 FOR THE CLASS TO
WATCH A LIVE PLAY. DEPENDING ON
WHAT IS AVAILABLE OR ACCESSIBLE
IN YOUR AREA WITHIN THAT
PERIOD, ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
MAY BE CONSIDERED:
Option 1: a live performance of a
production by any Philippine theater
group (whether mentioned above or
others)
Option 2: a recorded performance of a
production by any of these groups to be
viewed in school
Option 3: a school or community play
Option 4: a classroom play
1. Instruct the students to watch the play very
attentively. Have them observe how the plot
is developed and take note of the artistic
elements and principles used.
2. Have them write a reaction paper using the
following outline:
Title of the play
Scriptwriter
Director
Stage Designer
Setting
Main Characters

Main story line (a 1-paragraph summary)

Personal reaction