MANILA, Philippines - Tony S. Espejo, artistic director of Gantimpala Theater, announces the opening of its 35th Summer Workshop - Musical Theater for Teen and Young Adults which will begin on April 9. Registration/enrollment starts on March 13.
Within 22 sessions plus a culminating recital on May 18, workshoppers will learn acting for musical theater.
Actor, singer and director Roeder Camañag will facilitate the workshop. Participants will gain knowledge in creative drama, music, voice and dance exercises, and script writing — all these will assist them to perform in a musical production.
Gantimpala Theater was one of the original artistic companies’ of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). During its more than two-decade residency at the CCP produced “untried and untested” plays that were winners of the CCP Playwriting Contest.
These plays delighted the public, were the talk of town, earned considerably at the box-office, received critical acclaim and became the benchmark of excellent Filipino theater. Producing these plays was considered valuable to the development and enrichment of Philippine dramaturgy.
After the EDSA Revolution, the theater company embarked on a more ambitious undertaking, producing and bringing these literary pieces to life on the legitimate stage, the Four Classics: Kanser and El Filibusterismo, Ibong Adarna which originated from a corrido and Florante at Laura, the greatest Tagalog literary masterpiece of Francisco Balagtas presented as a komedya, a Filipino theater form.
Aside from these, Gantimpala produces plays written by National Artists for Theater and Literature and original Filipino musical for children.
It is also has made the most number of plays based on the works and life of our National Hero, Dr. Jose Rizal.
Leading the 35-year-old-dramatic arts company is Tony Espejo, Philstage Natatanging Gawad Buhay Awardee for Theater.
Tuition is P5,000. Interested workshoppers must bring a close-up photo (2x2).
Gantimpala Theater is at the second floor, Open Air Auditorium Building, located inside the Rizal Park.
For information, call 528-0603, 536-5860 or send an SMS to 0921-5286308 or visit: www.gantimpalatheater.multiply.com or www.facebook.com/gantimpala.