MANILA, Philippines - Earlier this year, the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA)opened its doors for aspiring stage performers through their annual Workshop Weekends. Different people — from college students to young professionals — flocked to the PETA Theater Center to enroll in various courses ranging from Theater Arts to the more advanced courses like Basic Acting and Creative Musical Theater. PETA is giving another opportunity for aspiring thespians to further their skills in acting and theater arts as it holds back-to-back Workshop Weekends from Oct. 11 to Dec. 7.
For the second batch of Workshop Weekends, PETA offers additional classes to accommodate more enrolees ranging from beginners to intermediate aspirants. The courses for the Workshop Weekends 2 are: Theater Arts, Basic Acting, Creative Musical Theater I and Creative Musical Theater II.
The Theater Arts and Creative Musical Theater I courses serve as an introduction for those who have the passion for theater but haven’t really gotten to it yet. Theater Arts is focused on building a background for theater newbies; teaching them to learn and appreciate the art of theater production and history while also touching on the subjects of group dynamics, visual arts and creative music. Creative Musical Theater 1 tackles the principles of composition and organization in performing for musical theater that is geared towards developing the enrolees’ basic musical theater skills.
PETA offers two advanced courses in Basic Acting and Creative Musical Theater II. Basic Acting gives students the chance to apply the elements of the arts and composition in executing a good performance through their body, voice, and imagination in acting, while also tackling techniques on improvisation and text analysis. Lastly, PETA opens up Creative Musical Theater 2, a course that focuses on identifying and learning how to make the most of the enrolees’ strengths and weaknesses as a musical performer. Its curriculum centers on the influence of the history and forms of both Western and Filipino Musical Theater styles.
All PETA workshops make use of the basic integrated theater approach wherein they incorporate the five fundamental theater disciplines: creative drama, body movement and dance, creative sound and music, creative writing and visual arts. Enrollees will also be given the chance to fully experience this approach when they perform in an original production to conclude the workshops.
To enroll, download the application form found at the PETA Theater website (www.petatheater.com) or visit the PETA Theater Center in QC. For inquiries, call or SMS Tina Sablayan at 0905-3696003 or email tinasablayan@gmail.com.