After
three years of hiatus, UP Playwrights’ Theatre (UPPT) proudly returns onstage
with Linda Faigao - Hall’s THE FEMALE HEART running from July 1 – 10, 2016 at
the Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater, University of the Philippines Diliman.
Set in the late 1980's, the play
follows Adelfa and her elder brother Anghel’s struggles as residents of the
infamous mountain of garbage popularly known as Smokey Mountain. 
Confronted by extreme poverty and her brother's ailing health, Adelfa agrees to become a mail-order bride in the United States. 
Chase Salazar and Al Gatmaitan play the role of Adelfa and Anghel, respectively. Salazar was last seen in Ateneo Entablado’s Ang Birheng Matimtiman and in Severino Montano’s Ladies and the Senator for the celebration of UP Diliman Arts Month. Gatmaitan, an Aliw Award winner for Best Classical Male Performer in 2015, is a current regular at the ABS-CBN soap opera, “The Story of Us.”
Joining Salazar and Gatmaitan are Philstage Gawad Buhay 2008 Awardee Peewee O’Hara; diligent and promising actress Sheryll Ceasico; multimedia producer, writer, and director, Mark McKeown; and UP Diliman Theatre Arts graduate student and former student from Siliman University alumna, Ina Azarcon–Bolivar.
THE FEMALE HEART is the directorial debut of Banaue Miclat-Janssen for UPPT. The play is also a momentous directorial project for Prof. Miclat-Janssen for she is celebrating her silver year in the Theatre industry. Joining her in the artistic team are UP Diliman faculty member, Jem Javier (translation); UP Diliman Film student Gio Potes (dramaturgy); Ina Azarcon–Bolivar (assistant direction); freelance set designer and actor Io Balanon (set design); Philstage Gawad Buhay 2014 Awardee Carlo Pagunaling (costume design); dancer / choreographer JM Cabling (movement design); theatre arts students Ricardo Lorenzo (sound design), and Garett Picardal (lights design).
The play’s portrayal of the reality
of life’s tragedy seeks to awaken the spectators about the vividness of pain
and despair, but most importantly, our pursuit of love and hope.
THE FEMALE HEART is produced by
special arrangement with the Playwright and Elaine Devlin Literary, Inc., 411
Lafayette Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10003.
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Note:
The complete schedule of The Female Heart are as follows:
July
1, 2016 / Friday* - *Gala Performance - 7:00
p.m.
July
2, 2016 / Saturday - 3:00 p.m.; 7:00 p.m.
July
3 and 10, 2016 / Sunday – 10 a.m.: 3:00 p.m.
July
6, 2016 / Wednesday - 3:00 p.m.; 7:00 p.m.
July
7, 2016 / Thursday - 3:00 p.m.; 7:00 p.m.
July
8, 2016 / Friday - 3:00 p.m.; 7:00 p.m.
July
9, 2016 / Saturday - 3:00 p.m.; 7:00 p.m.
July
10, 2016 / Sunday - 10 a.m.: 3:00 p.m.
Ticket
Price
Php
500.00 Regular Ticket Price
Php
200.00 UP Student, Faculty, and Admin Employees
*Discounts
are available for bulk purchases and senior citizens
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BIO-BRIEF OF CAST
CHASE
SALAZAR
Adelfa
Chase is Bachelor of
Arts in Theatre Arts student at the University of the Philippines Diliman. She
was recently seen in Jerry Respeto’s Ang Birheng Matimtiman as Clarita Matimtiman under Ateneo Entablado,
and as Daisy Malapit in Severino Montano’s Ladies and the Senator under the direction of Tess Jamias. For
Dulaang UP, she essayed the role of the fictional character Salud, in Floy
Quintos’ Ang Huling Lagda ni Apolinario Mabini (2014); as Reyna Gandhari
in the hit musical Ang Nawalang Kapatid
(2014) based on the Indian epic Mahabharata;
as Lady in Purple in Joy Barrios’ , Para
Sa Mga Babaeng Manlalakbay na Nagtangkang Magpatiwakal Ngunit ang Tinahak na
Landas ay ang Landas Patungo sa Bahaghari (2013 for Dulaang Laboratoryo, 2014 for Fringe MNL), and as Ina
for Vladimeir Gonzales’ Mal, which is based on the Greek
tragedy, Trojan Women, all under the direction of Dulaang UP’s current Artistic
Director, Dexter Santos. Apart from acting onstage, she also acts for film.
PEEWEE
O’HARA
Rosario
Peewee is a recipient
of PHILSTAGE: Gawad Buhay 2008 for Tanghalang Pilipino’s Apples from the Dessert. Peewee
has taught English, Speech, and Theatre for 23 years in Trinity University of
Asia. She appeared in the Tanghalang Pilipino’s Dalagang Bukid, Paglipas ng
Dilim, Taong Yungib ng Peking, Taga sa Panahon, Florante at Laura (Rock Opera),
Orpheus Descending, Insiang, Anatomiya ng Korupsyon, Walang Kukurap, Mga Ama,
Mga Anak, among others, For Virgin Labfest, she was in Doc
Resureccion, Gagamutin ang Bayan, Elevator, May Isa Pang Soap Opera,
Teroristang Labandera, and Ang Goldfish ni Prof. Dimaandal. For
Dulaang UP, Peewee appeared in As You Like It and Bilanggo
ng Pag-ibig. She was recently seen in DUP’s Tisoy Brown: Hari ng Wala and
Tanghalang Pilipino’s Mga Buhay na Apoy. Her television
appearances include roles for ABS-CBN’s Dahil May Isang Ikaw, Immortal, Maria La Del
Barrio, Dahil sa Pag-ibig, Annaliza, and You’re my Home.
Rosario
Sheryll is a public
school teacher and a freelance film/ commercial and theater actress. Her
theater credits include: Kapit (Sipat Lawin Ensemble 2015-2016),
Stage Manager (Virgin Lab 2014-2015, PETA Laboratory 2014), Nanay
Mameng (2014-2015), FnL (2014), Teatro Porvenir (2014), Pitong
Sundang (2013-2014), Labaw Donggon (2013), Adarna
(2013), UP Dulaang Laboratoryo’s Wilfrido 100 Years (2012). Her television credit includes Karinderya
Wars from TV 5, Biyaheng Bulilit at Studio 23 and
Reel Time Birador on QTV 11. She was
also part of TV Commercials like Tide, ABS-CBN TV Plus, Alaska and Coke.
AL
GATMAITAN
Anghel
Al Gatmaitan has
distinguished himself in the classical and crossover music and theater, having
been involved with performing groups, TV and film productions and theater
companies such as the Philippine Opera Company, HUBO Productions (in the film “In Nomine Matris” In the Name of the
Mother), Star Cinema (“The Mistress”),
Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA), Dulaang UP, UP Playwrights’
Theatre, Bit by Bit Productions, Tree House, Stages, Maskara, Trumpets, and
Tanghalang Pilipino.
His initial music
training was at the UP College of Music, which he proceeded to Italy for vocal
and acting training as well as language studies. His coach was Italian soprano
Maria Francavilla from the Conservatory of Torrefranca ‘Vibo Valentia’, while his
language studies led to a diploma in “Teaching Italian Language Abroad” from
the Dante Alighieri University for foreigners in Reggio Calabria. He also
obtained a Certificate of Training in Acting and Performing from Spazio Teatro.
He capped his stay in Italy with a second place distinction at the Filipino
European Pop Song Festival in Reggio Calabria. He continues to hone his craft
with the guidance of Mezzo Soprano Clarissa Ocampo and Tenor Michael
Ricciardone. He is currently attending the Music and Performing Arts Profession
Summer Program 2014 at the New York University Steindhart School of Music, New
York, USA.
MARK
MCKEOWN
Roger
Flynn
Raised in a talented
Texas family, Mark is a writer, director and producer for film, theatre and
television, and has created acclaimed films, plays, performance installations
and short form multi-media pieces. He graduated with a BA in Film Studies from
the University of Missouri in Kansas City, and an MFA in Film & Theatre Directing
at the California Institute of the Arts where he received the Flixus
Interdisciplinary Production Grant. He has directed numerous stagings,
including Kenneth Lonergan’s This is Our
Youth at UMKC Graduate Theatre and William Inge’s posthumous Off the Main Road at Houston’s Alley
Theatre. Mark’s screenplays have been produced here and in the U.S., and he
continues his work throughout the world as a director and producer. This is his
first acting gig on stage since playing KURT in The Sound of Music for Midland Community Theatre in the late 1980s.
INA
AZARCON – BOLIVAR
Young
Adelfa
Ina is currently an MA
in Theatre Arts student at the University of the Philippines Diliman.
Interested in the different aspects of theatre, she has worked on and behind
the stage of several productions including, Siliman University's In My
Father's House, Dalanghita Production’s Kung Paano ako Naging Leading
Lady, The Virgin Labfest 11, The Ladies and the Senator, and many more.
AHMED
JOEM MAULANA
Young
Anghel
Ahmed is an incoming
second year Certificate in Theatre Arts student at the University of the
Philippines Diliman. He has been part of Dulaang UP’s #R < / 3J as an ensemble and costume representative, King Lear / Haring Lear as publicity representative, Tisoy Brown: Hari ng Wala as marketing representative and The | Ang Dressing Room... as the costume coordinator. His other credentials include Mako, an undergraduate thesis at the UP Film Institute last May 2016, as well as Little Red Riding Hood and Stronger at the College of Music at UP Diliman.
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ARTISTIC TEAM
BANAUE MICLAT-JANSSEN
Director
Banaue is a pure Filipino born in Beijing, China. She credits her heritage to make her heir to a unique tradition that provides intensity to her craft as an artist. The high sense of cultural awareness in China, with its constant drilling in the importance of fundamentals, and a history that goes back thousands of years, opened her senses to the ancient world of the arts. Enriching this is her claim to the Filipino culture - molded and shaped by years of colonialism, of cultural diversity, of political ruptures, and resilience and steadfastness of spirit. It is this Filipino spirit that empowers her with the creativity that compels her to be immediate and unburdened as an artist.
As a director, Banaue has worked with UP's Dulaang Laboratoryo, Muscial Theater Philippines, and most recently, for the first Fringe Manila in 2015, Joshua Lim So's Palanca Award winning play, "Tungkol kay Angela" under Destiyero Theater Commune.
This year, Banaue celebrates the silver-lining of her career in the theater. Her 24th year in the industry is celebrated with her directorial debut for UP Playwrights' Theatre with Linda Faigao Hall's "The Female Heart".
As Banaue prepares for her 25th year in 2017, she is honored to share the cultural diversity and awareness that has driven her throughout her career.
LINDA FAIGAO-HALL
Playwright
Ms. Linda Faigao-Hall's plays have been produced in the US including New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, San Francisco, Arlington, Virginia; Washington, D.C.; at college campuses Tufts; Rutgers; Syracuse University and Cornell, and in countries like India and Saudi Arabia. Her last 4 productions were on off-Broadway venues at Theater Row, 42nd Street, New York City; God, Sex and Blue Water; Sparrow; The A - Word (appeared in Smith and Kraus' inaugural publication of the Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2008); The Female Heart (sold-out hit at the First Asian American Theater Festival, NYC); Duet, The Interview, Woman From the Other Side of the World; and State Without Grace. Other plays include Walking Iron (National Endowment of the Arts award 2002); Dying in Boulder and one of 3 plays on the Marcos regime, Lay of the Land. Four of her plays are in an anthology, The Female Heart and Other Plays by Linda Faigao Hall published by NoPassport Press in NY (available at Amazon.com).
Ms. Faigao-Hall has a Master of Arts in English Literature from New York University and studied Medieval Theater at Bretton Hall College, Wakefield, England. She is pursuing a Certificate in English Studies at Oxford University. She is currently teaching Playwriting at Mercy College, a private liberal arts college in Dobbs Ferry, Westchester, US. She is also funding a 5-year fellowship program named after her late father, poet, writer and journalist, the Cornelio Faigao Playwright's Workshop in Drama and Performance, launched in 2014, whose mission is to develop Cebuano-identified playwrights writing in Cebuano and English.
JEM JAVIER
Translator
Jem is currently the associate editor of the UPDate Magazine and co-editing Ugnayan Diliman, two of the official publications of UP Diliman. Jem was a member of the dramaturgical an writing team of the UP Foundation Day celebration in 2015 billed as Pag-inog at Pagsulong; Ika-107 taon ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas which was directed by Jose Estrella. He also served as one of the writers of other institutional events in UP Diliman such as the affirmation of Dr. Michael Tan as the 10th Chancellor of UP Diliman in October 2014, parada ng parangal and Linggo ng Parang in May 2015, and Aninag, the lighting ceremony signaling the Christmas Season in UP Diliman in December 2015. Jem is also co-author of the adaptation of Rene Villanueva's Istariray into puppetry performed at the Main Steps of UPD Library in 2015, also under Estralla's direction. He is also one of the brains behind Arkipelago, the artistic and cultural segment of the UAAP Season 78 Opening Ceremonies held at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum in September 2015. Recently, he was one of the dramaturgs of Dulaang UP's Tisoy Brown: Hari ng Wala. He is also Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy in UP Diliman.
Costume Designer
Carlo is an emerging costume designer. Mentored by professional theatre artists like Tony Mabesa, Amiel Leonardia, Ogie Juliano, Lu Decenteceo, Leo Abaya, Jose Estrella and John Abul among others, he designed costumes for Shadows of the Reef, Pasyon ni Kristo, Hinabing Pakpak ng Ating mga Anak, Bilanggo ng Pag-ibig, Tisoy Brown: Hari ng Wala (Dulaang UP); Riders to the Seam Ondine, Alunsina Desupi (UPLB Samang Sining); William, Bona, PAMANA, Rak of Aegis (PETA); Daragang Magayon (E-Dance Theater); Colonial (Co.Esraga); In my Father's House, Ampalaya the Musical (CAC Siliman University); Si Maria Isabella at ang Guryon ng mga Tala (CCP Virgin Labfest); and Kalantiaw (Tanghalang Ateneo). He co-designed costumes for Basilia ng Malolos, Amphitryon, Adarna (Dulaang UP); D' Wonder Twins of Boac (PETA), and Chuva Choo Choo: The Mr. Kupido Musicale (Stages). He was nominated in 2011 PHILSTAGE Awards in the category of Best Costume Design for PETA's William. He was also of the ten finalists for 2012 National Biotechnology Accessories Design Contest. He won the 2014 PHILSTAGE Gawad Buhay Outstanding Costume Design for Rak of Aegis.
GARETT PICARDAL
Lights Designer
Garett is a graduating BA Theatre Arts Student at the University of the Philippines Diliman. This production will serve as her undergraduate thesis for the degree of BA Theatre Arts of the Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts, under the supervision of Mr. Meliton Roxas.
JM CABLING
Movement
JM Cabling graduated from Philippine High School for the Arts as a fold dance major. He is a graduate of Diploma in Creative and Performing Musical Arts major in Dance and Bachelor of Music major in Dance (cum laude) under the College of Music of the University of the Philippines Diliman. Currently, he is the contemporary dance teacher of the UP Pep Squad. He is also the associate artistic director and one of the resident choreographers of the UP Dance Company. As an active member of UPDC, JM was able to participate in different dance and theater productions, workshops, master classes and lectures here int he Philippines and other countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, China, Thailand and France. His mentors namely Herbert Alvarez, Elena Laniog-Alvarez, Ava Villanueva-Ong, Angela Lawenko-Baguilat and Professor Emeritus Steve Villaruz allowed him to showcase his choreographies to be in different national dance competitions in contemporary dance such as his "Flight", 1st Place in the National Commission for Culture and the Arts Sayaw Pinoy 2013, "Tagu-taguan", 2nd Place in the Dancelebration Avenue 2014, "Bent", 1st Place int eh Wifi Body New Choreographer's Competition and "Layag", 1st Place in the NCCA Sayaw Pinoy 2014. He has also choreographed for Dulaang UP productions including Bilanggo ng Pag-ibig, #R < / 3J and Tisoy Brown: Hari ng Wala.
VIRGILIO BALANON
Set Designer
Io is a graduating BA Theatre Arts student. Aside from designing sets, he also acts for film and theatre.
RICARDO DEL CASAL LORENZO
Sound Designer
Ric is a fourth year Theatre Arts student at the University of the Philippines Diliman majoring in Technical Theatre and Management, focusing on sound design. He is an apprentice to the sound designer, Jethro Joaquin. He owes much of his music to his parents, Ben Aleta (High School Band Master), Glenn Velarde (Drummung), his band Makeshift, and to the late Tess Salientes (jazz pianist).
Assistant Direction
Ina is currently an MA in Theatre Arts student at the University of the Philippines Diliman. Interested in the different aspects of theatre, she has worked on and behind the stage of several productions including, Siliman University's "In My Father's House", Dalanghita Production’s "Kung Paano ako Naging Leading Lady"; "Talo Ang Walang Alam", "The Ladies and the Senator" to name but a few.
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GIO POTES
Dramaturgy
Gio is a UP Film student and a member of the UP Repertory Company. Beginning his theater training with Tanghalang Bayan ng Kabataan sa Baguio (TaBaK-Baguio) and soon UP Rep, Gio would write and perfom in countless tula-dula performances in different venues, while also serving as Rep's Research Head, immersing in communities and doing both theater and field research. He has served and trained in many functions inf UP Repertory such as the company's production manager, stage manager, sounds designer, writer and also actor for Lean: The Musical (2013), Damas de Noche (2014), Bangsa: Mga Dayalogo sa Moro (2014) and Mas Mabigat ang Liwanag sa Kalungkutan (2015). His most recent theatre credits include writing UP Rep's travelogue series Terminal, and directing Gabriela Youth-UP Diliman's Usapang Puke, the Filipino translation of The Vagina Monologues. A student of Dr. Anril Tiatco, Ph.D, he landed the role of dramaturg for UPPT's The Female Heart - his first project in dramaturgy.
