Thursday, July 5, 2012

Peta’s 45th season brings ‘Bona,’ other screen classics to stage

Original Article can be found HERE 
 


Philippine Educational Theater Association’s 45th season (2012-2013) lineup is hinged on cinema.

“We want to treat audiences to a unique experience of understanding and interrogating film through live theater performances,” says artistic director Maribel Legarda.

The season begins in August with “Bona,” a stage adaptation of the film of the same title, where a middle-class woman falls in love with a bit actor who abuses her.  Nora Aunor portrayed the titular character of the film written by Cenen Ramones and directed by National Artist for Film Catalino “Lino” Brocka.

TV and film comedy actress Eugene Domingo will portray Bona in this adaptation, where Bona is now a spinster call-center agent, to be directed by Socrates “Soxy” Topacio and written by Layeta Bucoy.

The season concludes in February 2013 with “D’ Wonder Twins of Boac,” an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s comedy of mistaken identities, “Twelfth Night.”

Translated by Rody Vera and to be directed by Legarda, “this will be a parody of how the Philippine film industry evolved in the ’60s and ’70s,” she says.

Both productions will be staged at the Peta Theater Center in Quezon City.

Complementary events
Building on this season’s thematic take on cinema, Peta has shows and events to complement its stage productions.

In October, Peta will devote Wednesday evenings to shows featuring TV and film actors performing live.

“Watch your favorite celebrities without the benefit of a second take, only  ‘take one’ performances,” Legarda says.

In November, the group will stage a concert version of “Himala the Musicale,” which was staged by Tanghalang Pilipino in 2003 and 2004, and based on the film “Himala” written by Ricky Lee and directed by National Artist for Film Ishmael Bernal.

The musical adaptation, written by Lee with music by Vince de Jesus and lyrics by both, is about Elsa, a young woman who claims to have seen the Virgin Mary during an eclipse and begins to exhibit healing powers.

In December, Peta will host a Cinemalaya Retrospective.  The Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival is held annually at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

“We plan on featuring 10 of the best short and full-length films that have been shown in past Cinemalaya festivals,” she says.

 
 Catch BONA on its closing weekend!
SEPTEMBER 22, 2012 / Saturday / 3 PM   
at The PETA Theater Center 
(No.5 Eymard Drive, New Manila, QC)

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Edgar Allan Guzman reconciles with family and manager; rehearses with Eugene Domingo for PETA's Bona


By Rose Garcia
Original Article can be found HERE 



Bukod sa pagiging mahusay sa pag-arte si Edgar Allan Guzman, isa pa rin sa masasabing talento ng Kapatid star ay ang pagkanta.

Hindi nga lang niya ito masyadong nagagawa at sa pag-arte talaga siya nalilinya.

Pero noong Huwebes ng gabi sa Music Box ay nagkaroon sila ng tila reunion show ni Iwa Moto.  Reunion, dahil dati silang magkasama sa GMA Artist Center at nagkaroon din ng short-lived romance.

Ayon kay Edgar, “Before kasi, may pinagsamahan naman kami ni Iwa. Pero, one month lang po kami.  After po siguro ng Star Struck days yun.  Pero, tinago lang naman namin. Hindi rin naging okay.”

Dugtong pa niya, “At saka, that time kasi, kaka-break lang din niya. Tapos ako, yung non-showbiz girlfriend ko, parang wala pa kaming closure na break na kami. Pero, naging magkaibigan naman kami.”

Bukod sa pag-arte, naka-focus din daw sila ng manager niyang si Noel Ferrer sa pagkanta niya.

“Doon din po kami naka-focus ni Sir Noel Ferrer, sa pagkanta po bukod sa pag-arte.”

Nang humingi siya ng tawad sa manager niya noong gabi na tinanggap niya ang kanyang tropeo sa nakaraang Golden Screen Awards for TV, masasabi niya bang okay na sila ngayon?

"Okay na po. Nakapag-meeting na po kami.  Okay na po,” nakangiti niyang sabi.

RECONCILES WITH FAMILY, MANAGER. Hindi naman ikinaila ni Edgar na ang naging ugat nga ng isyu sa pagitan nila ng manager niya noon ay ang pag-priority niya sa love life niya with Johlan Veluz, isang  Sexbomb dancer  kunsaan, umabot pa sila sa puntong nag-live-in na.

At kahit sa pamilya niya ay nagkaroon din ng isyu si Edgar.  Pero tulad ng sa manager niya, naayos na rin daw niya ang problema sa pamilya niya.

“Okay na rin po at doon na po ako ulit umuuwi, actually, matagal na rin po.”

Namiss daw niya ang pamilya niya.

“Parang na-realize ko na namiss ko ang mga ginagawa ko before.  Magpapaluto ako ng pagkain, kakain ako, manunood ng TV kasama sila. 

"Tapos, kapag uuwi ako ro’n, sasalubong sa akin ang mommy ko, pamangkin ko.

“Yun ang mga na-realize na namiss ko ‘to. At ang pamilya, hindi talaga puwedeng wala. 

"Kailangan talaga may gabay nila kasi, kung wala yung gabay nila, hindi magkakaroon ng direksiyon ang buhay mo.”

LOVE LIFE. Sila naman daw ni Johlan ay mas okay rin ngayon.  Nandoon pa rin daw ang relasyon nila pero, mas alam na nila ang priority nila ngayon.

"Mas naka-focus na po ako sa career.”

Hindi na sila live-in?

“Ay, wala na po talaga,” nakangiti niyang sabi.

“Siyempre, pinag-usapan po namin.  Nakita naman namin ang resulta, hindi maganda.  Hindi nakakatulong sa amin, so, nag-decide kami na siguro, ito ang mas better. 

"Mas okay naman po ngayon, parang bumalik din kami sa dati na mas okay.”
Mag-a-apat na taon na rin daw ang relasyon nila. Pero kung tutuusin, dumating na rin sila sa ilang unos ng relasyon. 

May mga taong hindi raw pabor sa kanilang relasyon. Pero bakit sila pa rin?
“Siguro po yung pinagsamahan namin. Kumbaga, noong time na wala akong work, nandoon siya para sa akin.

"Noong mga times naman na wala rin siyang work, may problema siya, nandoon din naman ako para sa kanya.”

Si Johlan ba ang tila hadlang sa pag-grow pa ng career niya?

Sabi naman ni Edgar, “Siguro yun lang yung isyu kasi, yun ang na-point-out ng mga tao, yung live-in kasi. 

"Feeling ko, doon nag-start yun. Kaya nasabi nila na siya yung nakakasira, siya yung nakakagulo sa akin.

"Feeling ko, doon lang.”

LIGO SEQUEL. Sa pelikula, hinihintay na lang daw ni Edgar na matapos ang script ng susunod sa pelikulang Ligo Na U, Lapit Na Me.

"Kaka-launch pa lang po ng libro, It’s Complicated ang title.  Actually, tinatapos na lang po ang script ng pelikula tapos, baka gawin na namin.”

Sila pa rin daw  ni Mercedes Cabral ang bida pero posible raw na may papasok pa na bagong cast.

Ayon pa kay Edgar, “Ang balak po kasi ni Sir Noel, may ano po kasi, may subtitle ang libro na 'Bakit hindi pa sakupin ng mga Alien ang 2012?'  Ngayong 2012 po talaga siya kung sakali gagawin po talaga.”

BONA. Pero kung may masasabi man na bagong gagawin ni Edgar ngayon, ito ay ang stage play sa PETA sa ilalim ni  Direk Soxy Topacio, ang Bona na dating pelikula ni Nora Aunor. Sila ni Eugene Domingo ang mapapanood sa stage play at ka-alternate naman niya si Paulo Avelino.

Pinanood daw niya ang pelikula.

“Opo naman, pinanood ko talaga kasi, kailangan kong pag-aralan ang role ni Mr. Phillip Salvador. Sa movie po, siya si Gardo, pero, sa play po yata, Gino na.

"Okay rin po si Paulo ang ka-alternate ko kasi, kilala ko na po siya sa GMA-7 pa lang.”

Nagkaroon na raw sila ng reading noong Martes at mga huling linggo raw ng June ang simula ng rehearsal nila.

Sila ng award-winning actress na si Eugene Domingo nga ang magkasama sa stage play.  Kumusta naman?

“Magka-text na nga po kami kagabi.  Sabi niya, 'See you soon.'  Sabi ko, 'Ha ha ha! Ikaw si Bona.'  Excited na akong magtrabaho ulit.”

May pressure ba siyang nararamdaman?

“Actually, dalawa po ang pressure ko.  Una, si Ate Uge ang makakasama ko.  Pangalawa, kumbaga, first theater ko ito sa PETA. 

"Nagti-teatro po ako before, pero, sa mga schools lang.  Special po talaga sa PETA. 

“So, yun ang dalawang pressure sa akin, si Ate Uge at sa PETA.”

Welcome sa kanya ang ideya na mag-teatro muna?

"Opo, okay po sa amin yun.  Tapos, pelikula po ito ni Ate Guy, gagawin naming theater. 

"Kumbaga, isang karangalan sa akin yun na mapansin nila at mapasama sa play na yun, tapos PETA pa.”


 
 Catch BONA on its closing weekend!
SEPTEMBER 22, 2012 / Saturday / 3 PM   
at The PETA Theater Center 
(No.5 Eymard Drive, New Manila, QC)

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Eugene Domingo: Success story of the decade


LIVE FEED By Bibsy M. Carballo

(The Philippine Star) 
Original Article can be found HERE
 
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Eugene Domingo’s Kimmy Dora and The Temple of Kyeme opens today to expected box-office history. As possibly the most successful of imports from the legitimate stage to mainstream, Eugene or “Uge” as she is lovingly called, has remained grounded in her craft, a characteristic those trained in theater maintain to their dying day.

From her very first movie in 1991 as a housemaid in Regal’s Emma Salazar Case directed by Joey Reyes, with a talent fee of P150 to P200, Eugene looks back on those active student theater days at UP, when Regal’s Mother Lily continued to give her roles adding up to as many as 16 films to date. On television, she started with the original Valiente on ABS-CBN from 1992 to 1997. She gave substance to her role as Rowena in Ang Tanging Ina series that started in 2003. She has also set a record for appearing in six movies all in one year, produced by different producers.

This year, Eugene returns to theater as PETA adopts a thematic take on cinema for its 45th season (2012 to 2013). PETA has chosen an uncommon way “of understanding and interrogating film through live theater performances,” expounds PETA artistic director Maribel Legarda. The season opens with a stage retelling of Lino Brocka’s classic Bona, directed by Soxie Topacio, and closes with an adaptation of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare as a satire on Filipino movies in the ’60s and ’70s, directed by Legarda.  

In Bona, Eugene plays the role Superstar Nora Aunor gave life to on the big screen, an obsessive fan-turned-lover of a sleazy good-for-nothing actor played by Phillip Salvador, whom she serves with slave-like devotion until he tires of her, compelling her to retaliate in violent vengeance.

PETA’s Bona, written by Layeta Bucoy, is a comedy drama of a call-center spinster (Eugene) who is a die-hard fan of Star of Tomorrow hopeful Edgar Allan Guzman, less frenzied for sure, but we are certain just as evocative and symbolic.

Meanwhile, Eugene’s latest film, Kimmy Dora and The Temple of Kiyeme offers the much-awaited sequel to the Kimmy Dora hit of 2009. Of the original, critic Oggs Cruz had written: “To my mind, there are better recently released local comedies…but Kimmy Dora with all its unabashed nonsense and guilt-free drollery, is simply deliriously hilarious.”

Kimmy Dora and The Temple of Kiyeme presents the same cast, the same twin sisters both played by Eugene, the same writer Chris Martinez and director Bb. Joyce Bernal. In addition, it has the element of horror and ghosts, a trip to Korea to film 40 percent of the picture, not to mention shooting in below 20 degrees Korean winter, after its producer Piolo Pascual received an invitation from the Korean National Tourism to film using the major landmarks of Seoul.
 
During the film’s media conference, direk Joyce and Eugene spoke of the below-zero experience. Direk Joyce confessed they were close to giving it up when the camera refused to work in the freezing cold Korean winter. “I was just waiting for someone to say ‘I can no longer stand it and I’m going home,’ I would say, ‘Me, too,’” she said.

Eugene recalled that it felt like she was doing her last movie, “but many were helping us and the energy was what helped us survive.” Underlining the importance of their lead actress, direk Joyce mused, “Had Eugene shown any signs of weakening, that would be the end of the shoot.”

Small chance of that, we would think. Remember, Eugene is a theater actress. She never complains, is never late and can survive on Skyflakes and the coldest of winters. Amen.


 

























 
 Catch BONA on its closing weekend!
SEPTEMBER 22, 2012 / Saturday / 3 PM   
at The PETA Theater Center 
(No.5 Eymard Drive, New Manila, QC)

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BONA: PEP Article

Eugene Domingo on being compared with Nora Aunor as Bona: "‘Wag n’yo na po akong i-compare at wala akong kakuwenta-kuwentang ikumpara do’n."
  
by Rose Garcia
Original Article can be found HERE



Bukod sa Kimmy Dora and the Temple of Kiyeme, na ipapalabas sa June 13, tinatapos ngayon ni Eugene Domingo ang isa pang pelikulaang I Do Bidoo Bidoo.

Pagkatapos ng dalawang pelikulang ito, sa teatro naman mapapanood ang aktres para sa theater version ng Bona, na ipoprodyus ng The Philippine Educational TheaterAssociation (PETA).

BACK TO THEATER. Ang Bona ay pelikula ni Nora Aunor noong 1980 katambal si Phillip Salvador sa ilalim ng direksiyon ni Lino Brocka.
         
“Yes, theater is my first love," ang sabi ni Uge, palayaw ni Eugene, nang makausap ng PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) sa press conference ng Kimmy Dora and The Temple of Kiyeme, sa ABS-CBN noong Lunes ng tanghali, May 28.

“And it’s so refreshing to do it again. Masarap palaging bumalik sa una mong pag-ibig, di ba? 

“It is Bona Ng Makabagong Panahon. Sinabi ko po na huwag nilang tanggalin... well, it’s not really the exact Bona.
         
“The script is different. It’s going to be modernized because kahit saan generation naman, there’s Bona in all of us. 

“And Bona is good and yung Bona naman sa film version, ina-idolize niya, nakatutok siya sa character ni Phillip Salvador.”
         
NEW STARS. Nakarating na rin sa PEP na ang makakasama ni Uge sa Bona ay mga bagong young male stars.
         
“Sinabi n'yo na… hindi ko kasi ma-reveal, baka sabihin, nangunguna ako nang nangunguna. 

“But yes, it was with Paulo Avelino and Edgar Allan Guzman na parehong mga seryoso sa kanilang mga craft, di ba? Nakakatuwa,” sabi ni Uge.
         
COMPARISON. Si Nora Aunor ang gumanap na Bona sa film version. At hindi siyempre maiiwasang maikumpara si Eugene sa Superstar.
Ano ang masasabi niya rito?
         
“Naku, ‘wag n’yo na po akong i-compare at wala akong kakuwenta-kuwentang ikumpara do’n!" bulalas ni Uge.

“Kasi nakatrabaho ko na po si Ate Guy, hindi ka matatakot sa kanya kasi ano siya, e... alam n’yo, mas mapagbiro pa siya kesa sa akin.
         
“At saka parang na-flatter ako na agad-agad, binigyan niya ng permiso."
Ang tinutukoy ni Uge ay ang pagpayag ni Nora na gawan ng theater version ang Bona.

Patuloy ng comedienne, "Sinigurado ko talaga na hindi natin siya kokopyahin.
“Kasi huwag na nating kopyahin, kasi tatak na tatak na yun.

"Mag-ano tayo, iba naman—imo-modernize.”
         
FAMILIARIZATION. Mula sa paggawa ng mga pelikula, ngayon lang ulit babalik si Eugene sa teatro.

Sa palagay ba niya, mangangapa siyang muli?
         
“Hindi ko alam kung mangangapa, but it’s going to be directed by Mother Soxie Topacio. 

“It’s going to be fun and we have enough time to rehearse. Magri-rehearse na ako sa July,” sabi ni Uge.
         
So, pagkatapos ng Kimmy Dora and The Temple of Kiyeme, sa Bona na pala siya magiging busy?
         
“After ng Kimmy Dora, finishing na lang ako ng I Do Bidoo movie, sa Unitel.
“Then, for three to four months, nasa theater ako.”

 
 Catch BONA on its closing weekend!
SEPTEMBER 22, 2012 / Saturday / 3 PM   
at The PETA Theater Center 
(No.5 Eymard Drive, New Manila, QC)

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GOD OF CARNAGE
JULY 21, 2012 / SATURDAY / 8PM/ RCBC
  Director: Bobby Garcia

God of Carnage (originally Lay Waste to England for Me) is a play by Yasmina Reza. It is about two pairs of parents, one of whose child has hurt the other at a public park, who meet to discuss the matter in a civilized manner. However, as the evening goes on, the parents become increasingly childish, resulting in the evening devolving into chaos. The play was a success in its official French language, but has been equally acclaimed in its other English-translated productions in both London and New York.



BONA
SEPTEMBER 22, 2012/ SATURDAY/ 3PM / PETA 
Director: Soxie Topacio
Writer: Lalie Bucoy ~~ Music: Teresa Barroso
Cast: Eugene Domingo, Edgar Allan Guzman

Spinster call center agent Bona upon seeing the televised pitiful background of Gino Sanchez immediately becomes a fan of the Star of Tomorrow wannabe. In her desire to help him jumpstart his showbiz career, she gives him everything she has and turns her back to everything she values. Blinded by her belief in him, she allows all his faults to freely slide as she finds herself drowning in the surreal quicksand of worship and pity where manipulation blurs the line between prey and predator, the dismissive god and the faithful worshiper.




   
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God of Carnage: July 21 / Sat / 8PM


GOD OF CARNAGE
Directed by: Bobby Garcia
Venue: Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Makati City
JULY 21, 2012 / SATURDAY / 8PM

God of Carnage (originally Lay Waste to England for Me) is a play by Yasmina Reza. It is about two pairs of parents, one of whose child has hurt the other at a public park, who meet to discuss the matter in a civilized manner. However, as the evening goes on, the parents become increasingly childish, resulting in the evening devolving into chaos. The play was a success in its official French language, but has been equally acclaimed in its other English-translated productions in both London and New York.


 Tickets:
Orchestra Center - P1600
Orchestra Side - P1400
Loge Center - P1200
Loge Side/Back - P900
Balcony - P600

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GOD OF CARNAGE 
 JULY 21, 2012 / SATURDAY / 8PM / RCBC
 
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Monday, June 4, 2012




BONA

Eugene Domingo reprises Nora Aunor’s role in PETA’s stage adaptation of BONA 

 Lino Brocka’s film classic will be reinvented by Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) as it opens its 45th Theater Season with the first staged comedy-drama adaptation of “Bona”.

Set in contemporary Manila, Bona now focuses on the life of a spinster call center agent, Bona (essayed by Eugene Domingo), who becomes a die-hard fan of the Star of Tomorrow wannabe, Gino Sanchez.  In her desire to help him jumpstart his showbiz career, she gives him everything and turns her back to everything she values.  Blinded by her belief in him, she allows all his faults to freely slide as she finds herself drowning in the surreal quicksand of worship and pity.

DIRECTOR: SOXIE TOPACIO

TICKET PRICES: 1000, 800 and 600

  
 
 Catch BONA on its closing weekend!
SEPTEMBER 22, 2012 / Saturday / 3 PM   
at The PETA Theater Center 
(No.5 Eymard Drive, New Manila, QC)

Contact Us:
Robert Ceazar Marzan  (0922.888.5348)
Jayme del Rosario (0927.202.2017)
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