tanghalangpilipino

22nd Theater Season 2008 - 2009

Identity and Change
August 8 to 31, 2008; Fridays at 8:00PM, Saturday s at 3:00PM and 8:00PM, Sundays at 3:00PM
Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

“Golden Child”
By David Henry Hwang (Translated by Dennis Marasigan)
Directed by Loy Arcenas

Golden Child by David Henry Hwang, the first Asian-American to win a Tony Award for Best Play
for his broadway hit M. Butterfly, opens Tanghalang Pilipino’s 22nd Theater Season.

Golden Child is about Eng Tien Bin, a businessman who has spent years doing business in the
Philippines, and his return to China in the early 20th Century. Having been exposed to Christianity
and western ways, he sets about unbinding his traditional Chinese household. His efforts lead to a
game of one-upmanship among his three wives, leading to unintended consequences. His
daughter, Ahn, is the Golden Child of the story who narrates the Eng history to her son, Andrew.

In the cast of Golden Child are Obie-award winner Art Acuña as Eng Tien Bin/Andrew, three-time
Aliw Award Winner Irma Adlawan Marasigan as Siu Yong (First Wife), New-York based Tina Chilip
as Luan (Second Wife), Liesl Batucan as Eling (Third Wife), Tess Jamias as Ahn, and Leo Rialp as
Reverend Baines, with the Tanghalang Pilipino Actors’ Company.

Golden Child is directed and designed by Obie Hall of Famer Loy Arcenas, the same director
responsible for the award winning play The Romance of Magno Rubio. Costume Design by Gino
Gonzales, Lighting Design and Technical Direction by Barbara Tan-tiongco, and Sound Design and
Assistant Direction by J. Victor Villareal.

Golden Child is presented by the Cultural Center of the Philippines and Tanghalang Pilipino and
runs at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater) from August 8 to 31 with 8:00 P.M.
performances on Fridays and Saturdays and 3:00 P.M. matinees on Saturdays and Sundays. The
show will be presented in English from August 8 to 17, and in Filipino from August 22 to 31.
Tickets are P600 with discounts for students, senior citizens and block sales.

November 7 to 30, 2009; Fridays at 8:00PM, Saturday s at 3:00PM and 8:00PM, Sundays at
3:00PM
Tanghalang Huseng Batute

“Mga Gerilya Sa Powell Street”

Noted journalist Benjamin Pimentel’s first novel on the plight of Filipino World War II veterans in
America entitled “Mga Gerilya sa Powell Street”, is Tanghalang Pilipino’s second offering for its
22nd theater season.

While the Filipino veterans here and in the United States await the final solution to their equity
rights afforded to American soldiers during World War II, Mga Gerilya sa Powell Street is a timely
story that is both funny and heartrending. Adapted for stage by multi-awarded playwright, Rody
Vera, Mga Gerilya tells the diverse stories of a group of Filipino veterans of the Pacific War who
are habitués of San Francisco’s Powell Street and are forever waiting for the full equity benefits
they have lobbied for years in the US Congress. Although the novel’s characters are depicted in a
comic, sometimes hilarious ways, the underlying seriousness of the play is brought into fore of a
stranger in a strange land, while fighting another war of discontent, disillusions and
disappointments.

A sure treat for students and followers of Philippine history, Mga Gerilya will be performed by the
country’s topnotch theater/film actors such as Tommy Abuel, Bembol Roco, Dido De La Paz, and
other actors. The play will be directed by Chris Millado (the director of mega-hit shows Zsa Zsa
Zaturnnah and Insiang).

February 6 to 15, 2009; Fridays at 8:00PM, Saturday s at 3:00PM and 8:00PM, Sundays at
3:00PM and 8:00PM
Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

“Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah, Ze Muzikal!”

By Chris Martinez (Adapted from Carlo Vergara’s graphic novel)
Directed by Chris Millado

Tanghalang Pilipino closes its 22nd Theater Season with the restaging of the phenomenal hit, Zsa
Zsa Zaturnnah, Ze Muzikal. This production features the original cast members as well as
talented newcomers and a bigger chorus.

Eula Valdes reprises her role as the stunning red-haired warrior Zsa Zsa. Alternating in the role of
Didi, her flamboyant assistant, are Joey Paras and Nar Cabico. Zsa Zsa's alter ego, the `parloric'
Ada, will be played alternately by Tuxqs Rutaquio and Vince de Jesus. Playing the role of Dodong,
the man with the "packed noodles," are Arnold Reyes, Lauren Novero and newcomer Red
Anderson. Kalila Aguilos alternates with newcomer Meliza Reyes-Uy as Queen Femina, Zsa Zsa's
nemesis. The man-hating Amazonistas will be played by Mayen Estañero, Wilma Doesn't, Skyzx
Labastilla, Via Antonio, Ring Antonio and Irene Delarmente.

To accommodate a bigger audience, Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah, Ze Muzikal will be staged this time at the
CCP Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (Little Theater) for a limitied run of two weekends in February.