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New Yorker in Tondo
New Yorker in Tondo
New Yorker in Tondo
Main Characters
Jose marie grino as tony
Jenilyn maceda as kikay
Jon Michael reobal as totoy
Diane medina as nena
Prologue
At the Club: ( with the loud party music people will start to showdown)
-Shiela’s group Vs Jay jay’s group ( crazy by beyonce)
-Kikay and friends ( new face and love shot)
After ng sayaw babalik sa kanya kanyang pwesto na parang walang nangyari
JEN : Omg ! that was so intense alright lets party! ( habang sumasayaw)
FREYJA: ceska do you realy have to go? ( may hawak na alak )
JEN: oh yes dear I stayed here for almost 2 years I already miss my mom but don’t fret coz im
going to miss you all ( with so arting gesture )
FREJYA: don’t you ever forget me dear!
RENCIE : where is your home again ceska?
JEN: its in tondo manila
RENCIE: Why do you want to go back? Stay here! Stay with us!
FREJYA: Whats the life of a party with out our dear francesca? Right Jamal?
MRS. M : ( Laughing) --- Oo naman Iho! Sino bang akala mo? Mukha na ba akong si Sharon
Cuneta?
MRS. M : (shyly touching her boyish bob) – Nagpa salon lang ako, bakit? Pangit ba ang pagkagupit?
MRS.M: Hay nako, ang mga kapitbahay na wannabe singers, hayaan mo lang sila. Kumusta na ba
ang Nanay mo?
TONY : (As he sits down, still holding the bouquet) --- Hayun, Si nanay, namimiss na raw niya ang
Tondo. Gusto niyang bumalik rito
MRS. M : (Standing beside his chair, putting on an apron) – Eh ilang taon ka bang nawala?
MR. M : Tatlong buwan! Kawawa naman si kumare, sigurado akong inip na inip na yon! Di talaga
nagbabago ang mga binondo girls iho.
TONY : Alam niyo naman kaming mga Engineers, kapag may trabaho, kunin agad! May proyekto
ako sa isang tulay sa Bulacan, pero pag natapos na ako, babalik kami agad dito sa Tondo
MRS. M : Naiintindihan ko siya Tony! Hinding hindi talaga magiging probinsyana si kumare. Once a
Tondo girl, always a Tondo girl (She
pauses, struck by a thought). Ewan ko lang kung totoo ba iyan. Look at my
Kikay; Nasa america siya ng isang taon, and she says that she
never, never felt homesick at all!
TONY : (Beginning to look nervous again) --- Kailan nga ba siya umuwi Tita? Si Kikay?
MRS. M : (Plaintively) --- kanina lang siya dumating, Tony and look at what has happened
to me! Nung nakita niya ako, napakagalit niya;Dinala niya ako sa isang beauty shop, and look, look
what she had done to me! My hair is cut, my eyebrows are shaved, my nails are manicured,
and kung pupunta ako sa palengke naka lipstick and make up! Pinagtatawanan ako lahat ng mga
kumare ko! Baka kung anu ano na ang maisip nila sa akin! Pero ano na ang magawa ko? Alam mo
naman tong si Kikay. At sabi niya kailangan ko raw magmukhang amerikana dahil may anak raw
akong americana. Dios mio! Do I look like american to you?
TONY : (Too worried to pay much attention) --- Maganda ka parin Aling Atang, Asan na siya
ngayon?
MRS. M : (who’s rather engrossed in her own troubles too) --- Sino?
MRS. M : Sabi niya. (fake american accent) New York people do not wake up before twelve o’clock
noon.
TONY : (Glancing at his watch once more) --- Eh mag aalas diyes na ah.
MRS. M : Alam mo naman ang batang yun, pag kadating niya dito, Puro nalang Party, Bar, Brewery,
Metro.Hybrid! Hay nako.
TONY : (Rising disconsolately) --- paki sabihan mo nalang na dumaan ako, at paki bigay nalang din
nito
MRS. M : (Taking the flowers) --- Bakit? Aalis ka na ba agad? Eh kababata mo yun eh! Sandali lang,
gisingin ko lang siya.
MRS. M : Kikay doesn’t like it. She says I must tell people to call me Mrs. Mendoza. She
says it’s a more civilized form of address. So … and especially in front of
TONY : (Jumping up again) --- Ano ho, Aling … I mean yes, Mrs. Mendoza.
MRS. M : She says that in New York, every body calls her Fran-CES-ca.
Do you know that many people in New York thought she was an Italian…an
Italian from California? Wag mong kalimutan Tony; do not call her Kikay, she
hates that name … call her Fran-CES-ca.
MRS. M : (As she exists) --- Sabihin mong mag antay sila iho
(Tony opens door and Totoy steps in. Totoy is the same age as Tony and is more clearly a
Tondo sheik. The one word that could possibly describe his attire is “spooting”. Both boys
extend their arms out wide on beholding each other.)
TOTOY : Tony!
TOTOY : (Arms around each other’s shoulders, they march across the room) ---
Make way for the Tondo boys … Bang! Bang!
TONY : (Pushing Totoy away and producing a package of cigarettes) Nice! …Oh, Yosi naman diyan.
TOTOY : (As they light cigarette) --- Eh brad, bad news laging naririnig ko sa babaeng yun.
TOTOY : (Sitting down too) --- sabi pa ng mga kapitbahay, Sisang Baliw na yun
TONY : Oh, nag aral ng Hair culture and beauty science. May diploma pa!
TOTOY : Fran-CES-ca?
TOTOY : Hahaha! Oo! Naalala ko panga hinabol pa niya tayo hanggang kabilang kanto
(Knocking at the door. Totoy goes to open it. Enter Nena. Nena is a very well possessed young
lady of 24. )
NENA : (Brushing him aside as she walks into the room) – and Tony too! Ano to? Empoy at Bobet
reunion?
TOTOY : (Following behind her) – Nandito kami para kay new yorker
MRS. M : (Appearing in the center doorway) – Gising na siya, nagbibihis nalang. Good morning,
Nena. Good morning, Totoy.
(Totoy and Nena are staring speechless. Mrs. Mendoza is carrying a vase in which she has
arranged Tony’s flowers. She self-consciously walks into the room and sets the vase on the
table amidst the silence broken only by Totoy’s helpless wolf whistle.)
MRS. M : (Having set the vase on the table) –Well, Totoy? Well, Nena? I said good
morning. Bat ganyan kayo maka tingin?
Chumba: (Singing) Bakit kayo ganyan makatingin, super sexy naman ng ating bituin. Si Aling Atang,
pwede bang patikim
TOTOY : Anak ng Tortang Talong! Si Aling Atang! (He collapses into a chair)
NENA : (Laughing) – Kinukurot kurot niyo po ako, Aling Atang, nung bata pa ako
MRS. M : You were a very naughty girl, always fighting with Kikay. You were all very
naughty children. (She points at Totoy) – Lalo na itong isang ito, laging nagnanakaw ng mangga sa
aming bakuran
MRS.M : Subukan niyo, pipitasin ko rin yang mga tenga niyo , sige!
(Exits Mrs. Mendoza and Totoy. Left alone, Nena and Tony are silent for a moment. Tony
seated; Nena stands behind the sofa.)
TONY : (Irritated, imitating her tone) – Oh, Tony, Tony! Gamitin mo nga ang utak mo Nena! Hindi
madaling makipag break sa isang babae na tinanong mo para pakasalan!
(EXITS)
TONY : (Jumping up and following her) – Nena, Nena, you know I love you, only you!
NENA : (Whirling around to face him) – Bakit Tony? Bakit Mo ginawang tanungin ako para
pakasalan kita habang engaged ka pa kay Kikay?
TONY : Sana Hindi ko nalang sinabi sayo! Etong mapapala ko sa pagiging honest!
NENA : Honest! You call yourself honest? Getting me to fall in love with you when
you still belonged to Kikay?
TONY : She loved me at my worst. You had me at my best. Pero Binali wala niya lang yun. She
chose to break my heart, Baka kaya tayo iniiwan ng mga mahal natin kasi baka may darating na
mas okay. Yung taong hindi tayo sasaktan at paasahin.
NENA : (Sarcastically) – Kung hindi ka titigil sa One more chance na linyang yan baka ma sapak kita
hanggang mamula yang pisngi mo.
(Totoy appears in the doorway with tray on his head; glasses and a pitcher are on a tray.)
(She moves away from the doorway and Kikay appears. Kikay is garbed in a trailing gown
trimmed with fur at the neck and hemline. From one hand she dangles a large silk handkerchief
which she keeps waving about as she walks and talks. In the other hand, she carries a very
long cigarette holder with an unlighted cigarette affixed. Kikay’s manner and appearance are
…to use a Hollywood expression …”chi-chi mad.”)
KIKAY : (Having paused a long moment in the doorway, hands uplifted in surprise and
delight) – Oh, hello, hello… you darling, darling people! (She glides into the room. Everybody else is
too astonished to move) Nena, my dear…but how cute
you’ve become! (She kisses Nena)And Tony, my little pal of the valley…how are
you? (She gives her hand to Tony) and Totoy…my, how ravishing you look. (She
walks all around the apprehensive Totoy) goodness, you look like a Tondo super production in
Technicolor! But sit down everybody…do sit down and let me look
at you. (Her three visitors sit down. She sees the tray with the glasses and
pitcher on the table and throws her hands up in amused horror.) Oh, mumsy,
mumsy!
KIKAY : How many times must I tell you, mumsy dearest, never, never serve fruit
juice in water glasses!
KIKAY : (Approaching and kissing her mother) – Oh, my poor li’l mumsy…she is
so clumsy, no? But never mind, dearest; don’t break your heart about it.
Here sit down.
KIKAY : Oh, mumsy, don’t forget my celery. (to her visitors) – I can’t live without
celery. I’m like a rabbit…munch, munch all day.
MRS. M : Oh aalis na ako. Tony, ipa regards mo nalang ako sa mama mo iho okay?
KIKAY : (Gesturing make up) – and remember, mumsy…a little bloom on the lips,
a little bloom on the cheeks.
MRS. M : (Already in the center doorway) – Kailangan ko pa bang pinturahan tong mukhang to
Fran-CES-ca?
KIKAY : (Breaking into laughter and turning towards the others) – But how dreadfully she
puts it! Oh, mumsy, mumsy…what am I going to do with you?
KIKAY : (Still laughing) – Poor mumsy, she’s quite a problem. (She waves her cigarette)
Oh, does anybody have a light?
KIKAY : Merci.
(Kikay poses herself on the arm of the sofa where Nena is sitting and sipping orange juice. The
two boys, also sipping juice and munching sandwiches, occupying the two chairs)
KIKAY : (Fervently) – Ah, New York, New York! Are ypu ready for the most exciting, amazing and
romantic story ever?!
TOTOY : (Aside to the others) – Andun pa siya. Actually wala pa siya umalis dun.
KIKAY : (With emotion choking her voice) – Yes, I feel as if I were still there, as though I
had never left it, as though I had lived there all my life. But I look around me (She
bitterly looks around her at the three gaping visitors) and I realize that no, no I’m
not there. I’m not in New York… I’m here, here!
KIKAY : (She rises abruptly and goes to window where she stands looking out) I’m home,
they tell me. Home! But which is home for me? This cannot be home because my
heart aches with home sickness. I feel myself to be an exile…yes, a spiritual
exile. My spirit aches for its true home across the sea. Ah, New York! My own
dear New York! (She is silent a moment, looking across the horizon, her arms
cross over her breast. Her visitors glanced uneasily at each other.)
TONY : (Glancing at the entranced Kikay) – Yan na ba ang babaeng nakasasama nating mag
swimming sa putikan noon?
TOTOY : (Crossing his arms over his chest) – Ah, New York! My own dear New York!
KIKAY : (Whirling around, enraptured) – Listen…oh listen! Now, in New York, it’s
springtime…it’s spring in New York! The daisies are just appearing in Central
Park and out in Staten Island the grass is green again. (With a little fond laugh)
Oh, we have a funny custom in New York…an old, old and very dear custom.
When spring comes around each year, we New Yorkers, we make a sort of
pilgrimage to an old tree growing down by the Battery. Oh, it’s an old tree. It’s
been growing there ever since New York was New York. And we New Yorkers,
we call it “Our Tree”. Every spring we go down to say hello to it and to watch its
first green leaves coming out. In a way, that tree is our symbol for New
York…undying immortal, forever growing and forever green! (She laughs and makes an apologetic
gesture) But please, please forgive me! Here I am going
sentimental and just mooning away over things you have no idea about. No, you
can’t understand this emotion I feel for our dear old tree over there in New York.
NENA : Naiintindihan kita Kikay! Ganun rin ang nafefeel ko sa ating tree
NENA : Ang mango tree natin girl! Naalala ko pa inaakyat natin at pinipitas natin ang mga
manggang hilaw at sina tony ang kumukuha ng mga mangga at kinain natin hanggang sasakit ang
ating mga tiyan!
TOTOY : nahuli nga ako ni aling atang eh! Hinubaran niya pa ako ng shorts!
NENA : Oo nga eh! Tapos tumatakbo ka sa labas ng naka brief habang sinisigaw: “Ibalik mo shorts
ko!”
(They were all shaking with laughter except Kikay who is staring blankly at this.)
NENA : Our mango tree, Kikay. Yung mango tree sa inyong bakuran.
TONY : bakit kikay? Hindi ba parehas ang nararamdaman mo para sa tree natin at sa tree mo sa
new york?
KIKAY : (Tartly) – Of course not! They…they’re completely different! I don’t feel any
emotion for this silly old mango tree. It doesn’t awaken any memories for me at
all!
NENA : (Rising) – Pero para sa amin, napakahalaga ng tree nayun. Lahat ng ka aliwan natin. Lahat
ng memories ng ating childhood Kikay! Ang tree na yun ay ang Symbol ng ating Friendship. TNTK?
Remember?
KIKAY : (In amused despair) – Oh, you people can’t understand at all!
KIKAY : (Earnestly) –- Exactly! Wala pa kayo naka punta sa Newyork! Our special tree over there is
very different!
KIKAY : It stands for Freedom and for the Manhattan skyline and for the Copacabana and
for Coney Island in summer and for Grant’s Tomb on Riverside Drive and for
Tuesday nights at Eddie Condons with Wild Bill Davidson working on that
trumpet of his and for Saturday nights at Madison Square Garden with the
crowds spilling all over the side walk and for the nickel ferry ride to Staten Island
and for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade down Fifth Avenue and for all (She stops,
overcome with her memories) Oh, it’s impossible to make you see!
KIKAY : (Tolerantly, very much the woman of the world) – Oh you funny, funny children!
NENA : Mangungumusta lang ako sa tree namin, gusto mo ba akong samahan Kikay?
KIKAY : (Laughing) – Of course not, child. Do go.
NENA : (In the Kikay manner) – No darling…just out to our dear little backyard.
KIKAY : (Sitting down on the sofa) – Si Totoy talaga, hanggang ngayon head over heels parin kay
nena (Tony is silent) Hoy Tony, BV ka? Ano nanaman yang drama mo?
(Tony rises from his chair and sits down beside Kikay on the sofa. He is nervous and cannot
speak. Kikay smilingly gazes at him.)
TONY : Kalimutan?
KIKAY : That’s the New York way, Tony. Kalimutan na natin yung past! Move on! Ano ka ba, dapat
full ng energy at go lang ng go! Enjoy life okay?
TONY : What do you mean Kikay?
TONY : kailan?
KIKAY : Para sa akin isang century na! Oh Tony, gusto ko pang magshare about New York, kung
alam mo lang kung gaano ka ganda ang Yankee Stadium! McLaren's Bar! Statue of Liberty! Wow,
kung andun ka Tony, ayaw mo na ding umalis sa sobrang ganda
TONY : Kikay, Kikay! Ayaw kong pag usapan ang newyork okay? Gusto kong pag usapan ay tayo,
ano na ba ang status natin? Tayo pa ba?
KIKAY : Tony please ayaw ko na. Ayaw ko nag pag usapan please, madami pa akong aasikasuhin.
KIKAY : Tony.. Mahirap din mag sabi ng No Tony..... Yung babaeng nakilala mo, Si Kikay yun, Ang
babaeng kinakausap mo ngayon ay si Francesca. Ako pa sa iyo Tony, wag ka nang mag muni muni
jan, enjoy Life!~ Pero I imagine mo nga, A new yorker marrying a Tondo Boy! Haha! Nakatatawa!
KIKAY : (Very tolerantly) – Sorry kung na hurt kita okay? Hindi ko lang talaga ma imagine na tayong
dalawa..
TONY : (Leaping up) – Hindi ako uupo lang dito at insultohin nang ganun!
TONY : (Shouting) – Ano ba ang gusto mo!? Maging mag kaibigan lang tayo? Hanggang dun lang?
KIKAY : Yes, Tony. Friends lang okay? Dont worry, madami pang babae jan sa labas. Malay mo,
nariyan lang siya sa Tabi tabi! You know?
KIKAY : Di kami nag aaway chong! We just decided were good as friends.
NENA : Oo! Isang buwan na kaming patagong engaged. In other words, Tony is my Fiancee
NENA : Hoy Kikay! Dahan dahan ka sa pananalita mo ah! Fiance Ko yan! Akin siya! Akin siya!
KIKAY : Engaged pa siya sa akin bago siya naging engaged sayo! Ako Parin ang LEGAL FIANCEE
KIKAY : Pero hindi ko ito alam! Hindi ko alam na meron na palang ahas na naglalandi landi sa aking
fiancee habang wala ako! At ikaw! You Bastard! (points at Tony)
TONY : (Backing off some more) – Oh remember kikay, Chill lang diba? Yung mga way ng new
yorker?
KIKAY : I’ve never felt so humiliated in all my life! You sick fuck! Pinahiya mo ako!
KIKAY : Wag kang pa hero hero jan nena! Akin parin si Tony, wala ko pa siya pinakawalan!
KIKAY : (To Totoy, as he approaches) – Ikaw Chong! Wag kang pasali sali dito o babatuhan kita!
TOTOY : Naku, lumabas din and pagka Tondo!
KIKAY : Man-eater!
SPECIAL SCENE:
(EXBF PARODY SONG Nea Montalbo and Blessie Buligan- XGF by: Spongecola, Chito Miranda
and Los Magno)
(They grapple and stagger. Tony and Totoy rush forward to separate them and finally
succeeded but not before Kikay has socked Nena. Nena, infuriated, breaks away from Tony…who’s
dragging her away. and pounces on Kikay…whom Totoy is holding. Tony came
running but is too late to prevent Nena from socking Kikay. Kikay sags down in Totoy’s arms.
Tony pulls Nena away.)
TOTOY : (Deserting the reviving Kikay) – Hoy Tony! Wag mong salitaan ng ganyan si Nena
TONY : Wag kang makealam dito chong ha, wala kang kinalaman dito
NENA : Buti pa si Totoy, maalahanin sa akin.
(Kikay rises and haughtily moves away. Tony continues to sit on the floor, in the attitude of
Rodin’s “Thinker”.)
TOTOY : Wag mo rin akong kausapin! Ininsulto mo ang mahal kong si Nena!
NENA : (Beaming up at him) – Totoy? Mahal mo ako?
TOTOY : (Shyly) – Well... Yes Nena. Im in love you. I know that love is just a shout out unto that void
and oblivion is inevitable, and I am Inlove with you..
NENA: Always?
TOTOY: Always.
(Exit Nena and Totoy. Tony rises and dusts himself. Kikay is on the floor on the other side of the
room, her haughty back to him.)
KIKAY : (Whirling around) – I... have ruined your life? You…have ruined mine!
KIKAY : (Retreating) – Wag mo akong lapitan, kanto boy! Bat mo yun ginawa? I deserve an+
Mmkmm Explanation!
TONY : You demand? Isang taon kang nawala, nakalimutan mo na ang mga kaibigan mo, I deserve
an explanation. I deserve an ACCEPTABLE REASON!
TONY : Ako hindi! Mabuti nalang nalaman kong anung klaseng tao ka!
KIKAY : (Alarmed, approaching him) – Oh, Tony, you’re wrong, you’re wrong! Hindi ako ganung
klaseng tao, please maniwala ka Tony.
KIKAY : Oo Tony, ang babaeng nakausap mo kanina, Si Francesca yun! Ang Bitchy new yorker! Si
Kikay na ito Tony, Nag balik na si Kikay...
TONY : Bat d ka mag rep sa mga PM ko sa Fb? Tweets ko sa Twitter? Posts ko sa IG?
KIKAY : (After just a wee pause) – Wala ako pina contact ni Francesca sa iyo eh.
TONY : That misty girl. Buti nalang wala na yung babaeng iyon
(Offstage Mrs. Mendoza is heard calling “ Francesca, Francesca.” Tony and Kikay listen, then
burst into laughter.)
TONY : (Moving towards the radio) – Si Francesca ho yun, at Patay na si Francesca. Si Kikay na po
yan Aling Atang
MRS. M : (After gazing from on to the other, throwing her hands up.) – I GIVE UP!
(Exits)
(Tony and Kikay burst into laughter. They have turned on the radio. It’s playing “Say Something)
----End----