SEASON TWO: SUN CHASER
END OF THE GALLOWS
June 26-28 | July 3-4, 17-19, 2015
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SEASON TWO: SUN CHASER
HAMLET by Jay Crisostomo IV Februar y 20-22, 27-28, March 6-8
NEAR YET FAR, FAR YET NEAR: A TWIN BILL OF PLAYS
by Paolo Apagalang & Enrique Estagle March 27-28, April 10-11
END OF THE GALLOWS Direction & Script by Jay Crisostomo IV June 26-28, July 3-4, 10-11, 17-19
IT’S APRIL, WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? Script by Rolando Tinio Direction by Ricardo Abad September 18-19, 25-26, October 2-4 THE VELVETEEN RABBIT Script by Joaquin Cerdas Production Design by Claudine Delfin December 2015
GENERAL SUMMARY
END OF THE GALLOWS The play begins with BLACK holding his brother WHITE hostage. They are by a cave facing the shore. It is raining. As soon as the play begins, BLACK shoots WHITE but the latter surprisingly comes back to life. They are immortal, cursed to live for eternity. Apparently, BLACK and WHITE have been playing this cat-and-mouse game for over two millennia: MR. BLACK r uns after MR. WHITE, MR. WHITE is caught, tortured, and killed, MR. WHITE escapes, and then it begins all over again. BLACK has a penchant of doing the grand coup de gras at 3 AM and they still have time. BLACK proposes that they tell stories to entertain one another, and of course WHITE cannot refuse. They tell stories back and forth about people like themselves, people with a reason not to die, people who cannot die even if they tried. One by
one, they go through the stories of the WOMAN who betrayed her lover, the deafmute MOTHER whose only son bit off the umbilical cord that had connected them since childbirth to r un away, the remorseless SOLDIER who even after killing so many innocent people could not give a reason as to why he did those ter rible things. After the stories of the other immortals, they go through their own stor y, the first stor y of betrayal, of woe, the stor y of the first immortals, the stor y of Cain and Abel. By the end of Act 1, BLACK or Cain asks for forgiveness from his brother. WHITE or Abel forgives his brother but says that only the sinner may forgive himself. In throes of suffering, BLACK asks WHITE to take his life. WHITE cannot. To soothe his brother’s pain, WHITE ends the world by
shooting the moon with BLACK’s pistol. Act 2 begins with the end of the world and what people did on that day. BLACK and WHITE pack their bags and travel the rest of the universe. They meet the RED KING, the instigator of all war and enmity. With the RED KING, BLACK and WHITE confront their own situation of brother killing brother. Afterwards they see the creation of the star, a star created by the remnants of the now dead planet Earth. And finally they meet the GOD-MAN himself.
Even after all the stars have died, BLACK could still not forgive himself. All the immortals gather on the last piece of livable rock in the universe, the cave where the play began. When all hope of rest is lost, they see a light in the distance; it is the sun at its last days. One by one, the immortals jump and burn back into stardust. WHITE invites BLACK to go with him. BLACK denies him. The play ends with BLACK sitting on the rock bed, the last living being in the universe.
PERFORMERS PROFILES
BL ACK XANDER SORIANO
WHITE ANGELINA KANAPI
PERFORMERS PROFILES
WHITE/ENSEMBLE L AURA CABOCHAN Laura Cabochan graduated from Ateneo de Manila with a degree in Theatre Arts. She is a teaching artist and has taught in Manila, Cebu, and Japan. She will be pursuing further studies on Applied Theatre abroad this August. ANTIGONE, Breakaway Antigone, 2014, Tanghalang Ateneo LEXI, Sa Wakas, 2013, Culture Shock Productions TOMOYO, Fireflies, 2012, Tanghalang Ateneo
ENSEMBLE KARL MEDINA Karl is mostly an actor for film. He took up Industrial Design in UP Diliman, practiced briefly in the fields of furniture, interior, graphic, and product and packaging design. He is also a photographer, editor, and writer by trade. THE WAITER, Intentions, 2014, Short + Sweet Manila
PERFORMERS PROFILES
ENSEMBLE OPALINE SANTOS She did productions mostly with Tanghalang Pilipino, PETA, Dulaang UP, Tanghalang Ateneo, Ingénue, Project Mayheim and Romancing Venus. She did cultural work for Art Republik, National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ Philippine Cultural Education Program and International Institute for Film and the Arts. She is now teaching in Miriam College under the Communication Department. PEPELINE, Pepeng Makata, 2015, BugsoKarnabal Festival ACTOR (multiple roles), Kyemestry, 2015, Black Canvas-Fringe Manila Festival LIFE, On Your Last Legs, 2014, Project Mayheim-Imaginarium Festival
ENSEMBLE THEA YRASTORZA Thea is an actor for stage and film. She began her training at the Philippine High School for the Arts under Shamaine Buencamino, Angelina Kanapi, Herbie Go, and Joy Paginado. She is a member of the Silly People’s Improv Theater (SPIT). She is also an acting coach for stage and film, and a trained teacher in Steiner Early Childhood Education. VICKY, Kleptomaniacs, 2014, Tanghalang Pilipino LUNA, Games People Play, 2013 KAKAI, Battalia Royale, 2012, Sipat Lawin
ARTISTIC & PRODUCTION TEAM DIRECTOR/WRITER JAY CRISOSTOMO IV Jay graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University with a double degree of BFA Theatre Arts and BFA Creative Writing. He has won two Carlos Palanca Awards, “End Of The Gallows” being the second. He is currently a co-owner of DITO: Bahay ng Sining and is the Artistic Director of IKARUS. FRONT OF HOUSE MANAGER, Near Yet Far, Far Yet Near 2015, IKARUS DIRECTOR, Hamlet 2015, IKARUS CO-PRODUCTION MANAGER and CO-PRODUCTION DESIGNER, My Friend Has Come 2014, IKARUS
PRODUCTION/GRAPHIC DESIGNER CL AUDINE DELFIN Claudine graduated from Ateneo de Manila Univeristy with a degree in Information Design. She has illustrated and designed for companies such as Eastgate Publishing, Bayankomiks Inc., Mgt. Strategies Asia, and UNICEF. She is currently a member of Ilustrador ng Kabataan, a graphic recorder and founding member of Pushpin Visual Solutions, and the company manager of IKARUS. She also co-owns DITO. PRODUCTION & GRAPHIC DESIGNER for: Hamlet, 2015, Ikarus My Friend Has Come, 2014, Ikarus Ang Prinsipito, 2014, Ikarus
ARTISTIC & PRODUCTION TEAM PROFILES
STAGE MANAGER/ ENSEMBLE YNO STA. MARIA Yno is currently studying in Miriam College taking up Applied Arts Major in Theater. She’s one of the heads of CenterStage – the new theater guild in Miriam and currently the External Vice President of Applied Arts Society under their department. STAGE MANAGER, Polaris 2015, Youth For Christ LIGHTS BOARDSMAN , Kababayen-an ng Taklub 2015, Miriam College ENSEMBLE/MARKETING AND PUBLICITY HEAD, West Side Story Highlights 2015, Miriam College
CHOREOGRAPHER VINCENT SOLIVEN A dance enthusiast for 17 years, Vincent started at Lahing Kayumanggi Dance Troupe of Roosevelt College cainta in 1998 and has since achieved a lot as both a dance teacher and choreographer. Because of his commitment as an artist and his passion to give back to the community, he formed Simeona F. Chanyungco Lahing Kayumanggi Mananayaw ng Marikina (SFCLKM) Inc. last 2011 as its Founding President, Artist and Dance Director of the company. CHAIRMAN/ PRODUCER/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR for: Indayog Summer Dance Camp Recital 2014, SFCLKM Inc. Pamana ni Tia Nonang Alay Para sa Bayan 2015, SFCLKM Inc. Indayog Summer Dance Camp Recital 2015, SFCLKM Inc.
ARTISTIC & PRODUCTION TEAM PROFILES
SOUND DESIGNER REAMUR DAVID
Rhem serves as the Sound Designer for the production. Prior to “End of the Gallows”, he has served as Actor, Sound and Graphic Designer for so many organizations, such as the Asia Pacific Bureau Festival of Theatre Schools, The Ateneo Theatre Arts/Fine Arts Prorgram, Tanghalang Ateneo, Blue Reportory, Teatro Baguntao, and TeatroFilipino Integrated, to name a few. Apart from his theater work, he is an I.T. Consultant for Non-Government Organizations based in Metro Manila. GRAPHIC DESIGNER, “Songs of an Electric Soul”, 2015, Ateneo FA Prog. for the Asia Pacific Bureau Festival of Theatre Schools SOUND DESIGNER, “My Friend Has Come”, 2014, Ikarus Productions SOUND & GRAPHIC DESIGNER/ACTOR, “The Boxes”, 2013, Ateneo FA Prog. for the Asia Pacific Bureau Festival of Theatre Schools/Ateneo Theater Network
LIGHTING DESIGNER KENNETH MANGURIT Kenneth graduated from Polytechnic University of the Philippines with a degree in Theater Arts. He has done numerous productions in school that he ser ves not only a designer but also an actor. This would be his first professional work. LIGHTS DESIGNER, Masaganang Ekonomiya, 2013, Dulaang Laborator yo
ARTISTIC & PRODUCTION TEAM PROFILES
LIGHTS BOARDSMAN JAMES PANGAN James is currently studying in the University of Santo Tomas taking up BS Information Technology. He has been part of Teatro Tomasino (the University Wide Theatre Guild of the University of Santo Tomas) and is now one of their Honorary Member. BERDUGO and ASSISTANT GRAPHIC DESIGNER, Bien Aligtad 2015, Teatro Tomasino LORD and LIGHTS BOARDSMAN, Hamlet 2015, Ikarus RONALD (Asunto) and SOUND STAFF (Whole Production), Antolohiya (Four Play, One Production) 2015, Teatro Tomasino
SOUNDS BOARDSMAN SHEIL A PASANA “I have great comfort from this fellow. Methinks he hath no drowning mark upon him. His complexion is perfect gallows. Stand fast, good Fate, to his hanging. Make the rope of his destiny our cable, for our own doth little advantage. If he be not born to be hanged, our case is miserable.” The Tempest, Act 1 Scene 1 -William Shakespeare
ARTISTIC & PRODUCTION TEAM PROFILES
PHOTOGRAPHER CHRISTOPHER LEE Christopher graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University with a degree in Economics. He has been working in his family business and at the same time freelances as a photographer. His photography focuses on portraiture and product photography. PHOTOGRAPHER, God of the Machine, 2014, Ikarus PHOTOGRAPHER, Hamlet, 2015, Ikarus
ASST. PHOTOGRAPHER MARIELLE FERRER Marielle graduated from Ateneo de Manila University with a degree in Infor mation Design. She is a published illustrator and a freelance graphic designer whose list of clientele include Mgt. Strategies Asia, Shell Philippines, Adobo Magazine, and Home Grown. She is a founding member of Pushpin Visual Solutions and a budding watercolor painter. PHOTOGRAPHER, Pieta, 2014, Ikarus ASST. PHOTOGRAPHER, God of the Machine, 2014, Ikarus
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Dr. Jay Crisostomo Dra. Marietta Crisostomo Naldo Barbadillo Yolanda Benosa Zernan Fernandez Bing Fernandez Mina Solas Heidi Cleofas Ate Glo Ate Lisa Elfrida Tan Trippy Padilla Lara Louise Gabrielle Antonio Ryan Gonzalez
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