Boxstage Manila’s ‘Tagay Para Sa Ex’ Explores Love and Heartbreak Over Drinks This August

Boxstage Manila’s ‘Tagay Para Sa Ex’ Explores Love and Heartbreak Over Drinks This August

Boxstage Manila opens its new theater season with Tagay Para Sa Ex, a stage production about love, breakups, and the honest conversations that often surface only after a few drinks.

Written and directed by Dudz Teraña, president of Boxstage Manila and Senior Artist Teacher of the Philippine Educational Theater Association, the play explores how people navigate relationships after they end and how notions of love evolve with age, experience, and the world around them.

The story unfolds inside a low-rise condominium during a drinking session among five friends: Mark, a BPO team leader; Liz, a freelance designer; Benj, a senior marketing officer; Mich, a virtual assistant; and Poch, an events coordinator. As the night progresses, the characters begin to question their own emotional maturity, confront their differing moral views, and reflect on the choices they have made in love and in life.

In an era when relationships are often shaped by technology, social expectations, and online validation, Tagay Para Sa Ex presents situations that many audiences can relate to. The characters discuss commitment, boundaries, ambition, and loneliness, particularly in the context of modern dating, work culture, and digital connections.

Loosely inspired by What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver, the play focuses not on romance alone but on reflection. It invites audiences to sit with the characters as they speak honestly, sometimes awkwardly, about love that has changed or ended.

The cast includes Jonas Cunanan (Sala Sa Pito) and Buknoy Gonzales (Rampa, Love Laban 2026) as Poch; Brigitta Marilla (Bagets The Musical) and Karyl Oliva (Sala Sa Pito) as Mich; RB Pascua (Karne, Niyebe) and Jel Tarun (20 Questions 2024 Rerun, My Bespren Emman) as Benj; Kloren Flores (Sala Sa Pito) and Yesh Burce (Replacing Chef Chico, Incognito) as Liz; and Kobie Hachero (Sala Sa Pito) and AJ Sison (The Kangks Show, Marahuyo Project) as Mark.

The production examines how people make sense of love, loss, and connection in a fast-changing world, one conversation and one drink at a time.

The show runs on August 8, 13, 15, and 22, and September 5, at 3 PM and 7 PM at the FEU Center for the Arts Black Box Studio at Far Eastern University Manila.

Tickets are priced at P800 (VIP) and P500 (Regular) and can be purchased through Ticket2Me.