‘Alikabok’ Musical Announces Open Auditions for 2027 Run
Newport World Resorts, in association with Full House Theater Company (FHTC) and Culturtain Musicat Productions, has announced open auditions for Alikabok, the original Filipino musical featuring music by National Artist Ryan Cayabyab, ahead of its August 2027 staging.
Song and Dance Open Calls will be held on September 14 and 15, 2026, from 10:30 AM to 7 PM at the Executive Meeting Rooms 1 and 3 of the Marriott Grand Ballroom, Manila Marriott Hotel at Newport World Resorts. On-site sign-in opens at 9:30 AM, and pre-registered applicants will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis.
The production is looking for performers who are at least 16 years old, of any gender, and able to sing, dance, and act. Applicants must pre-register through the company’s Google Form or scan the QR code and choose either September 14 or 15 as their preferred open-call date. Those who will be selected must be available for the Dance and Reading Call on September 16, from 10:30 AM to 7 PM at the Garden Rooms 2 and 3 of the Manila Marriott Hotel at Newport World Resorts.
For the vocal audition, performers must prepare 32 bars from any song featured in Alikabok, available on Spotify, to be sung a cappella. Each applicant must also bring a printed resume with their most recent headshot and full-body photograph, comfortable clothing and footwear suitable for movement, and a calendar to note the rehearsal period.
Alikabok returns more than 30 years after the original Filipino musical was first staged. It features music by National Artist Ryan Cayabyab and draws inspiration from Juan Luna’s painting, La Bulaqueña. The new production opens in August 2027 at the Newport Performing Arts Theater.
A reworking of the original 1997 production, Alikabok is the fictional tale of Visitacion “Bising” Vallejo, a beautiful young heiress from the 1800s, based on Luna’s La Bulaqueña. She falls in love on the eve of the revolution, and like so many women of the time, joins the Katipunan to fight for her country.
Told through the eyes of her Fil-Am descendant Asia, Bising’s story unfolds as Asia discovers her letters throughout the ancestral Vallejo home. Piece by piece, Asia slowly puts together the legacy of her family, her home, and her country. But time is running out, as her mother Anna wants to sever her last tie to the Philippines by selling the Vallejo home, and Asia desperately races to complete Bising’s story before it is lost forever.
Full House Theater Company is the in-house production arm of Travellers Group, developing and presenting shows at Newport World Resorts and the soon-to-open Westside Resort.
Culturtain Musicat Productions holds the licensing rights to Alikabok. Founded by Celeste Legaspi and Girlie Rodis in 1987, the woman-led company champions fearless and proudly Filipino original musicals and stories for stage and screen.
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