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Queer Stories Focus of Online Readings This Month

Queer Stories Focus of Online Readings This Month

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Relive Your Passion PH continues its weekly script readings with this month’s Saplot, Salot: Queer Frequencies. 

This 5-week series features queer narratives that shed light on the undercurrents of being queer in 2020. Saplot, Salot started last October 3 and will conclude on October 31. You can find the complete line-up below.

1. October 3: “Valedictorian” by Maynard Manansala


Program Director: Ron Biñas

Synopsis: Ang dulang ito ay isinulat ni Maynard Manansala noong 2018. Ito ay kwento ni Masi Quintana na napabilang sa Ten Outstanding High School Students of the Philippines. Sa dula, nakasulat sa papel na hawak ni Masi ang pasasalamat niya sa kanyang mga guro, sa pamilya at ang paghahayag ng isang mahalagang realisasyon sa sarili. Ang dula rin ay nagkamit ng Audience Choice Award sa Pink Shorts International Festival noong 2018.

Cast: Lance Reblando

2. October 10: “Puta Kang Hayop Ka” by Riley Palanca (A Zoom Play World Premiere)

Program Director: Mark Dalacat
Synopsis: Panahon ng pandemya. Si Jung may boyfriend. May banda. May commission to write a Smokey Mountain musical. May inaasikasong papeles sa  pamilya. May binoboylet. May therapist. May suicidal tendencies. May bottle of expensive vodka. May premium account sa Pornhub. Hala. 

Cast: Nar Cabico, Noel Escondo, Phi Palmos, Arkel Mendoza, Kevin Vitug, Carlo  Cannu, Rence Aviles, Neil Tolentino, and Andoy Ranay 

3. October 17: “Pamamanhikan” by Bernadette Neri

Program Director: Nour Hooshmand

Synopsis: Kuwento ito ng pagkakaibigan nina Ibyang at Ester habang nahaharap ang huli sa isang matinding krisis sa pagiging ina. Parating ang bunsong anak ni Ester kasama ang kasintahan nito.
Pinoproblema niya ngayon kung paano  haharapin ang taong hindi niya alam kung pasasalamatan o kamumuhian dahil sa pagmamahal sa kaniyang anak. Dadaloy ang dula sa proseso ng pagluluto nina Ester at Ibyang. Habang binabalanse ni Ester ang bawat lasa ng mga ulam na ihahain, matututuhan din niyang timplahin ang sariling saloobin hinggil sa pasya ng bunso niyang anak. Mangyayari ang lahat ng ito sa tulong ni Ibyang, ang tunay na  eksperto sa pagtitimpla hindi lang ng iba’t ibang lasa kundi pati ng pinakamasasalimuot na damdamin.

Cast: Ima Castro, Mayen Estanero

4. October 24: “Ang Unang Regla ni John” by Em Mendez 

Program Director: Davidson Oliveros 

Synopsis: Isinulat ni Em Mendez at unang idinerehe ni George de Jesus III, ang Unang Regla ni John ay isa sa mga dulang kalahok sa CCP Virgin Labfest noong 2012. Dahil sa kabuuang estetika at malugod na pagtanggap ng manonood dito, napabilang sa revisited plays ng sumunod na CCP Virgin Labfest ang dula. Umiikot sa naratibo ng pagtatanong, pagtuklas, at pagtanggap, tinatalakay ng Unang Regla ni John kung papaanong nakakaapekto ang iba’t ibang salik sa kapaligiran sa  paghubog ng pagkakakilanlan ng pangunahing karakter na si John. 

Cast: Joel Saracho, Paul Jake Paule, Mickey Canillo, Janno Castillo, Antonette Go

5. October 31: “Brujas” by Carlo Pacolor Garcia 

Program Director: Katte Sabate 

Synopsis: Brujas is a text loosely based on Isabelo de los Reyes’ El diablo en Filipinas. Ang Diablo sa Filipinas ayon sa nasasabi sa mga casulatan luma sa Kastila was a satirical jab at the superstitions of foreign Catholic religion introduced during Spanish colonial times. In the text, de los Reyes mentions two famous brujas chronicled by the frailes, namely Tapar and Fulangan. Brujas takes these two historic characters and sets them together with two contemporary figurations; the lumpen, or the street dreg as an obvious descendant of the brown indio, in the form of an “every bakla”, India, and a very agitated techno pagan, Sabino. It was Sabino who gathered the coven together, having apparently found a spell online to end the bloodshed in a war-torn city where the play is set.

Cast: TBA

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