Arts

• Original Performance With The Use Of Media
• Performing artists rehearse


  1. Lines

  2. On-stage actions
• Theater


  The one major art form that brings together all the other art forms—from painting and sculpture, to installation art, to music, to dance, to literature, even to computer arts—in a single production
• Theater


  • A story is acted out on stage (or other performance area) by actors portraying the characters, bringing them to life and developing the plot through dialogue and actions, and sometimes through song and/or dance
• Theater


  • Contributing to the vivid theater experience are the stage sets and props, the lighting, the background music and sound effects, the costumes and accessories. In recent decades, computer-generated visual effects and mechanized sets have been incorporated as well
• The Philippines has a rich and thriving theater industry that you may be interested to venture into in the future. Productions range from original plays with Philippine themes and settings, to renowned theater classics from past centuries, to contemporary musicals from Broadway or London's West End
• Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA)


  Founded in 1967 by Cecile Guidote-Alvarez, in a vision of Philippine theater engaged in the development of people and society
• Tanghalang Pilipino


  The resident theater company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, founded in 1987. They developed and trained actors, playwrights and designers with special emphasis on the production of original Filipino plays
• Repertory Philippines


  Established by Zenaida Amador and Baby Barredo, not only staged English language plays and musicals but trained actors and actresses as well. The repertory Philippine productions range from conventional and contemporary classics to serious farces, deep drama and magnificent musicals
• Lea Salonga


  Multi-awarded theater actress and singer, began her career as a child lead in productions of Repertory Philippines. From there, she went on to become an international stage superstar in the lead role of Kim in Miss Saigon—putting the Philippines on the world map in terms of theater talent
• Repertory Philippines productions


  • Les Miserables, 1993
  • A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, 2009
  • Little Women, 2010
  • Alice in Wonderland, 2013
  • The Producers, 2013
• Trumpets


  Began mounting grand productions of originally-written musicals with a slant towards good values for children and the whole family. The intention of Trumpets is to provide wholesome theater experiences for Filipino youth while also building up the Philippine theater-going public
• New Voice Company


  Established in 1994 by Monique Wilson—also a Repertory Philippines' protégée who went on to star on the international stage. New Voice has earned a reputation for staging thought-provoking productions on daring and deep topics
• New Voice Company productions

  • The Male Voice, 2009
  • Aspects of Love, 2006
• Philippine Opera Company (POC)


  Founded in 1999 by a group of dedicated classically-trained singers, led by soprano Karla Gutierrez as artistic directress. The POC seeks to develop performers as well as audiences for classical music performances, both foreign and Filipino
• Philippine Opera Company productions

  • Harana, 2009
  • The Mikado, 2013
• Theater Down South


  Founded in 2007, with Philippine theater mainstay Michael Williams as artistic director. The vision of the company is to widen the reach of stage productions beyond the traditional centers within Metro Manila, and therefore develop a broader audience base
• Theater Down South productions

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2007
  • The Red Carpet, 2009
  • Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 2010
• Basic roles that most plays require

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Playwright
  • Set designer
  • Lighting designer
  • Costume designer
  • Sound designer
  • Production manager
  • Technical director
  • Choreographer
  • Makeup designer
• Producer


  In a professional stage production, this is the person who takes the play from a mere concept to an actual finished presentation. He or she chooses all the team members and assigns them their functions, and oversees the casting of the actors and actresses for the different roles
• Director


  The overall artistic coordinator of the entire production. Throughout the play's rehearsals, the director instructs and guides the actors as to the delivery of their lines of dialogue; their positions and movements on stage (called "blocking"); the thoughts or feelings they are to convey through tone of voice, facial expression, and gestures
• Playwright


  For a script intended for stage performance, the writer of the script is more specifically called a playwright. The script forms the basis of the entire production. It contains the exact lines of dialogue that each character will memorize and deliver on stage, often with notes on tone of voice, facial expression, and even movement or blocking
• Set designer


  The concept and creation of the physical stage setup is the task of the set designer. He or she builds the set (or sets) that will simulate the world that the play's characters are supposed to live in. The set may be realistic and filled with authentic details; or it may be minimalist, merely suggesting the setting with a few pieces of furniture or props and a simple backdrop
• Lighting designer


  Coordinating closely with the set designer is the lighting designer. Lighting is critical in creating the mood of each scene in the play, highlighting a dramatic moment, signalling the entrance of a character, focusing attention on a specific spot on stage, or even providing the blanket of darkness for set and prop changes
• Costume designer


  The actors and actresses must look believable in their roles, and much of this is owed to the costume designer. He or she studies the general setting (time and place) that the play is meant to take place in, as well as each character in the script. He or she then decides what attire will not only give the audience a clear sense of the setting, but will also express each character's personality and distinct qualities
• Sound designer


  Similar to the lighting designer, the sound designer serves a vital role in creating and enhancing the atmosphere of the performance. Sound, in this case, includes music both on stage and as background, which the sound designer may need to source to suit the general time and place of the play, as well as particular scenes
• Production manager


  Coordinating all the complex behind-the-scenes details of staging a play is the task of the production manager. He or she is tasked with overseeing the crews for the sets and props, the sound and music, the lighting, and the costumes. This includes ensuring that all the needed elements, facilities, and equipment are not only available, but are in good working order, properly catalogued and labelled, and safely stored from one rehearsal to the next, up until the time of the performance
• Technical director


  The technical director shadows the play's director throughout the entire production process. From the time the director presents his or her vision for the play and issues instructions at every rehearsal, the technical director carefully notes how each actor and every member of the stage, sound, lighting, and costume crews need to be coordinated to bring the director's vision to life—ensuring that every instruction is properly executed
• Choreographer


  In cases where a play involves dance in certain scenes, a choreographer is included in the production team. He or she not only plans out all the dance steps to suit the music, but also rehearses the actors until they are able to perform the dance skillfully—while remaining "in character" on stage
• Makeup designer


  As the costume designer deliberates on the characters' main attire, the makeup designer is brought in to plan the hairstyles and makeup to complement the costumes. The work of the makeup designer may be as simple as making the actors look natural for their respective roles—based on their characters' age and personality, and the time and place of the story