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• Roles in Stage Production

  • Actors and actresses
  • Producer
  • Director
  • Playwright
  • Set Designer
  • Lighting Designer
  • Costume Designer
  • Sound Designer
  • Production Manager
  • Technical Director
  • Choreographer
  • Makeup Designer
• Producer


  Takes the play from a mere concept to an actual finished presentation, chooses all the team members and assigns them their functions, oversees the casting of the actors and actresses, decides on major logistical matters like when and where the play will be staged, the production schedule, and finances or sources the production costs
• Director


  The overall artistic coordinator of the entire production, has a vision of the desired total effect and impact of the performance, ensures that each one in the production "hits all the right notes" to create a cohesive, seamless performance that will engage the audience
• Playwright


  Writer of the script, the initial concept or plot may be original, or based on an existing story or another play which the playwright will then adapt to present in a new way
• Set Designer


  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 minimalist, merely suggesting the setting with a few pieces of furniture or props and a simple backdrop
• Lighting Designer


  Coordinates closely with the set 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, may use colored lights or filters as well as special effects
• Costume Designer


  Ensures the actors and actresses look believable in their roles, studies the general setting (time and place) that the play is meant to take place in, as well as each character in the script, decides on attire that 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


  Serves a vital role in creating and enhancing the atmosphere of the performance, sources music both on stage and as background to suit the general time and place of the play, as well as particular scenes
• Production Manager


  Coordinates all the complex behind-the-scenes details of staging a play, oversees the crews for the sets and props, the sound and music, the lighting, and the costumes, ensures 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


  Shadows the play's director throughout the entire production process, 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


  Plans out all the dance steps to suit the music, rehearses the actors until they are able to perform the dance skillfully while remaining "in character" on stage, programs the moves of the opposing sides for any fight scenes so these can be executed not only believably, but safely as well
• Makeup Designer


  Plans the hairstyles and makeup to complement the costumes, the work 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
• Theater


  An art form that brings together all other art forms - from painting and sculpture, to installation art, to music, to dance, to literature, even to computer arts - in a single production
• Peta (Philippine Educational Theater Association)


  Founded in 1967 by Cecile Guidote-Alvarez
• With the American presence in the Philippines for the first half of the 20th century, it was inevitable that many U.S. and European theater forms and scripts found their way here
• P.E.T.A. stands for Philippine Educational Theater Association
• Repertory Philippines


  Theater company founded in 1967 by director Zenaida Amador to bring the best of Broadway and London's West End to Filipino audiences
• Repertory Philippines was founded by Zenaida Amador


  1967
• Zenaida Amador


  • Theater director who fulfilled her dream of bringing the best of Broadway and London's West End to Filipino audiences by founding Repertory Philippines
• Lea Salonga


  Multi-awarded theater actress and singer who began her career as a child lead in productions of Repertory Philippines, and later became 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
• Trumpets

  In the 1990s, the Philippine Theater group trumpets also began mounting grand productions of originally written musicals with a slant towards good values for children and the whole family.
• Trumpets

  The intention is to provide wholesome theater experiences for Filipino youth while also building up the Philippine Theater going public.
• New Voice Company

  Own distinct contribution to the Philippine Theater scene, established in 1994 by Monique Wilson —also a repertory Philippines protegee who went on to star on the international stage.
• New Voice Company

  Staging thought provoking productions on DARING AND DEEP TOPICS.
• Philippine Opera

  Founded in 1999 led by Karla Gutierez.
• Philippine Opera Company

  The poc seeks to develop performers as well as audiences for classical music performance, both foreign and Filipino.
• repertory Philippines protegee who went on to star on the international stage.

  Monique Wilson
• Opera


  An art and music form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (called a libretto) and a musical score, usually in an elaborate theatrical setting (opera house)
• Opera


  • Incorporates many of the elements of spoken theater, such as acting, scenery, costumes, and sometimes dance
  • The performance is typically given an opera orchestra or smaller ensemble, and the dialogue is entirely sung and not spoken
• Philippine Opera

  Filipino opera started in the Philippines during the 19th Century when instrumental virtuoso, opera singers, and Spanish zarzuela performers came
• Local Theaters in the Philippines

  • Zorrila Theater, 1817-1893
  • Principe Alfonso Theater, 1862-1876
  • Variedades Theater, 1847
  • Quiapo Theater
  • Tondo Theater, 1841
  • Manila Grand Opera House, mid-19th
  • Metropolitan Theater, 1931
• Cultural Center of the Philippines


  Established by then lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos
• La Loba Negre (The Black She-Wolf)


  A three-act Filipino opera, Acts I and II are based on history, Act III is based on a legend attributed to Fr. Jose Burgos, one of the three martyred priests Gomez, Burgos, and Zamora who were executed in Bagumbayan (now Luneta) in 1872. The music was composed by National Artist Francisco Feliciano, with libretto by soprano Fides Cuyugan Asensio. The premiere was held in 1984 with National Artist for Theater and Film Lamberto Avellana as director.
• Noli Me Tangere


  A three-act opera composed by National Artist Felipe Padilla de Leon, with libretto by National Artist Guillermo Tolentino. It premiered in 1957 at the FEU Auditorium.
• El Filibusterismo


  An opera composed by National Artist Felipe Padilla de Leon in 1970, with libretto by Anthony Morli. It was in three acts and written in Tagalog.
• Sandugong Panaginip


  Composed by LADISLAO BONUS (Father of Philippine Opera) Said to be the FIRST FILIPINO OPERA by PEDRO PATERNO, a poet, novelist, musician, and government official. (La Alianza Soñada) This was first presented at the Zorilla Theater on August 2, 1902. It was later translated by the Englishman M.W Loving with the title The Dreamed Alliance.
• List of Ballet in the Philippines

  • Nutcracker Suite
  • Swan Lake
  • Rama Hari
  • Lola Basyang
  • Ang Kapatid ni Tatlong Marya
  • Ang Mahiwagang Biyulin
  • Ang Prinsipe ng mga Ibon
  • Ang Palasyo ng mga Dwende
  • Labindalawang Masasayang Prinsesa
  • Anting-Anting
• Musical Play


  A popular and generally lighter form of musical drama than the opera. The themes are usually more contemporary, and the musical melodies more manageable by the average singer. The acting is less intense and dramatic. The choreography and dance sequences provide visual breaks from the ongoing plots.
• List of International Plays

  • Miss Saigon
  • The Phantom of the Opera
  • Les Miserables
• BROADWAY MUSICALS

  Showboat was the 1st Broadway musical which featured popular mode of transport.