PHLSTAGE Jury Announces Third Quarter GAWAD BUHAY! Citations
PHLSTAGE Jury Announces Third Quarter GAWAD BUHAY! Citations
Productions by Tanghalang Pilipino (TP), Ballet Philippines and the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) dominated the third quarterly citations of Gawad BUHAY!, the performing arts awards program organized by the Philippine Legitimate Stage Artists Group (PHILSTAGE). Tanghalang Pilipino’s Golden Child romped off with a total of twelve citations while Ballet Philippines La Revolucion Filipina and PETA’s Batang Rizal tied with seven citations each.
Winner of the Tony and Obbie Awards in the United States, Golden Child tells the story “of a traditional Chinese family on the cusp of jarring change”. It merited jury citations for outstanding play, stage direction (Loy Arcenas), ensemble performance for its cast, female lead performance in a play (Liesl Batucan, Tina Chilip, Irma Adlawan Marasigan), male leAd performance (Arthur Acuǹa), translation (Dennis Marasigan), lighting design (Barbara Tan-tiongco), sound design (j. Victor Villareal), set design (Loy Arcenas) and costume design (Gino Gonzales).
Ballet Philippines’ La Revolucion Filipina earned seven citations for outstanding dance production, choreography (Agnes Locsin), ensemble performance, male lead performance (Biag Gaongen), lighting design (Katsch SJ Catoy), set design (Mio Infante) and costume design (Victor Ursabia). It tied with PETA’s Batang Rizal which received citations for outstanding play, stage direction (Dudz Teraǹa), ensemble performance, featured performance (Willy Casero), original script (Christine Bellen), libretto and musical direction (Vincent De Jesus).
Major citations were garnered by Tanghalang Pilipino’s The Virgn Labfest entries Ellas Inocentes, Ang Bayot, ang Meranao, at ang Habal-Habal sa Isang Nakababagot na Paghihintay sa Kanto ng Lanao del Norte, Ang Kalungkutan ng Reyna, Three Sisters and Pamantasang Hirang. PETA’s Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang and Tosca also figured prominently in the citations list.
Gawad BUHAY!, otherwise known as the PHILSTAGE Awards for the Performing Arts, honors outstanding accomplishments in theater, dance and music among PHILSTAGE member-companies. Quarterly citations, nominations, and winners are juried by an independent panel of performing arts practitioners, critics, academicians and enthusiasts invited or selected by the PHILSTAGE Board of Directors.
“The jury members are required to watch all productions of Philstage members to ensure a fair selection process,” stressed PHILSTAGE President Fernando Josef. The jury meets quarterly for the citations from which will be culled the nominees qualified to vie for the annual award to be announced and honored in fitting ceremonies during the National Arts Month in February 2009.
PHILSTAGE groups together the country’s leading and established performing arts companies which include Actors Actors, Inc. (AAI), Ballet Manila (BM), Ballet Philippines (BP), Gantimpala Theater Foundation (GTF), Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-aawit (OPM), Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA), Repertory Philippines (REP), Tanghalang Pilipino and the Triumphant Peoples’ Evangelical Theater Society (TRUMPETS). It can be reached via email
philstage@tri-isys.com. Following is the complete list of Gawad Buhay! citations for the third quarter of 2008:
GAWAD BUHAY!
(2008 PHILSTAGE AWARDS FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS)
Third Quarter Citation
Outstanding Plays Tanghalang Pilipino’s Ang Bayot, ang Meranao, at ang
Habal- Habal sa Isang Nakababagot na Paghihintay sa
Kanto ng Lanao del Norte, Ang Kalungkutan ng Reyna
Ellas Inocentes, Golden Child, and Three Sisters;
and PETA’s Batang Rizal
Outstanding Musical Play No citation
Outstanding Dance Production Ballet Philippines’ La Revolucion Filipina
Outstanding Stage Direction Loy Arcenas (Golden Child), Jose Estrella
(Three Sisters), Floy Quintos (Ang
Kalungkutan ng Reyna), Tuqxs Rutaquio
(Ellas Inocentes), and Dudz Teraǹa (Batang Rizal)
Outstanding Ensemble Performance Casts of Ang Bayot, ang Meranao, at ang
Habal-Habal sa Isang Nakababagot na
Paghihintay sa Kanto ng Lanao del Norte,
Batang Rizal, Ellas Inocentes, Golden Child,
La Revolucion Filipina, and Mga Kuwento ni
Lola Basyang,
Outstanding Female Lead Performance (Play) Shamaine Centenera Buencamino (Ang
Kalungkutan ng Reyna); Lovely Balili and Jenessa
Roque (Ellas Inocentes);and Liesl Batucan, Tina
Chilip, and Irma Adlawan Marasigan (Golden Child)
Outstanding Male Lead Performance (Play) Arthur Acuǹa (Golden Chil), Joey Paras and Arnold
Reyes (Ang Bayot, angMeranao, at ang Habal-Habal
sa IsangNakababagot na Paghihintay sa Kanto ng
Lanao del Norte); and Jonathan Tadioan (Pamantsang
Hirang)
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play Willy Casero, (Batang Rizal), and Nor Domingo
and Raffy Tejada (Rosca)
Outstanding Female Lead Performance (Musical) No citation
Outstanding Male Lead Performance (Musical) No citation
Outstanding Featured Performance (Musical) No citation
Outstanding Female Lead Performance (Dance) No citation
Outstanding Male lead Performance (Dance) Biag Gaongen (La Revolucion Filipina)
Outstanding Featured Performance (Dance) No citation
Outstanding Original Script Christine Bellen’s Batang Rizal, Rogelio Braga’s
Ang Bayot, ang Meranao, at ang Habal-
Habal sa Isang Nakababagot na Paghihintay sa
Kanto ng Lanao del Norte, Layeta Bucoy’s Ellas
Inocentes, and Floy Quintos’ Ang Kalungktan ng Reytna
Outstanding Libretto Vincent De Jesus (Batang Rizal)
Outstanding Adaptation or Translation Dennis Marasigan (Golden Child)
Musical Direction Vincent De Jesus (Batang Rizal)
Outstanding Choreography Agnes Locsin (La Revolucion Filipina)
Outstanding Lighting Design Katsch SJ Catoy (La Revolucion Filipina)
and Barbara Tan-tiongco (Golden Child)
Outstanding Sound Design Shima Takesi (Tosca) and J. Victor Villareal
(Golden Child)
Outstanding Set Design Loy Arcenas (Golden Child), Mel Bernardo
(Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang), and Mio Infante
(La Revolucion Filipina),
Outstanding Costume Design Ron Alfonso (Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang).
Gino Gonzales (Golden Child) and Victor Ursabia
(La Revolucion Filipina)
