Tony Espejo, Artistic Director of Gantimpala Theater, announces the forthcoming audition and stage management workshop, signaling the start of the company's 33rd season.
The audition is on June 14, (Monday), 2pm to 6pm., to be held at the Rehearsal Hall, Open Air Auditorium, in Luneta, Manila.
It is open to aspiring and professional actors, male and female, ages 18 years old above. Interested parties must bring two pictures (close up and whole body) plus a resume.
The line up of plays for this year are the Four Classicscomposed of Florante at Laura, Kanser, Ibong Adarna and El Filibusterismo; a twin bill of English plays The Necklace and New Yorker in Tondo; a new children's musical by J. Dennis Teodosio and Jesse Lucas, Beauty and the Beast, and the revival productions of Bayan-Bayanan, Kasalan sa Likod ng Simbahan, General Goyo, Madilim ang Gabi sa Laot, and Flor at Gusting.
The stage management workshop, on the other hand, is set on June 21 to July 3, from 1-5pm., with Ed Murillo, as its main facilitator.
Murillo is considered by theater and special events practitioners, as one of the best stage managers in the Philippines today.
The 10 day workshop will teach the participants on how to organize and mount a production, as well as learning how to seamlessly manage the technical and human aspects of it. Tuition fee is P3,000.
For more information about the audition and workshop, please call 528-0603 or send an SMS to 0921-5286308 or 0926-5516142.