HAPOY DAW WAIG (Fire and Water)
from the ULAHINGAN, the Manobo epic
May 3, 4, 5 (6:00 p.m.), CASSALIDA Blackbox, MSU-IIT
Agyu’s community resists the tyranny of the Sultan of Maguindanao who for generations have been under the Sultanate’s mercy. An angry KUYASU (Agyu’s nephew) spears the Sultan dead instigating war. Maguindanaon warriors pursue AGYU, and turmoil blankets his people. The diwatas empower MUNGAN, Kuyasu’s mother who is too sick to evacuate, to lead the exodus to Nilandangan, their paradise, via the magical boat Sarimbar.
From the research of MILA AGUILAR, CARMEN UNABIA, and ELENA MAQUISO Book, Mise-en-Scene, and MusicSTEVEN P.C. FERNANDEZ ChoreographyLEILANI FERNANDEZ & IPAG CREATIVE COLLECTIVE Asst. DirectorNEIL ARKHE AZCUNA DesignsARCHIBALD PACANA, MA. BEA PASCUBILLO Stage ManagementLILYBETH MARAON Production ManagementHERMIE DICO Linkages & SalesARLEM ABANES Technical DirectorANDREW SALAZAR (ChantsMICHAEL LAGURA, additional music by WAWAY SAWAY)
Produced from a grant by the National Commission on Culture and the Arts, in Collaboration with the MSU-IIT and HULMA-Iligan Creatives Collective
(Art work: Archie Pacana, show sign: Jan Pagarigan)
