1st Prize, 2006 PALANCA AWARD
One turf
Two families
Three generations
Four characters
Three generations of a powerful political family dodge the controversies that have threatened their survival. MingMing exorcises her past and makes personal retributions. Political and personal survival has pushed her family to make painful decisions that determine the paths the lives of the protagonists take. Their lives intertwine in a web of intrigue, politics, deceit, and romance. Their stories mirror the anguish of three generations that have assaulted them.
play & mise-en-sceneSTEVEN PATRICK C. FERNANDEZ, DFA stage managementHERMIE DICO production managementARLEM M. ABANES technical directionIPAG TECHNICAL POOL designsVICMAR PALOMA & AMADO GUINTO marketingJV ESPENIDO staffJAN CHRISTIAN PAGARIGAN RODEL ABELLANOSA MARK SAURA GLENMARK DE GRACIA JERILYN CABIT
REVIEWS
“…compelling psychological drama…. there is a kind of sensual energy rippling through the crowd… This is something they have never seen before…The effect is gunfire-bursts of insight…. deeply moving and passionate.” Pearlsha Abubakar, “The IPAG’s MingMing: a Play of Hide and Seek,” The Philippine Daily Inquirer
“…here finally, was a postmodern theater piece … in no-nonsense intellectual sophistication…. ” Mozart Pastrano, ADINDANAO
“…a great play.” Allen del Carmen, editor-critic, Visayan Daily Star (Bacolod City)
“…an intricate mat of theater craft…” Jess Q. Cruz, “Of something new, something old,” The Philippine Star
”…brilliant idea…ambitious work…The play indeed was one of a kind…” Ian Roy T. Ruiz, Golden Chronicle Focus (Cgn de Oro City)
”…exceptional play…” Margarita Marfori, “Ming Ming,” Cultural Mosaic, Mindanao Times (Davao City)