Integrated Performing Arts Guild

As tranSCRIPT moves towards production and the mounting of plays, some of the best practitioners in Philippine Theater will share pieces of advice from their creative process. Our parallel productions will be guided by Glen Mas, Nicholas Pichay, and in a dramaturgy workshop (dates to be later announced) Hobart Savior.

The vast experiences of our guests contribute to what we need to learn about the craft and our audiences:

1. What is a good play?
2. What makes a good play?
3. How do you make a play work?

tranSCRIPT isa playwriting-dramaturgy workshop where original scripts have been submitted to be developed, critiqued, and, consequently, mounted. Our program pairs apprenticing dramaturges with playwrights to allow them the experience of collaboration. Eight pairs will mount eight works-in-progress guided by the IPAG Production Pedagogy.

Check out all video-ed sessions and lectures posted in IPAG’s fb page: ipagarts

The Playwriting and Dramaturgy Workshop
PHASE 3. PRODUCTION

After Phases One and Two, the playwright-dramaturge tandem mounts productions-in-progress.

After Phases One and Two, the playwright-dramaturge tandem mounts productions-in-progress.

The drafts submitted by the Fellows in Phase 1 were guided by the basics. The second phase tested the enhanced scripts read by actors. The forthcoming third set on the third week of May performs to a live audience. 

Conversations with experts on play production continue this month (see related flyers) after the collation of critiques from the readings is presented on April 15 (Sat), 7:00 p.m., live streamed lived via ZOOM and FB.

Selected plays will be produced as part of IPAG’s 46^th Season

These programs are all part of a larger plan to enhance our crafts of performance through the establishment of an institution where our evolved pedagogy is put into practice. Consequently, we strengthen our performance practice complemented by a growing community of audiences in our parts.

Check out all video-ed sessions and lectures posted in IPAG’s fb page: ipagarts

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)

#inspiringIPAG #inspiring45

TranSCRIPT 2. READINGS to STAGING
The Playwriting and Dramaturgy Workshop

IPAG has completed Phases One and Two of its playwriting and dramaturgy workshop, the playwright-dramaturge tandem in synch with what the Program expects to be exciting productions-in-progress.

Using the play drafts submitted by the Fellows, the first phase applied the basics, the second a test read of the enhanced scripts, and the forthcoming third, the draft performance to a live audience.

The third phase is set on the third week of May through further enhancements and the lectures of experts on these disciplines (Guest specialists will be later announced). Selected plays will be produced as part of IPAG’s 46th Season

Dramaturgy Fellows have been paired with these apprenticing playwrights. Actors assigned to read the parts will soon act their characters out on stage.

These programs are all part of a larger plan to enhance our crafts of performance through the establishment of an institution where our evolved pedagogy is put into practice. Consequently, we strengthen our performance practice complemented by a growing community of audiences in our parts.

Check out all video-ed sessions and lectures posted in IPAG’s fb page: ipagarts

The 2022 IPAG REPORT

2022 ends three years of threats. After navigating the roughest of crests, we arrive at shore, triumphant. Because creativity cannot die, new modes were nurtured. 2022 heralds triumph, the triumph of innovation, the triumph of theater. IPAG is more than #alive!

Christmas 2022

We’ve triumphed navigating the crests of the pandemic! This Christmas Season comes with Greater Blessings! We wish to share these to all! May our holidays be exultant!

Your Theatre,
INTEGRATED PERFORMING ARTS GUILD (IPAG)
MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology

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