Giving life to the two interesting characters
of the play are Ace Urieta (Young Man) and ShielaEspina (Young Woman) both are
talented emerging actors under the tutelage of Artist Playground’s Artistic
Director and multi-awarded actor Roeder Camanag. The Riddle of the Sphinx is
directed by Paul Jake Paule. Supporting the director Paule in bringing life to
this simple yet very thought-provoking drama are Kimberly Somoza (Lights
Designer), Jeffrey Camanag (Production Designer), Dianna Dancel (Costume
Designer) and Rowena Jarito (Sound Designer).
Performance Venue: 1701 The Little Room Upstairs
Landsdale Tower, Mother
Ignacia Ave. Quezon City
Dates: July 4, 11, 18, 25
(Saturday)
Time: 3:00 pm/5:00 pm/7:00 pm
Author
Eugenio Deriada was born in Iloilo
but spent most of his life in Davao. He graduated BA English degree at the
Ateneo de Davao University as Cum Laude in 1959. In 1970, he received his MA in
English from Xavier University and in 1981 he received his PhD in English and Literature
with a specialization in creative writing from Siliman University.
He is a multi-lingual writer having produced
work in English, Filipino,
Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a and Cebuano. Out of his
thirteen work which won Palanca awards, five of these are first-prize winners
and these include “The Day of the Locusts” (Short Story, 1975), “
MutyangSaging” (Dulaang May IsangYugto, 1987), “The Man Who Hated Birds” (Short
Story for Children, 1993), “Medea of Siquijor” (One-Act Play, 1999), and
“Maragtas: How Kapinangan Tricked Sumakwel Twice” (Full-Length Play, 2001). He
became a Palanca Hall of Famer on September 1, 2001 at the Don Carlos Palanca
Memorial Awards. He also garnered other prestigious awards such as the
GawadPambansangAlagadniBalagtas, Aslaweek, Gawad CCP, Graphic,
Focus, Yuhum (Iloilo) and Blue Knight Award
from Ateneo de Davao for Outstanding Achievement in Literature.
He is currently a professor at the University
of the Philippines in the Visayas-Iloilo. He heads the SentrongWikang Filipino
at the UP Visayas and also an associate of the UP Institute of Creative
Writing.
Translator
Jim Bergado graduated BA Theater Arts in
University of the Philippines Diliman. He is an actor in the Indie Film Brutus,
AngManlalakbay in the year 2008. He believes that this world would be a better
place someday.
Cast
ShielaEspina
the
Young Woman
Shiela is a senior student at
PamantasanngLungsodng Valenzuela, taking up Bachelor of Arts in Communication
Studies Major in Theater Arts. She portrayed the role of Luna in “Luna:
IsangManunulat”, Princess in “Blue Jeans: the Musical, Ms. Gonzales in “Bonsai”
and Yolanda Cadiz in “AngKalungkutanngmga Reyna”. She is a part of Talent
Factory Inc. Artist Playground Summer Acting Workshop Batch 2 Wave 1.
Ace
Urieta
the
Young Man
Ace attended the Cultural Center of the
Philippines summer acting workshop in 2000 under Jose Estrella. His first
professional theatre production was “Kanser: Noli Me Tangere” under Gantimpala
Theater
Foundation. As an actor and part of GTF’s
Actors Company, his most notable roles are Basilio in “El Filibusterismo”,
Makata, Menandro and Adolfo in “Florante at Laura”, LY. Tirona in “Bombita”
and Crisostomo Ibarra in “Pepe
Rizal”. His biggest break as a performer
was Expo Zaragoza in “Zaragoza, Spain” under the Department of Tourism. He
considers Roeder and Jeffrey Camanag, Andrei Tiangco, Roobak Valle and
SoxieTopacio as his acting mentors, and recently graduated from Talent Factory
Artist Playground Workshop. He is an
assistant stage manager and technical
director for Musical Production Concert and Events, Stages Productions
Specialist, Atlantis Production, Full Haus, McCann, Teamworkz, Ovation, Wilbros
and Runway Production. His productions include Shrek the Musical, Rock of Ages,
Ghost, Carrie, Piat, Spring Awakening, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
and God of Carnage (Manila and Singapore) under Atlantis Productions. Other
productions include
Megaworld’s 25th Building Vision Musical,
7107 International Music Fest Featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers, EMF feat.
Krewella, Armin, DemiLovato and IPTL. He loves coffee and being StaceeJaxx.
Jerome
Rosalin
the
(Alternate) Young Man
Jerome is a 4th year student of
PamantasanngLungsodng Valenzuela, taking up Bachelor of Arts in Communication
Studies Major in Theater Arts. He is a Badminton, Basketball and Volleyball
player. He is currently a part of the Basketball varsity team for his
university. Jerome had already done various school productions such as “The Boor” (Thesis Production), “Blue Jeans:
The Musical”, “Luna: IsangManunulat”, “MidSummer Night Dream”, “Shakespeare
Town”, “Wedding Dance”, and “Macbeth” under the supervision of Mr. Roeder
Camanag, Scenezoned in Talent Factory Inc. Artist Playground.
Director’s
Note
Paul
Jake Paule
The Riddle of the Sphinx is a short but very
potent drama. It tackles a lot of issues with wit. It presents life as an
immense riddle to be solved; its existential undertones establish the weight
and urgency of defining life’s purpose. Much like a ladder in an empty space,
you can go under, over and around it but the motions are pointless, emptiness
is still all around. Unless you decide to let the ladder serve its function and
take it to different spots where you can reach for meaningful objectives then life
when it ends have earned a purpose.
This is a very salient point for people to
ponder especially in this day and age where our mind is cluttered by persuasive
buttons to click we forget what is really essential.
Production Team
ROEDER CAMAÑAG Artistic Director
JOSE JEFFREY CAMAÑAG Production Designer
MERDIN MOJICA Choreographer
DAYANA DANCEL Costume Designer
KIMBERLY SOMOZA Lights Designer
ROWENA JARITO Sounds Designer
MARIANNE DE LUNA Stage Manager
COLEEN LANIT Props And Set Head
PEARLY PATOC Make-Up Artist
ROGEAN REGOSO Production Manager
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