Linggo ng Palaspas
3 ng hapon at 5:30 ng hapon
Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio Teatro Papet Museo
64 Mapagkawanggawa St.
Teachers Village, Quezon City
(malapit sa Holy Family School/Maginhawa St.)
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WATCH TEATRONG MULAT’S RESTAGING OF
SITA & RAMA: PAPET RAMAYANA in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the
CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES Playwright & Production Design Melodies, Melodies Direction Puppet Manipulation Voice Talents
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Location: Cultural Center of the Philippines
Description: The God Vishnu reincarnates himself as Prince Rama, the first son of King Dashrata, to stop King Ravana from continuing his evil reign. Young Prince Rama grows up to be a strong man and by his strength he wins the love of Princess Sita. Before King Dashrata is able to bestow the throne to Rama, his second wife, Kaikeyi, requests that he fulfill the two wishes he granted her in return for having saved his life during the war. Her first wish was to make her son Bharata the crowned king and second, to banish Rama in the forest for fourteen years. To honor his father’s word, Rama consents and goes to the forest with Sita and his brother Laksmana. While Rama was in exile, the ogress, Surpanakha, falls in love with him but he denies her. While they drive her away, Laksmana cuts Surpanakha’s nose. Furious of being insulted and hurt, Surpanakha demands her brother, King Rava, to avenge her. King Ravana, having heard of the beauty of Princess Sita, wants her to make her his wife and so, King Ravana seeks revenge for his sister by kidnapping Princess Sita. Prince Rama and Prince Laksmana team up with the monkey king, Sugriva, and the monkey general, Hanuman. Together with the army of monkeys, Prince Rama and Prince Laksmana face the dangers that await them in King Ravana’s kingdom. They save Princess Sita and return home on the 14th year of their exile. Prince Rama becomes King and leads the kingdom with Queen Sita by his side.
Performance Schedule
February 20 (Friday) 10 am & 3 pm
February 21 (Saturday) 3 pm & 7 pm
Venue
Tanghalang Batute
Cultural Center of the Philippines , Roxas Blvd., Pasay City
Ticket Price Regular price @ PhP 300 each; avail of discounts for group sales.
Contact Teatrong Mulat
921-9773, 0918-9032040 or e-mail mulatpuppets77@yahoo.com
Tita Amel surrounded by puppets of “Papet Pasyon” — the Cripple Boy Narrator, Mary Magdalene and Jesus Christ. Premiered in 1985 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, “Papet Pasyon” is presented annually during the lenten season.
“Ang Pagong at an Tssonggo” (The Monkey and the Turtle) premiered as a puppet play in 1980 for the Joint Japan-Philippine Puppetry Festival as hosted by the Ohanashi Caravan in Tokyo. It was first presented as a live show on the steps of Palma Hall of the University of the Philippines, written and directed by Tita Amel, Music by Christian Ramilo who also played the native kulintang(gamelan) and led a small band of four members playing traditional Philippine bamboo and brass instruments.
Amihan is a puppeteer for snake while Tita Amel is puppeteer for jumping frogs in “And Mga Pipit at an Ahas” (The Pipit Birds and the Snake), and Indonesian folk tale. Written and directed by Tita Amel, puppets by Dan Tayona and Tita Amel and music by Professor Edru Abraham of the U.P. College of Arts and Letters. It was premiered in Jakarta during the 4th International Workshop on Living Children’s Theater in Asia.
