Gantimpala's Forever/Call Me Flory @ SM Southmall Cinema 3

"Forever/Call Me Flory"
Gantimpala Theater Foundation
SM Southmall, Cinema 3
Las Piñas City
December 9, 10, 16, and 17, 2006

From Gantimpala Theater Foundation, the theater company that staged the 2006 ALIW Awards Best Play F. Sionil Jose's The God Stealer/ Nick Joaquin's The Queen's Jewel, comes Forever/Call Me Flory.

Another twin-bill of Filipino plays in English written by National Artist for Theater Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero under the direction of ALIW Awards Best Director Tony S. Espejo.

Forever is an old-fashioned melodrama set in the 1950's. This play is about love, maturity, and self-sacrifice. It is also about closure and healing, listening and accepting. It is a play about people who realize that letting go is greater, more sublime, than holding on.

The other production is Call Me Flory, which is a satire that pokes on social climbing and social climbers during the time when Manila's 400 espouse the true, the good and the beautiful. It shows that pretense is a cheap trick. It is fun, wacky, and hard-hitting piece on our secret desire to belong to the high society.

These Guerrero plays (Forever/Call Me Flory) continue to mirror our modern times. Forever speaks of emotional deception and pride. How many relationships could have been saved if we just give true love a chance and allow what is in our hearts do the talking. On the other hand. Call Me Flory is about societal deception. Here, we get a glimpse on the lifestyle of the rich and famous, their many slices of hypocrisy and the weapons they use in order to perpetuate their version of the truth, enlightens Espejo on why the two are GTF's 29th season enders.

The cast from the Actors Company includes Roeder Camañag (Ernesto/Federico); Monica Llamas (Maria Teresa/Matilde); Kimberly Diaz (Consuelo/Osang); Wilma Doesnt and Lailanie Ann Tejuco (alternately portraying Florencia Aragon de Caracoles also known as Flory); Billy Parjan and Vincent Reyes Kuipers (alternately portraying Oscar); Abner Delina (Ernesting); Troy De Guzman (Gordon) and Jude Sypongco (Capote).

Helping Espejo bring the 50's glamour of Forever and the psychedelic feel of Call Me Flory are J. Dennis Teodosio (playwright for additional dialogues and characters); Joey Nombres (Lights Designer); Roobak Valle (Set Designer); Albert Figueras (Costumes Designer); Glenda Alday (stage manager) and Pamela Hundana (production manager). The production is a collaborative artistic venture with the National Parks Development Committee (NPDC).

Gantimpala Theater Foundation's Forever/Call Me Flory will be staged at the SM Southmall (Cinema 3).

For more details, please call 899-5745 or 896-3503

Gantimpala Theater Foundation
Forever/Call Me Flory
SM South Mall, Cinema 3

Dates:
Dec 9, 2006
10:00 AM, 2:00:PM

Dec 10, 2006
10:00 AM, 2:00:PM

Dec 16, 2006
10:00 AM, 2:00:PM

Dec 17, 2006
10:00 AM, 2:00:PM