TANGHALANG PILIPINO announces open auditions for its 20th season, The Pretender

Tanghalang Pilipino announces open auditions for its 20th season, The Pretender

Tanghalang Pilipino announces open auditions for its 20th season
ender, The Pretenders (Ang Mga Huwad), adapted for the stage by
Palanca award-winning playwright Rody Vera, based on the novel by
National Artist for Literature and Ramon Magsaysay Awardee F. Sionil
Jose. Auditions will be held on December 8 and 9, 2006, from 1:00 PM
to 6:00 PM, at the Bulwagang Amado Hernandez (Conference Room), Upper Ground Floor, CCP Main Building, CCP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City.

The director is interested in screening middle-aged- looking male and
female actors with Caucasian, Spanish, Filipino or Chinese features,
as well as male and female actors ages 18 and up. They will be
required to present a 3-minute monologue in Filipino from any
published local or foreign play. All interested actors must bring
their updated resume with their most flattering colored headshot.

Applicants must be available for the production schedule, with
rehearsals from December to January, and performances from February 2 – 25, 2006 at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater).

THE PRETENDERS, to be directed by 2003 Aliw Best Stage Director, Chris Millado, tells of an intellectual who rises from his peasant
beginnings, obtains a doctorate from Harvard, marries into a rich
family, and belatedly realizes that behind the pristine luxury of
glitz and glamour awaits the seductive monster of greed. A tale of
lost ideals, compromise and corruption, this dark panoramic vision of
the Philippines powerfully drives its message home: a society intent
only on calculating a man's price is one that ultimately devalues all men.

For more details and inquiries, please call the Tanghalang Pilipino office at 832-3661 or 832-1125 locals 1620/1621.

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Tanghalang Pilipino (TP) is the resident drama company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Since it was established in 1987, Tanghalang Pilipino has successfully presented 114 productions within 15 seasons while generating one of the best attendance records among the CCP's resident companies.

Tanghalang Pilipino challenges each Filipino to remain committed to his moral convictions, to uphold what is right and just, and therefore fulfill a social responsibility shared by all.

Tanghalang Pilipino envisions raising Philippine theatre to heights of professional and artistic excellence, dedicated to developing and training actors, playwrights and designers with special emphasis in the production of original Filipino plays.

By staging plays from the repertoire of Philippine past and plays in translation from other countries, Tanghalang Pilipino hopes to bring to the experience of both artists and audience the best of Philippine and global theater tradition.

Tanghalang Pilipino looks forward to educating and awakening the cultural consciousness of the Filipino audiences through its regular performances and other related activities like workshops, symposia and interactions.

Check out the Tanghalang Pilipino Website at http://www.tanghalangpilipino.com