Registration for the ADSA Conference 2020: Acts of Gathering

Layeta P. Bucoy and I will be presenting the performance-lecture MonoVlog, an Emergen(t)cy Digital Performance.

My long-time friends and colleagues, and a former student will be presenting their papers too:

Sir Anril P. Tiatco’s Performance, Devotion, Gender: Figuring the Peรฑafrancia in the Bicol Region, Philippines.

Bryan L. Viray’s The Bati as movement of sacred gathering in Salubong.

Ian Ramirez’s Remembering the Utopian Performativity in Today x Future in Manila.

UP Diliman’s CAL-DSCTA’s international partners will be presenting their work too:

Jonathan Bollen’s โ€˜Glittering in the darkโ€™: audience appeal and the design of attraction at the Stardust, Las Vegas, 1959.

Felipe Cervera, Theron Schmidt, Hannah Schwadron’s Planetary performance pedagogies in (and hopefully after) the pandemic.

Registration is FREE. Click here.

๐—˜-๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป(๐˜)๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ

For the first time in the history of UP Diliman, the university is implementing remote learning. Faculty members have been working tirelessly to prepare course packs for students with or without access to the internet. Preparing course packs is a challenge for both faculty and student because of the limited resources (e.g. gadget, internet connection). The College of Arts and Lettersโ€™ BAHAGINAN through the Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts (DSCTA) and the UPD Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (UPD-OICA) is responding to this call through brown bag sessions entitled ๐—˜-๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป(๐˜)๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ from 9 October to 25 November. The sessions will focus on possibilities and problems of theatre and performance in the time of the pandemic with the following themes:

โ€ข new and emergent performance forms (multi-media/digital performance, online festival);

โ€ข the state of artist welfare during the global health crisis; โ€ข urgent and emerging roles in performance-making (actors as dramaturgs, playwrights as online content-makers, stage/production managers as OBS software managers);

โ€ข digital modalities of learning and teaching theatre and performance.

Speakers include: Mara Agleham, Soc Amon, JK Anicoche, Layeta P. Bucoy, Pia Ysobel Cruz, Joyce Sahagun Garcia, Camilo P. De Guzman, Robert Arlo De Guzman, Eric V. Dela Cruz, Karlo Erfe, Neomi Gonzales, J-mee Katanyag, Maria Stella Rossa M. Lopez, Guelan Luarca, Juan Ysmael C. Mendoza, Olivia Kristine D. Nieto, John Carlo V. Pagunaling, Maria Kristine Chynna Roxas, and Nikki Garde-Torres

Links to sessions via the UPD CALโ€™s official YouTube page:

๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป-๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ

๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—  ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฉ๐—Ÿ๐—™

๐—˜-๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ

Co-creating Infrastructures of Care and Support

Collaborative Process and Migration to the Digital Platform: Mongoloida’s Casa De Pun

Stage Manager: From Practicing to Pro

Touring Productions Overseas (Himala) and Locally (Zsazsa Zaturnnah)

VLF PLAYWRIGHTS FAIR: MonoVlog

MONOVLOG, my little project with Layeta Pinzon Bucoy that started on the first week of the Metro Manila lockdown, will be at the VLF Playwright’s Fair tomorrow. We’ll discuss the collaborative process with Lallie on monovlog-making in the time of pandemic.


Thank you, VLF for holding space for us to figure out what we are really doing (bwahahahhahaa!). Mabuhay to our collab team from Tanghalang Pilipino, Sining Banwa in Bikol, and Monovlog-Icebag in Los Baรฑos and in Zamboanga! “Welcome back to our channel!!”

DiaVlog 2

All cried out today for doing 2 performances with Sari Saysay of Layeta Bucoy’s Diavlog 2:

Matinee for iDefend’s TAPIK event and gala for the launch of Sining Banwa’s Project Sumpay. Wow parang ECQ tour sa online platforms. —
Dedicating this performance to my nephew Reggie in the USAF, and Kuya Jerome in the Logistics business. Both are frontliners in the USA. Mabuhay din ang mga healthworker at ang kanilang mga pamilya. Pag sinabi kong mabuhay, sana manatili silang buhay.

Here is Diavlog 2.