ORIGINAL

PERFORMANCE WITH
THE USE OF MEDIA
ARTS
 THEATRE OR THEATER
• It is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers,
typically actors or actresses, to present the experience of a
real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific
place, often a stage.
• Theater productions are usually done by professionals who
are inspired and enthusiastic about their work and who make
their living on stage.
 IN THE PHILIPPINES, THE FORMATION OF SEVERAL
THEATER GROUPS IS A FORTUNATE DEVELOPMENT FOR
PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THEATER ARTS.
Funded through a mix of public (government)
and private (individual) money, some of these
theater groups are the following:
 1) PHILIPPINE EDUCATIONAL THEATER
ASSOCIATION (PETA)
• Founded in the late 1960s by Cecile Guidote, PETA
evolved as one of the most organized and successful
theater groups in the country.
• In contrast with other theater groups, PETA is more
than a theater company; it is an innovative theater
group cultivating a modern perspective on Philippine
art and society. It moves toward issue-based theater
and helps bring about social and political awareness
and change through its programs, performances, and
workshops.
 2) TANGHALANG PILIPINO (TP)
• Organized in 1987, Tanghalang Pilipino is another leading • Some productions:
exponent of Philippine theater. • Walang Sugat
• Zsazsa Zaturnnah
• Working under the umbrella of the Cultural Center of the Ze Muzikal
Philippines, TP is known for its production of original • Ibalong Muzikal
Filipino plays.
• Its effort to develop and train Filipino actors, playwrights,
and designers through stage plays from Philippine past, and
at times, plays from other countries that were translated or
adapted to Filipino setting, is part of TP’s mandate to
educate and awaken the cultural consciousness of the
Filipino audience.
 3) REPERTORY PHILIPPINES
• Repertory Philippines Foundation, Inc. began in 1967 when
two women, Zenaida Amador and Baby Barredo, dreamed
of giving Filipinos a chance to watch a world-class play,
Miss Julie, in their own country.
• The founders are the two great pillars of Philippine
Theater. They have contributed immeasurably to the
world-class quality of Repertory Philippines’ productions
over more than 45 years of existence.
• Repertory Philippines has produced blockbuster shows
that include well-known musicals, such as Les Miserables,
Evita, Jack and the Beanstalk the Musical and many more.
 4) NEW VOICE COMPANY (NVC)
• Internationally acclaimed theater artist Monique Wilson founded
the NVC to help expose Philippine audiences to an awareness of
the many social and political concern in the country through
theater arts.
• The company became when it produced The Vagina Monologues
abroad and in the Philippines since 2001 to help change the laws
on sex trafficking and domestic violence in the country.
• Its production of The Male Voice, an innovative musical exploring
the roots of violence in Filipino men, was its most recent
contribution to Philippine contemporary.
 5) TRUMPETS

• As Asia’s first professional gospel theater

group, Trumpets is known for wholesome
family entertainment musicals such as The
Little Mermaid, Joseph the Dreamer, and The
Blue Bird.
 LOCAL PERFORMING GROUPS
• In the Philippines, non-professional theater has also helped
keep the legitimate stage alive and strong.
• They draw their acting and production personnel not from
professionals but from people in all walks of life and reach
large audiences with their productions.
• The school theater is an example of theater regarded in the
non-professional field.
 WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF ORIGINAL
PERFORMANCE IN THE PHILIPPINES?
• The realization that the Filipino has his or her own
world outside of the Western universe and that he or
she has so much to its audience augurs well for
Philippine theater. It may fluctuate in popularity, and
the pleasures it offers may be fulfilled at times by
other activities, but the theater in one form or another
will always be a part of Philippine society.
 THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME MORE OF THE BRIGHT
DEVELOPMENTS IN ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE IN THE
PHILIPPINES
• The rise in the number of original plays written and produced by
Filipino playwrights.
• The increasing interest for participatory and spontaneous theater
that revolves around economic and social concerns of communities.
• The new trend on the utilization of technology in the stage
productions, featuring spectacles – never-before-seen stage
productions characterized by animatronics, flamboyant sets, and
vibrant costume designs- that harmonize with majestic state-of-the-
art theaters.
 ROLES IN A THEATER PRODUCTION

• Play production offers many opportunities that you may

well find more stimulating and exciting than acting. All
activities involved in the design and construction of sets
and costumes, the handling of lighting equipment, and the
managing of affairs backstage and in the front are of
absorbing interest when a play gets underway.
• The following are some roles in a play production;
 DIRECTOR

• The key figure in theater production.

• His or her aim is to reproduce the
playwright’s intentions as faithfully as he or
she can.
• It is the person upon whom the success or
failure of the production most largely
depends.
• He or she must be able to delegate authority.
 STAGE MANAGER
• The stage manager is the architect of the
performing arts.
• The stage manager’s role is a marriage of all
the elements needed, satisfying all the
requirements of the particular production.
• Fortunately, this control is divided into many
departments, under the direction of the stage
manager, and each person has a certain
responsibilities as enumerated in the
following;
 1) SET DESIGNER/PRODUCTION DESIGNER
• A production of a play largely depends on the set
that a set designer and production designer have
prepared.
• The set includes all the sceneries, furniture, and
props that the audience sees on stage. It is the
responsibility of both the set designer and
production designer to provide the following:
 to give the audience an idea about the concept of
the concept of the production
 to provide the space that will fulfill the
requirement of the script
 2) COSTUME, MASK, AND ACCESSORIES
DESIGNER
• Costume is also a visual element of theater. Costumes aid in
creating visually pleasing and effective performances. They
help create atmosphere and define character for actors and
actresses so that their performances would seem real.
 3) MAKEUP ARTIST

• Makeup has several functions. It

accumulates normal features so that
they can be clearly projected to the
audience, it helps to create a character.
Amateurs are also often more
comfortable onstage if they can lose
their own identity under face paint or
makeup.
 PROGRAM OR A DESIGN BRIEF
• The design brief, sometimes called a program, contains the broad objectives of
the project, the expectations of the user (director), and the purpose of the design.
• The design brief should consider the ff:

 The script. The script provides all the particulars that the play requires
 The style and tone of the whole production
 The budget, props, work assignment, schedules, venues, etc.
 The specific time and place of the action
 The movement and grouping of the actors
 The budget (in both time and money)
 The workforce (the experience and abilities of the crew)
 The inventory of all the things needed for the planned set
WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS OF ART
APPLIED TO AN ORIGINAL
PERFORMANCE?
1) THEME 2) PLOT
• It is the central idea of the • The plot is the story line.
production.
• It is what is happening.
• It can be clearly stated through
dialogue, bodily movements, and • Sequence of events
gestures or kinesthetic movements,
songs, or can be inferred after
watching the entire performance.
• It may touch on any aspect of life.
• Usually, the better the theme, the
better is the presentation.
 3) CHARACTERS
• The actors and actresses are the various
characters interwoven with the plot.
• Each character has a personality of its
own and has a responsibility of bringing
the character he or she is playing to life.
4) SCRIPT/LIBRETTO
• The story is narrated, danced around,
or sang through this important
element.
• The success of the play depends
hugely on how well the librettist or
scriptwriter wrote the dialogue, and
on how the quality of the delivery of
the same by the actors or actresses.
 5) MUSIC OR SOUND
• There are three basic kinds of sound for plays:

1) Natural Sounds. It gives the scene in a play a feeling of

authenticity. All these sounds are natural to bring realism
to the play.
2) Music. It is both real and unreal. It adds to the realism
because it affects our emotions, involving us more deeply.
3) Dialogue. A play’s dialogue impacts better with the
audience if it is accompanied by a suitable piece of music.
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