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Tanghalang Ateneo to Open 41st Season with Dolorosa on April 15-31 at the Doreen Black Box



Wazzup Pilipinas!

Tanghalang Ateneo, the longest-running theater company of the Loyola

Schools of the Ateneo de Manila University, will kick off its 41st season, "Écriture

Féminine | Sulat-Babae: The Women's Season," this August with a full-length

version of Peter Zaragoza Mayshle’s Dolorosa.

Multihyphenate Jenny Jamora (33 Variations, Every Brilliant Thing) will direct the

material, which was originally a one-act play and part of the Virgin Labfest 14 staged

readings last year.

Set in three periods of Philippine history, Dolorosa tells the story of a family whose

devotion arms the women to face the tides of historical change. During the Spanish

occupation, a wooden statue of the Mater Dolorosa, crafted by a master sculptor from

Paete, Laguna, is mysteriously lost. In the Japanese era, Pilar, the sculptor’s

granddaughter, discovers her powers of astral projection and is visited in an

apparition by the Sorrowful Mother, tasking her to search for the missing statue.




Decades later, on Good Friday, Pilar’s three daughters reunite to piece together the

rediscovered statue, while anxiously waiting for the arrival of their estranged

mother, who has spent fifteen years in America for strange reasons difficult to

understand.

Boasting a predominantly female cast, Dolorosa attempts to reconcile the relations of

family, nationalism, sexuality, and faith; exploring the definition of womanhood

amidst the changing tides of history — ever tenacious, often misconstrued.

Comedienne and film/theatre actress Bibeth Orteza plays the role of Pilar in her 70s,

who has mysteriously returned to her daughters after a fifteen year disappearance.

Ron Capinding plays the role of Mariano, a native of Paete during the Spanish

occupation, and sculptor of the Mater Dolorosa from whom the play takes its name.

Claudia Enriquez doubles as Elena, Mariano’s wife who goes on to join the growing

Filipino rebellion, and Claudia, the oldest of Pilar’s three daughters.

Rainbow Gutierrez doubles as Victoria, Pilar’s mother during the Japanese

occupation, and Alicia, the second of Pilar’s daughters.

Zoë de Ocampo doubles as Pilar, a twelve year old during the Japanese occupation,

and Juliana, the youngest of Pilar’s daughters.

AJ Umali plays Padre Galiano; Mariano’s sponsor for the crafting of the Dolorosa,

Pablo; Pilar’s father, and Tasyo; an arbularyo.

Sabrina Basilio plays Chedeng, a subversive during the Spanish occupation, and

Mitring, a market vendor during the Japanese occupation.

Dani Capinding, Francesca Dela Cruz, Kat Dizon, Kim Donato, and Shaun Ocrisma

play the five Marys, respectively representing different titles of the Holy Mother.

Tanghalang Ateneo’s Zarya Almocera, Darl Alba, Nicole Chua, and Mekaella




Mendoza complete the cast as members of the ensemble.

The artistic team is completed by production designers Ben Padero and Carlo Tabije

(Heneral Luna, Siargao), movement designer Jomelle Era (Desaparesidos), lighting

designer D Cortezano (Desaparesidos, Marisol), sound designer Arvy Dimaculangan

(Desaparesidos, Every Brilliant Thing), graphic designer Zoë de Ocampo (Alpha Kappa

Omega, Stop Kiss), photographer Jojit Lorenzo, vocal coaches Robin Aronson and

Rachael Swartz, and dramaturg and current Ateneo Creative Writing major Elise

Ofilada.

The show will go onstage at the Doreen Black Box (Areté, Ateneo de Manila

University) from August 15 to August 31, 2019, from Thursday to Saturday.

Thursday and Friday shows will be at 7:30PM, while Saturday shows will be at

2:30PM and 7:30PM.

For ticket details and other inquiries, contact Heinrich Catan at 0923 081 9919.

Connect with Tanghalang Ateneo online through the following social media

networks:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/TanghalangAteneo

Twitter: www.twitter.com/TAOfficial_ Instagram:

www.instagram.com/tanghalangateneo

#DolorosaTA #TA41 #ÉcritureFéminine #TheWomensSeason

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