CatSU to host a two-day musical production by award-winning Director, Vince Tañada
Arts and CultureThe Catanduanes State University
will host a two-day musical play directed by award-winning Director, Atty.
Vince M. Tañada at the CatSU Gymnasium on February 5 and 6, 2023 at 8:00AM,
11:00AM, 2:00PM, and 5:00PM.
"Bayani Love, Heroes in
Concert," is an artistic presentation of the struggles of our national
heroes as they fought for freedom for the people they loved. Written by Tañada,
the play is a jukebox musical that features love stories from known national
heroes such as Lapu-Lapu and Bulakna, Gabriela and Diego Silang, Antonio Luna
and Nellie Bousted, Juan Luna and Paz Pardo de Tavera, Jose Rizal and Josephine
Bracken, and Andres Bonifacio and Gregoria De Jesús.
The production will be staged by
the Philippine Stagers Foundation (PSF), a highly acclaimed organization known
for its outstanding musical productions. PSF has been recognized by the TAYO
Awards Foundation, Dangal ng Bansa by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, and the
Aliw Awards and Broadway World Awards for its multi-award-winning productions.
In 2013, PSF was awarded the Best Program for Culture and the Arts at the 22nd
KBP Golden Dove Awards.
Atty. Tañada, a highly decorated
awardee in FAMAS, STAR, GOLDEN DOVE, CMMA, and ALIW, and the award-winning
Director of the movie KATIPS, hopes that students and teachers in the island
province of Catanduanes will be able to witness the play and learn more about
history, culture, and values through the medium of theater arts.
Tañada, who is also the Founder
and Artistic Director of PSF, assures that the musical play will benefit the
audience not only academically, as it focuses on a holistic approach to
studying Modern Literature and Philippine History, but it is also an artistic
masterpiece in theater production that has never been seen before in the
Philippines.
Dr. Ramon Felipe Sarmiento, Vice
President for Research, Extension, and Production Affairs (VP REPA), is
thrilled about the upcoming musical play that the University will be hosting.
The VP REPA expressed his excitement over the rare opportunity to host and
witness a musical play, and emphasized the importance of promoting it to students
as a unique experience.
In addition, Dr. Sarmiento, a
multi-talented writer, screenwriter, and director with several awards to his
name, sees this musical play as a chance to relaunch the University's cultural
group, the Hablon Dawani. He believes that the event will help bring attention
to the group and encourage more students to get involved in the university's
cultural and artistic scene.
