RnJ Sepanx

Since Saturday night I have been dreaming I was back at Teatrino with my MSC friends Nic, Nel, Issa and Katski. One dream each friend, one night each. In each dream we were just hanging, chilling. This must be major sepanx after we closed Romeo and Juliet last Saturday night, 15 August 2015.

Not to mention that that night was the best audience we had of our limited run. The audience was so into the story, it was as if they were hanging by your arm with every beat, every breath of the play. We heard a collective gasp at Mercutio's death, we heard laughter at the funny parts, and hushed respect during the more serious scenes.

I always imagine each time I perform that I have friends and family in the audience rooting for me to do well, but that night I didn't have to worry. Luis Nieto was in the audience, and also the beautiful Anne Gauthier, both of whom I haven't seen in a while. Plus my niece, Cheska del Rosario, saw it, too.

I should start working on Niel Santiago's The Thing About Bridges which I am sharing the stage with him (the playwright) on 29 August. I plan to go all out Semiotic - Sound Sense Method here. It's a short ten-minute play, so that promises to be fun and a wonderful opportunity to be a floor plan for this acting method.

#memory #will #action Let's do this!

Heart full of love

I remember on August 7, 2015, just before the beginning of Manila Shakespeare Company's rerun of Romeo and Juliet, we were standing in the wings while Nicanor Campos was introducing the show, how my heart was so full of love I thought I would burst.

I still know the reason I keep doing theatre. Theatre teaches me to be present, and being present is the only real way I know to be the best human I can be.

Theatre is my religion, my deepest spirituality, and the closest I ever feel to God the Creator. I pray I'll never stop doing theatre for the rest of my life.

Our last two shows are 14 and 15 August. For tickets, call or text me at 0943 826 9497.