A Life in the Theater

The award-wnning digital film adaptation of SA NORTH DIVERSION ROAD based on the play by Tony Perez and directed by Dennis N. Marasigan finally has its theatrical run exclusively at the Indie Sine Robinson’s Movieworld Galleria from April 28 to May 1. SA NORTH DIVERSION ROAD was a finalist in the 2005 Cinema One Originals and was an official selection in the 19th Singapore International Film Festival and the 42nd Pesaro International Film Festival. It was nominated for Best Actress at the 2006 Gawad Urian and for Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Song in the 2006 Golden Screen Awards where it also won Best Screenplay Adaptation. John Arcilla and Irma Adlawan play 10 different couples, all of them travelling in a car along North Diversion Road. Revolving around the theme of infidelity, love and redemption, the film is adapted for the screen and directed by Dennis N. Marasigan, with cinematography, editing and sound design by Mo Zee, production design by Bianca Dadivas, and music by Jes...

For Rogelio Salvador Lachica Juliano Jr. (January 22, 1961 - April 7, 2007) FAREWELL TO A FRIEND Dear Ogie, Yes, I was there at the Guerrero Theater for your curtain call. I wouldn’t have missed it. After all, how long have we known each other? The people who spoke during the service—I mean, performance, all praised you for your contributions to Philippine theater; particularly, your work in U.P. where you’ve practically lived your entire life. They praised you for your work as an actor, director, and costume designer, and deservedly so. That was something we all knew. Some spoke of your temper and tantrums, not without basis, but hardly anyone spoke about your soft side. They didn’t know you had that, Ogie. I knew. I know. It was also at the Guerrero Theater that we first met for the first U.P. Summer Theater Arts Workshop in 1978. You had just graduated from UPIS, I had just finished first year in college. You had just turned 17, I was a few months from being 16. We naturally gravita...