Director: Carlos Siguion-Reyna
Dramaturg: Rodolfo Vera
Set Design: Toym Leon Imao
Light Design: John Batalla
Sound Design: TJ Ramos
Costume Design: James Reyes
Cast
Teseo: Teroy Guzman/ Randy Medel Villarama
Hipolita: Jackie Lou Blanco/ Skyzx Labastilla
Oberon: Audie Gemora
Titanya: Liesl Batucan
Egeo: Richard S. Cunanan
Fluke/Tisbe: Rafa Siguion-Reyna
Snout/Pader: Tope Kliatchko/Paulo Carlo
Bottom/Piramo: Jonathan Tad Tadioan
Lisandro: Marco Viaña
Hermia: Antonette Go
Puck: Aldo Glenn Vencilao
Helena: Lhorvie Ann Melendres Nuevo
Demetrio: JV Ibesate
Snug/Leon: Doray Dayao
Peter Quince: Ybes Bagadiong
Starvelling/Buwan/Gamu-Gamo: Joshua Martin Tayco
Hipolita/Mustasa: Manok Nellas
Agiw: Eunice Gabrielle Pacia
Gisante: Blanche Buhia
Video
A teaser trailer of the performance
Reviews
Tanghalang Pilipino stages Tinio version of ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’
GMA News
While the play has a lot of funny and light moments as well as a happy ending, Siguion-Reyna says he does not see “Pangarap” as a whimsical story. “There are lots of dark elements in this play. We went for thematic manifestations and the suggestion of fascism and passion instead of constricting the play to a certain period,” he said. “In fact, I even thought about setting it in a mental hospital, a 19th century Spanish precolonial period, traditional Philippine mythology, or a totalitarian state—but that [would have been] reducing the play.”
Shakespeare for the millennials and otherwise
Pablo A. Tariman | Vera Files
Indeed, Shakespeare is complicated enough as it is for today’s millennial audiences but director Siguion Reyna dissected the piece, turned it inside and out and made it fun and enjoyable for today’s audiences without losing the play’s essence. It was as much a good occasion as any to re-experience Shakespeare. Midway into the play, the more you discover that Tinio is the consummate genius for allowing us to enjoy it thoroughly in our native tongue.
A peep of moonlight: A review of TP’s Pangarap sa Isang Gabi ng Gitnang Tag-araw
Christian Ralf Dugan | Heradlo Filipino
Behind the diverse feelings of the characters, humor and excitement still find a special place in the corners of storyline. The value of truth is being exhibited in the times where everyone is confused, as well as the importance of accepting the people between our predicaments. Moreover, this classical adaptation focuses on the consequences of desires that can ruin someone’s existence in the long run—if we fail to mend the troubles we make.
Magic and mayhem in ‘Midsummer’
Cora Llamas | Philippine Daily Inquirer
It is to the cast’s credit that they make this particular linguistic divide sound natural. The senior performers who play the Greek aristocrats (De Guzman, Richard Cunanan) infuse their lines with the necessary gravitas sans pomposity, and yet can easily pull back to deliver the required comic punch. Audie Gemora and Liesl Batucan, meanwhile, stick to Filipino as the fairy rulers Oberon and Titania.
Tanghalang Pilipino reimagines Shakespeare’s Misummer Night’s Dream
Philippine Star
He talks about the cast: “I went into rehearsals as if the two great playwrights, Shakespeare and Tinio, were in the room with me. I had so much fun exploring this play with the cast and I’m enjoying the fact that I can’t fully grasp the entirety of the play. We’re finding it out together. Here, we are exploring the roles of men and women, and sexual and gender politics, among others. I’m working with a great cast.”
‘Midsummer Night’ in Tagalog is fun, fanciful
Fred Hawson | ABS-CBN News
That rollicking fun performance of “Pyramus and Thisbe” in the last act looked so natural as a disastrously amateur effort — hilariously amazing! The show may be long (over two-and-a-half hours with a 10 minute intermission) and the language poetic (yet so refreshingly current), but overall it was mischievous fun, engaging and very entertaining — another triumphant production by Tanghalang Pilipino! The happy and appreciative full house last night was proof of that.
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Photos
Photos by Kurt Copon.
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