LIMBO is a theatrical play about never-ending poverty enacted by the students of De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde.
The most interesting thing about this play is not the play itselfโbut the juxtaposition of the characters and the student actors.
Ang kanilang dula ay tungkol sa kahirapan, ngunit lahat ng artista ay mula sa marangyang eskwelahan. Paano nila bibigyang buhay ang ganitong buhay?
Quoting one of the student actors, โ๐๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐จ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐บ๐ข๐บ๐ข๐ณ๐ช ๐ด๐ข ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ. ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐จ ๐ด๐ข ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐บ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ด.โ
The students are here not just to act but also to empathize. They are using what they have to reach out and send a message.
โ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข-๐ฉ๐บ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ข๐ด๐ข ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅโฆ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ต ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐บ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐ข ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฉ๐ช๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ข๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข.โ
This play alone wonโt really change the current system in the Philippines. It wonโt stop poverty. It stays in Limbo. But if you look outside the play, itโll somehow make you hopeful.
Dumarami ang nagigising sa katotohanan.
Hindi na lamang mahihirap ang nakakaintindi sa kapwa-mahihirap. Pati mga pribadong ekswelahan ay nakiki-dalamhati sa problema ng publiko.
Nawaโy maging daan ang dulang ito upang mas maraming estudyante ang mamulat. At sana ang kamulatan na iyun ay mauwi sa aksyon.
Siguro sa pagkakataong iyun, maaaring tayoโy makatakas na sa LIMBO.
Sana.
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LIMBO (Theater Play 2023)
Written by: Elrod Cuesta
Directed by: Kiefer Sison
Presented by: Odd One Out Productions
Cast (all casts are students from Benilde): Ethan Wong as Don Pepot, Karl Navela as Don Asyong, Samantha Tinsay as Aling Mema, Jack Gaza as Mang Erning, Boom Gonzales as Carding, Dave Palomo as Tisoy, Aleks Alibusa as Bebang, Aki Resurreccion as Kapitana Tina, Ysabel Suaybaguio as Tekla, and Michael Hilao as Malou Ang
๐ซ Tickets available at https://tinyurl.com/LimboTix
July 28 (Friday) โ 11am & 3pm
July 29 (Saturday) โ 11am & 3pm
August 1 (Tuesday) โ 11am & 3pm
August 2 (Wednesday) โ 11am & 3pm
๐ โBenilde SDA Campusโ (6/F D+A Black Box Theater, Design and Arts Campus, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, Taft Avenue, Malate Manila)
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