Stage Left Podcast

This collaboration of theater powerhouses in their own right graces not just the stage with an artistic bond formed since their early college years, but now our podcast.From being a part of 11 plays in 2009 to advertising. From winning Palancas, to being a co-founder of Barefoot Theatre Collaborative, Pat Valera has such an illustrious career.Katte Sabate from Creative Theater in UPIS to teaching abroad. From a plethora of tv, film and dramaturgical work to teaching now full time, we now have the privilege of sharing stories an artist whose journey is exciting to learn from.Join us as we explore his artistic experience and share in theater journey of these multifaceted theater practitioners as they introduce us to Barefoot’s new production, Gabriela.Ladies and gentlefolk, please welcome to the pod Pat Valera and Katte Sabate.Director: David CayucaSound Engineer: Anton MagnoSpecial Thanks to:Cliake Studio -⁠ https://www.facebook.com/cliakestudioInt. Bar / Ext. Cafe - ⁠https://www.instagram.com/intbar.extcafe/⁠Sunny Side Sound Productions - ⁠https://www.sunnysidesound.ph/⁠Season 6 - Episode 13

From Hope for the Flowers to Boom! Now You Know, our Gawad Buhay winner for Male Featured Performance in a Musical is a force in the theater.Now with a stellar career on stage and a rising popularity on social media, we will explore his artistic experience and the mark he’s made in theater thus far. As he continues to gift his artistry to the theater, his quote rings true, “Don’t be like me. Be you, because that is your greatest gift,” and the path he’s carved for himself is now paved for others to be the gift they’re meant to be.Ladies and gentlefolk, please welcome to the pod Reb Atadero.Director: David CayucaSound Engineer: Anton MagnoSpecial Thanks to:Cliake Studio -⁠ https://www.facebook.com/cliakestudioInt. Bar / Ext. Cafe - ⁠https://www.instagram.com/intbar.extcafe/⁠Sunny Side Sound Productions - ⁠https://www.sunnysidesound.ph/⁠Season 6 - Episode 11

No stranger to the stage and performance, we have with us Mark Mirando and Opaline Santos and we will be talking about Porvenir’s production of El Fuego Del Alma, Eljay Daldoc’s adaptation of Tennessee William’s Summer and Smoke.With both our guest’s colorful career of exploration and experimental theater and performance, we inquire and discuss their approach into a work that features conservatism and the struggle to find individualism in a constrictive social structure.Ladies and gentlefolk, please welcome to the pod Opaline Santos and Director Mark Mirando.Director: David CayucaSound Engineer: Anton MagnoSpecial Thanks to:Cliake Studio -⁠ https://www.facebook.com/cliakestudioInt. Bar / Ext. Cafe - ⁠https://www.instagram.com/intbar.extcafe/⁠Sunny Side Sound Productions - ⁠https://www.sunnysidesound.ph/⁠Season 6 - Episode 11

Mapanakit is an abundance of Filipino experiences of heartbreak, longing, healing, and hope showered in three one-act plays by acclaimed playwright Eljay Castro Deldoc.With us are three members of the production YPC Stage the professional performance and touring arm of the Biñan Youth Performance Council Inc. Join us as we immerse in their maiden production ng mga dulang bittersweet.Ladies and gentlefolk, please welcome to the pod Euden Moje, Jury Sanchez, and Rijs Noguera.Director: David CayucaSound Engineer: Anton MagnoSpecial Thanks to:Cliake Studio - https://www.facebook.com/cliakestudioInt. Bar / Ext. Cafe - https://www.instagram.com/intbar.extcafe/Sunny Side Sound Productions - https://www.sunnysidesound.ph/Season 6 - Episode 10

50 episodes in and it feels like we're just getting started. With our guest, Phi Palmos, I take a seat on the guest side of the show and we explore what it was like in the early years of the Stage Left and what it looks like in the future.Ladies and gentlefolk, please welcome to the pod as host, Phi Palmos.Director: David CayucaSound Engineer: Anton MagnoSpecial Thanks to:Cliake Studio - https://www.facebook.com/cliakestudioInt. Bar / Ext. Cafe - https://www.instagram.com/intbar.extcafe/Sunny Side Sound Productions - https://www.sunnysidesound.ph/Season 6 - Episode 9

Our guest needs no introduction, an actor, a writer, a director for film and ads, he wears a hat that leaves a career of creativity for young queer people to be inspired with.Spotlight on Babae Sa Septic Tank, a satire of the different creative diaspora from film and now to stage, we explore the artistic experience of an artist from it’s inceptipn to the legacy it leaves in the critique of the Filipino.Ladies and gentlefolk, please welcome to the pod Direk Marlon Rivera.Director: David CayucaSound Engineer: Anton MagnoSpecial Thanks to:Cliake Studio - https://www.facebook.com/cliakestudioInt. Bar / Ext. Cafe - https://www.instagram.com/intbar.extcafe/Sunny Side Sound Productions - https://www.sunnysidesound.ph/Season 6 - Episode 8

Nel is an artist who has lead a vibrant career on stage, from acting to directing amongst the many hats he’s worn in entertainment. As a director, part of his artistic journey has graced us with the gift amazing worksEnter stage, Man of La Mancha. A classic musical that frames a play-within-a-play about the aging, delusional "knight" Don Quixote. To save his manuscript from the Spanish Inquisition, the author Miguel de Cervantes and his fellow prisoners act out the nobleman's romantic, idealistic, and often tragic quest to fight windmills and champion his love, Dulcinea.Ladies and gentlefolk, please welcome to the pod, Nelsito Gomez.Director: David CayucaSound Engineer: Anton MagnoSpecial Thanks to:Cliake Studio - https://www.facebook.com/cliakestudioInt. Bar / Ext. Cafe - https://www.instagram.com/intbar.extcafe/Sunny Side Sound Productions - https://www.sunnysidesound.ph/Season 6 - Episode 7

From PETA, A Christmas Carol, to Disney Hong Kong, from Hi-5 and A Boy Foretold by the Stars to being lead in the movie Paglilitis, our guest has had a vibrant career taking on different roles as a commercial model, events host, and performer.Equal to her colorful career and roles, her artistic path is only equal to coruscating personality that she eminates to people she meets. Join us as we talk about the highs and lows and the whys of the pursuit of theater and performance and what it’s like to navigate being an actor in the metro.Ladies and gentlefolk, please welcome to the pod Rissey Reyes-Robinson.Director: David CayucaSound Engineer: Anton MagnoSpecial Thanks to:Cliake Studio - https://www.facebook.com/cliakestudioInt. Bar / Ext. Cafe - https://www.instagram.com/intbar.extcafe/Sunny Side Sound Productions - https://www.sunnysidesound.ph/Season 6 - Episode 6

Improv is a fast growing form of theater in the public’s eye, where “Every creative act involves a leap into the void,” as American theater director Anne Bogart once mentioned. The magic of improvisational theater has long been a part of the Philippine stage, but through social media, we now have a new found collective love for unpredictable skits and the comedic gold mine it offers.With us is the country’s most popular group, Silly People’s Improv Theater group, or more popularly know as SPIT Manila. Join us as we dive into the world of the unscripted and how their artistry shines with every “yes and”.Ladies and gentlefolk, let’s welcome Dingdong, Pappu, Angelica, Ariel, and Kara of SPIT Manila!Director: David CayucaSound Engineer: Anton MagnoSpecial Thanks to:Cliake Studio - https://www.facebook.com/cliakestudioInt. Bar / Ext. Cafe - https://www.instagram.com/intbar.extcafe/Sunny Side Sound Productions - https://www.sunnysidesound.ph/Season 6 - Episode 5

Jumping straight back to the conversation about the plight of the theater community during the lockdown and how it changed the industry forever. We dive into the new life of Gab Pangilinan from sharing her personal life online to collaborations that break barriers, we are treated to what it was like journeying through all of those pivotal changes.Continuing the conversation in Stage Left, ladies and gentlefolk, Gab Pangilinan!Director: David CayucaSound Engineer: Anton MagnoSpecial Thanks to:Cliake Studio - https://www.facebook.com/cliakestudioInt. Bar / Ext. Cafe - https://www.instagram.com/intbar.extcafe/Sunny Side Sound Productions - https://www.sunnysidesound.ph/Season 6 - Episode 4