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On The Menu: UP Repertory Company's Damas de Noche: Isang Musikal

UP REP first staged Joi Barrios' DAMAS DE NOCHE in 2001 in a production called "Alimuom". In 2006, it was restaged by the company but was given a more colorful and lively interpretation - it was made into a musical. With the libretto written by Romulo Baquiran Jr., a famous writer and professor (who was also a member of UP Rep), a colorful twist was given to the stories of four women during the Spanish-American War: Leonarda, a helper accused as a mujerzuela, who wishes to be with her rebel lover once again; Juanita, a young mother who wishes to be a star of the zarzuelas; Maria, a worker at a tobacco factory who goes to the city in hopes of getting riches; and Clara, a woman silenced by a sickness she acquired after getting raped by 14 men. Their stories are narrated by Magdalena, the famous Biblical character, here performing the role of "whore for all seasons".

The four women all wait in vain for the end of their oppression and longing. Their stories reflect the true situation of their motherland Philippines, and how it was raped by different colonizers investing on its body of bountiful resources through the centuries. The musical is about the conditions of women in a society that measures their value according to their bodies, and how they will manage to escape these chains.

As a continuing celebration of its 41st anniversary and as a contribution to the ongoing struggle for equal rights, The UP Repertory Company proudly presents DAMAS DE NOCHE, a striking musical about Filipino women. Directed by UP Rep residents Bryle Leaño and Gio Potes with musical direction by Gian Odeste and choreography by Jomelle Era, this re-staging of the songs and the dances combined with the different stories of women during the turn of the century, DAMAS DE NOCHE once again reflects violence and oppression against women in contemporary society. This is a musical against this oppression, a musical production that reflects the joys and the sorrows of being a Filipina in the colonization of the Spaniards and the Americans.

DAMAS DE NOCHE runs on March 1 and 8 (3pm and 7pm) and on February 28 and March 7 (7pm only) at the Dalisay Aldaba Recital Hall, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City. For ticket inquiries, contact Jenica (09163210485).

Tickets: Php 250.00 (Php 200.00 for UP students)