PETA Summer Workshop is BACK!

The Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) is back to offering its face-to-face summer theater workshops starting May 2023!

The year marks an important milestone for Philippine theater as this is the year stages reopened and live performances returned for Filipino audiences post-pandemic. As PETA celebrates its 56th year in the industry, and wraps up its last month of the successful and highly-anticipated run of its newest original musical, Rody Vera’s Walang Aray (a farcical adaptation of Severino Reyes’ class zarzuela Walang Sugat), we can expect more theater activities in store for everyone in the coming months!

The next big thing everyone can anticipate is the return of PETA’s annual Summer Workshops, which shifted to an online, and eventually, a hybrid set-up during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. From May-July 2023, PETA Summer Workshops will now take place fully in-person at the PETA Theater Center in Quezon City, offering five courses:

● Children’s Theater 1 (6 to 8 years old) is a safe space for little kids to get immersed in the art of rhythmic movement, dance, songs, puppetry, storytelling, and many more;

● Children’s Theater 2 (9 to 12 years old) offers kids a journey of artistic discovery through music, visual arts, poetry, story writing, storytelling, and drama improvisation;

● Teen Theater (14 to 17 years old) employs PETA’s one-of-a-kind Integrated Theater Arts approach to create a combination of a fun and challenging workshop course designed for teens looking to nourish their artistic spirit through creative drama, sound and music, and visual arts;

● Musical Theater for Teens (13 to 17 years old) is rooted in experimentation and discovery for musically inclined teens, offering a workshop course that aims to develop the connections between body, music, and storytelling through various theatrical activities;

● Theater Arts (18 years old and up) is a beginner’s course for adults that will teach the fundamentals of theater acting, dramatic improvisation, and theater production;

● Acting 1 (18 years old and up) is an adult’s course that focuses on the specialized skill of acting, to develop and enhance one’s acting tools by exploring different acting styles and principles for experienced performers to level up in their discipline; and

● Creative Musical Theater (18 years old and up) is a course for musically inclined adults which explores the fine art of musical theater by allowing participants to experience the elements of musical performance, composition, and production in order to understand the harmonization of the different fields that make a successful musical show.

The PETA Summer Workshops offer a range of courses for people of all ages, and participants can expect to learn a range of skills, from the fundamentals of theater acting to creative drama, sound and music, and visual arts.

The PETA Summer Workshops have gained immense popularity among children and adults for their long-term impact, aiding participants in their respective fields and disciplines. The courses offer a unique opportunity to learn from experienced PETA Artist-Teachers, who have been part of iconic PETA shows like Walang Aray, Rak of Aegis, and CareDivas.

Registration and enrollment is currently ongoing. Interested applicants can register for PETA Summer Workshops 2023 now at www.bit.ly/petasummerworkshop! For more information, contact Betita Sarmiento at 0926-406-6858, betitasarmiento@petatheater.com, or follow PETA on its social media accounts: @petatheater.

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SM Stationery's Virtual Art Fest 2021

Discover your creativity when you attend SM's very first Stationery Virtual Art Fest happening all weekends of April and May online at www.smstationery.com.ph

They are offering workshops for different media like brush calligraphy, watercolor and abstract painting, as well as contemporary expressions like Doodle sketching and pop arts and crafts which everyone can enjoy and try. Here's what's in store for participants:

• Visual Artist and International Art teacher Majenta Ocampo will share her knowledge and have fun painting Easter Egg in Nordic and Mandalorian-Style.
  
  
  
  
  
• Create your water color wonders with licensed Professional Teacher and YouTube Art Teacher Aimee Fadriguela, who will show some watercolor painting techniques using Prismacolor Colored Pencils in designing canisters and bookmarks on April 25. Teacher Mangel of Pilot Pens, on the other hand, will share the Watercolor resist art painting in Batik-Bag Coloring with Pilot Pen Juice Paint Markers and Liquid Glue on April 10 and 11.
  
  
  

 

• Calligrapher and eco-friendly artist Kylee Tabil of Kyleegraphy, will share some tips on Basic Faux Calligraphy and how to design reusable Tumblers with their favorite quotes and lettering.
  
  
  
  
  
• Preschool Teacher Jillian Dungo will share her tricks on how to Glue Drawn Art using different colors of Elmer’s Glue.
  
  
  
  
  

Plus an added treat, workshop participants will be given special prizes and freebies at the end of the workshop.

The SM Stationery Virtual Art Fest 2021 is in partnership with Sharpie, Faber Castell, Artline, Prismacolor, Papermate, Titus, Craft Easy, Elmer’s, Tokyo Finds, Sakura, and Pilot. To register, visit the website www.smstationery.com.ph and follow them on Instagram and Facebook in smstationeryph for more info.

 

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know your teachers in 9WT's Stage Camp

9 Works Theatricals' Stage Camp is an annual theater arts workshop for all ages and it will surely make your summer productive and art-filled with the following courses for 7 whole weeks! The workshop starts on April 11 to May 29 with the following:

Kiddie and Pre-Teen Camp (Ages 5 to 11 years old):
Mondays to Fridays
Weeks 1-3: April 11 to 29, 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Weeks 4-7: May 2 to 27, 12:00nn to 3:00pm

Teens Camp (Ages 12 to16 years old)
Mondays to Fridays
Weeks 1-3: April 11 to 29, 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Weeks 4-7: May 2 to 27, 3:30pm to 6:30pm

Adult Camp (Ages 17 years old and up)
Mondays to Fridays
Weeks 1-3: April 11 to 29, 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Weeks 4-7: May 2 to 27, 7:00pm to 10:00pm

Just in case you're more interested of the teachers, let me introduce 5 in the 9WT network to impart theater skills that you will surely enjoy.

Kiddie & Pre-Teen Camp (ages 5 – 11) will be held 1pm-3pm from April 11, and will shift to 12pm-3pm by May. Students will be under the mentoring of Onyl Torres (musical director of 9WT’s RENT, The Wedding Singer, 50 Shades!, and artistic board director of the Philippine Choral Directors Association) and Jim Ferrer (West End UK’s Here Lies Love, ATEG’s Tarzan) - you may also recognize him in a Nissin Yakisoba commercial.

Teen Camp (ages 12 – 16) will be held 4pm-6pm (April) and will shift to 3:30pm-6:30pm (May). Managing the class are Sab Jose (9WT’s RENT, The Wedding Singer, Grease, and The Sandbox Collective’s acting coach for NO FILTER) and Nelsito Gomez (9WT’s Grease, Manila Shakespeare Company’s Romeo and Juliet, ATEG’ Saturday Night Fever, Shrek).

Adult Camp (17 and above) will be held 7pm-9pm (April) and will shift to 7pm-10pm (May). The workshop will be spearheaded by 9 Works Theatrical’s Artistic Director and theater veteran Robbie Guevara (Asian and UK tour of Miss Saigon, and the directorial force behind 9WT’s shows).

The culminating showcases will be at the CPR Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Makati with the Adult Camp performing on May 28 at 8pm, and the Kiddie&Pre-Teen Camp on May 29 at 3pm, followed by the Teen Camp at 5pm.

Pick up your phones and contact 0917.554.5560 or 586.7105 or email info@9workstheatrical.com for enrollment and inquiries!

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PETA hosts Children's Arts Festival

The Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) invites all children and young at heart for a 3-day workshop with PETA Theater teachers and members in the Children Arts Festival happening May 29-31 at the PETA Theater.

The 3-day festival will be filled with play areas, workshops, film showing and performances. The festival will feature one of PETA’s longest running musical for children Christine Bellen’s “Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang” and an advocacy musical that discusses the issues of Corporal Punishment Liza Magtoto’s “Rated-PG.” It also includes performances from PETA's regional partners, YATTA’s “Aah Bakus” from Dumaguete, Sining Banwa’s “Si Al Buda an Tsinelas” from Legazpi, and Teatro Guindegan’s “Istoryahe lang ta” from Ozamis. St. Gregory Elementary School, Las Piñas East National High School, Polo National High School, Tanghalang SLU, FEU Theater Guild, Maria Montessori, Palo Culture and Arts Organization also collaborates with special performances.

For children who like to go on workshop, there are also passes for storytelling, shadow puppetry, visual arts, creative sound and music, creative drama, hip-hop dancing and creative writing to be facilitated by PETA Artist-Teachers and Members.

Tickets are Php 100 (performance pass), and Php 200 (performance and workshop pass). For tickets contact PETA at (02) 725-6244 or TicketWorld at 891-9999 www.ticketworld.com.ph.

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Reach for your Dreams with STAGE CAMP 2013

aspiring talents in acting, dancing and singing can make their way with one step closer to stardom as 9 Works Theatrical, one of the Philippines' fastest growing theater companies, bring STAGE CAMP 2013. in partnership with The Rockwell Club, 9 Works takes people to an extraordinary theater experience fresh from the success of They're Playing Our Song of Nikki Gil and Lorenz Martinez. and this is a wonderful thing to spend summer with, of course, your favorite trainor / actors and crew from 9 Works Theatrical.

show off your GLEE or SMASH characters with the stellar productions as how Stage Camp alumni underwent. Stage Camp alumni include sisters Rachel and Becca Coates of Teen Camp have gone to do Resorts World Manila's The Sound of Music. Joseph Perez, a graduate of Kiddie Camp; Pre-Teen Camp, appeared in Tanghalang Pilipino's celebrated productions of Noli Me Tangere and Walang Sugat. Meanwhile, Sarah Facuri who is a proud alumna of Adult Camp has gone on to appear in shows like Resorts World Manila's The Sound of Music and The King and I.

the workshop undergoes for 6 weeks in The Loft @ Manansala in Rockwell Center. activities such as singing and dancing, acting workshops and rehearsals start on April 8. and a culminating activity at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium will showcase the participants on either May 25 or 26.

Schedule:

Kiddie & Pre-Teen Camp (ages 5 – 11) will be held from Monday to Friday 1pm – 3pm and will be spearheaded by Onyl Torres (Repertory Philippines’ A Christmas Carol and PETA’s Himala) and Peachy Atilano (9 Works Theatrical’s The Wedding Singer and They’re Playing Our Song)

Teen Camp (ages 12 – 17) will be held from Monday to Friday 4 – 6pm and will be taught by Gemini Quintos (Broadway credits include A Christmas Carol, Annie and The Wizard of Oz) and Bym Buhain (9 Works Theatrical’s The Wedding Singer, Repertory Philippines’ Peter Pan, and Blue Repertory’s Spring Awakening).

Adult Camp (18 and above) will be held from Monday to Friday 7 – 9pm and will be mentored by 9 Works Theatrical’s Artistic Director and theater veteran Robbie Guevara (Asian and UK tour of Miss Saigon, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; RENT, Sweet Charity, The Wedding Singer, and They’re Playing Our Song) and Carlos Canlas (Repertory Philippines’ Man of La Mancha and Atlantis Productions’ In the Heights).

Stage Camp is presented by 9 Works Theatrical, 9PO, and The Rockwell Club. 

for inquiries, call 586-7105 or 0917-5545560 or email info@9workstheatrical.com. you may also visit www.9workstheatrical.com or www.facebook.com/9workstheatrical.

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FUN ROCKET SCIENCE for kids this summer

At least this is a rocket launching that I would support. Not only that they will help young kids to understand science, it is a fun activity too.

The Philippine Science Centrum and the SkyXplore invites you to join this exciting activity and will teach you and your partner (working as a team) how to make and launch a rocket made of plastic bottles and strips. With your rockets assembled, your team will compete with other teams for event competitions on ACCURACY and DISTANCE.

LAUNCH YOU ROCKET THIS APRIL
(Water Rocket Workshop & Competition)
Philippine Science Centrum & Riverbanks amphitheater
Riverbanks Center, Marikina City.
April 28-29, 2012.

What are you waiting for? Choose a buddy and register your team... 20 teams per category will be accommodated.

REGISTRATION FEE: Php. 250.00/participant inclusive of:
- Workshop materials
- Snacks and lunch for two (2) days
- Access to the Philippine Science Centrum
- Certificate of Participation
- A chance to win cash prizes and items to event competitions

Kindly download, accomplish and submit the REGISTRATION FORM at www.science-centrum.ph together with your payments to PFST Secretariat, Philippine Science Centrum, E-com Bldg., Riverbanks Center, Marikina City. For further details please call (02) 942-5091 and (02)942-4137 and look for Ms. Cheryl Mulat.

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STAGE CAMP opens in 2012

9 Works Theatrical, the theater company behind the Manila runs of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Sweet Charity and RENT now opens its doors for aspiring talents to join their acting and stage workshop: STAGE CAMP.
Stage Camp made ways for its alumni who are enjoying the limelight in the real theater scene. for example, Sarah Facuri and sisters Becca and Rachel Oates are part of Resorts World's ongoing production of Sound of Music. Fran Jose was also recently part of 4th Wall’s Rivalry: The Ateneo-La Salle Musical and appeared in last year’s Seussical the Musical under Rep. Erik Lozano was seen in Kids Act’s Pinocchio while Joseph Perez in Tanghalang Pilipino’s Noli Me Tangere.
this will run on April 16 to March 3 2012 at The Loft @ Manansala where 9 Works mostly do their rehearsals. so it's like immersing into the 9 Works world and having interaction with those you really see on stage. this is because the instructors include Francis Matheu (The Wedding Singer, Peter Pan) and Peachy Atilano (RENT, Sound of Music) for Kiddie Camp; Pre-Teen Camp under Onyl Torres (Joy Luck Club, A Fire in the Soul) and Harold Cruz (Rivalry, RENT), Teen Camp under Toff de Venecia (You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Little Shop of Horrors) and Gemini Quintos (Broadway’s Annie and A Christmas Carol), Adult Camp under Topper Fabregas (Leading Ladies, Sweet Charity) and Anthony Tarrosa Ong (Rivalry, Sweet Charity), and Advanced Camp for Adults under 9 Works Theatrical’s Artistic Director Robbie Guevara (Miss Saigon, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown).
STAGE CAMP is brought to you by 9 Works Theatrical and The Rockwell Club, with media partner When in Manila. For inquires, call 557-5860, 586-7105, 0917-5545560, or email info@9workstheatrical.com, or visit www.9workstheatrical.com for details.

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join TOOTS TOLENTINO's writing lifestyle stories workshop

do you have a story to tell? or do you want to share your impressions after trying a hotel, tasting a new and unique cuisine, or just simply how you spend your everyday life. join Toots Tolentino's Art of Writing Lifestyle Stories Workshop this summer!

if you are a highschool or college student who has a lot of stories and / or willing to discover your inner talent in writing lifestyle stories, you are welcome.

register now for the workshop starts on April 4 2011 and shall cover the following subjects: Art & Culture, Health & Wellness, Home & Interiors, Food & Restaurants, Fashion & Beauty, Travel, Family & Personalities.

Joselito "Toots" Tolentino owns the Joselito Tolentino Communication Consultancy and has worked with known personalities like Lea Salonga, the Philippine Opera Company, etc. he is also the PR Consultant of known theater production 9 Works Theatrical and now holds the publicities of Repertory Philippines.

For schedules and further details, call / text: 0917-8604205 or email: tolentino_toots@yahoo.com.

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