Fifteen artists finally had a sigh of relief after their culminating showcase for a five-month acting workshop. Fifteen artists finally had a sigh of relief after their culminating showcase for a five-month acting workshop. Titled "Bata...Bata...Sa Iyo, Ano ang Ginagawa?" the theater production tackled “the sad plight of children, abuses committed against them, violation of their rights, as well as societal neglect and indifference.” Text by Jillian Q. Gatcheco. Photos by Mitch S. Mauricio.
Nanding Josef (Vice President and Artistic Director of the Cultural Center of the Philippines) says that the workshop was designed not only to improve the acting skills of the participants but also to help them increase their self-awareness, develop their sense of social responsibility, and cope with their own personal conflicts.
Given that these were complicated literary works, the 15 artists who performed still did not fail to deliver. Rainier Castillo, Iwa Moto, and Mark Herras read their parts beautifully, while the rest acted out different plays by pair or via monologue.