undaunted, the musical

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CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE

TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S

1 Chairman’s message

2 Who is Oscar M. Lopez?

6 Synopsis: Undaunted

8 Cast l ist

9 Director and playwright’s notes

10 Lyrics

13 Who’s who: The cast and staff

20 Credits

The story of the Lopez family is an unending one, as long as there are Lopezes that walk the face of the earth.”

“Knowing our roots assures survival amid today’s swift changes. On the conviction that knowing your family roots provides the best defense

against being carried away by the winds of change, I studied the history of our family, of the Lopez family.

— OSCAR M. LOPEZ

should a man feel when he celebrates his 80th birthday? Should he feel a sense of accomplishment? Should he feel joy as at reaching a journey’s end? Should he feel foreboding for what comes next had only been described as eternity and no one has come back to tell us what that is all about.

Indeed, being 80 years in this world is significant in the life of any man. The Bible tells us in Psalm 90:10 how we should view our transient stay in this world: “The length of our days is seventy years, or eighty, if we have the strength.”

The Bible seems to be saying that genetics and the miracles of modern medicine aside, the Lord has given us a deadline of 80 years to do the work He set us out to do in this world. Speaking for myself, I am quite sure the Lord isn’t quite done with me yet. He has blessed me with pretty good health, a mind that functions as well as anyone half my age. I still have the urge to slug it out with the best of them in

the world of business. What’s more, I am thinking of becoming even more active in the affairs of this country… in how we are governed and in how issues of grave consequence to us are addressed. I feel, and with good justification, that I am built to last.

So is the Lopez Group built to last? That is precisely the theme of “Undaunted,” the story of how my father built the Lopez Group and by imparting his undying values to us, his children, made sure that the Group will live from generation to generation.

What are these values? You will find in this stage presentation the values that keep us strong. For starters, we believe that our primary reason for being is to serve the Filipino people. Thus, not only are we committed to do no evil as Google’s stated objective puts it. We shall always do business in a manner that will result not just in the long-term mutual benefit of our businesses, but more importantly of the various publics and communities that we serve.

In more specific terms, we are guided by the following distinct Lopez Values—a pioneering entrepreneurial spirit, business excellence, nationalism, team work, strong work ethic, integrity, social justice, concern for employee welfare, and wellness. We know from generations of experience that it is by living according to these values that a company will be built to last.

We earlier intended to stage this presentation last year on the occasion of the 80th year of the Lopez Group’s founding by my father, Eugenio Lopez Sr., and his brother, Fernando Lopez. But the time was not right given the many contentious issues we had to clear before we can truly celebrate. Now, it was thought that because those issues are behind us and I am the one now celebrating my 80th year, this stage presentation would be a unique celebration that brings our relatively youthful employee force in tune with the company’s roots.

So, sit back and enjoy the show. On this my 80th year and the coming 82nd year of the Lopez Group, the best is yet to come.

CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE

OML is the third and current chairman of the Lopez Group, presiding over 120 companies and foundations including First Philippine Holdings Corp., Benpres Holdings Corp., ABS-CBN, First Gen, First Gas, Rockwell Land, Energy Development Corp. and SkyCable, among others.

The young OML discovered books and reading early, being a sickly child who was forced to stay indoors most of the time. When he was seven, the family moved to Baguio, whose cool weather helped soothe the boy’s skin allergies. It was in this northern city that World War II caught up with the family in April 1945, forcing them to hike down the mountains for three days to avoid the clashes.

A year later, OML entered Bellarmine College Preparatory, an exclusive high school run by the Jesuits and California’s oldest secondary school; after finishing high school there, he enrolled in Harvard University.

In 1951, he became the first Filipino to graduate from Harvard with an honors AB degree. After a year’s sabbatical in Spain, he returned to earn his master’s in public administration from the Littauer School of Public Administration (now the John F. Kennedy School of Government).

While in Spain, OML had toyed with the idea of entering the priesthood. His father discouraged him, vowing that he would “never go to mass” again if he “lost” his son to the church.

WHO IS OSCAR M. LOPEZ?

OSCAR Moreno Lopez (b. April 19, 1930), fondly known as “OML,” is the second of the five offspring of Eugenio Hofileña Lopez Sr. of Jaro, Iloilo and Pacita Moreno of Tondo, Manila. He is married to the former Connie Rufino, with whom he has eight children; the couple has 27 grandchildren and recently welcomed their first great-grandchild.

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As 1956 drew to a close, OML embarked on yet another important journey: he married his sweetheart Consuelo (Connie) Baltazar Rufino in Manila. They returned to Harvard at the beginning of the new year, staying there for another three and a half years while OML completed his master’s degree. In all, he spent a total of 11 years in the Massachusetts institution.

Back in the Philippines in 1960, 30-year-old OML formally joined the ranks of the employed.

His first assignment: to run the family-owned daily newspaper, The Manila Chronicle, as its publisher. One of his enduring legacies during his six-year stint there was the formation of the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) together with fellow publishers Chino Roces and Hans Menzi.

In the next decade, he headed the economic research department of Meralco Securities Corp. (MSC, 1965) and Philippine Electric Corp. (Philec, 1970), vital assignments that saw him spearheading the companies’ expansion into new businesses and opening new plants.

By his mid-30s, “the little brother overshadowed” had distinguished himself in the field of business, with a string of accomplishments to his name.

“I was coming into my own; I felt that I was really accomplishing something as head of a department, then president of Philec. My father gave me the leeway. That was his way of telling me: ‘Now you can do what you want.’”

With the declaration of martial law in 1972, the Lopezes’ assets were systematically pillaged by the administration, while family members—including the patriarch, Eugenio Sr.—were forced into exile; Eugenio Jr. (Geny), the eldest Lopez son who was then president of ABS-CBN, was arrested and jailed for five years before escaping and seeking refuge in the US.

Through this period, OML continued working in the family companies that had not been sequestered by Pres. Marcos and his cronies. In 1975, his father died in San Francisco, California. His sons had not been permitted to visit him as he lay dying, an act that angered OML, then 45, and which he described as “something [he’ll] always remember.”

He found strength in his father’s encouragement amidst the uncertainty of the martial law years: “These things will pass. Be brave.”

OML began dedicating his time to his research on the Lopez family history, seeking to discover the clan’s “true nature and character, and to use these as his guide for the future.” In 1982, the product of his close work over four years—the first of four volumes—paid tribute to a long line of Lopez visionaries, entrepreneurs and philanthropists—especially Eugenio Sr. himself.

Things turned around in February 1986 with the ouster of Pres. Marcos via the “People Power” bloodless revolution. One by one, Lopez family

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1930 Born on April 19, the second of the five offspring of Eugenio H. Lopez Sr. and Pacita Moreno Lopez.

Becomes publisher of The Manila Chronicle. Conferred the IMD Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch Distinguished Family Business Award.

Cited as one of the top 20 CEOs in Asia by the Asian Business Leader Awards (ABLA).

1965 Heads the economic research and development department of Meralco Securities Corporation (now First Philippine Holdings Corporation or FPHC).

1975 The Lopez patriarch, Eugenio Sr., passes away.

1982 Publishes the first of four volumes on the Lopez family, a project he started in 1976.

Marries Consuelo Rufino on December 30.

1956 1960 2004 2006

1986 Takes over as CEO of a virtually bankrupt FPHC.

1999 Assumes leadership of the Lopez Group.

2000 Climbs his first mountain at 70.

members as well as loyal employees started making their way back from exile or hibernation and starting the empire’s rebuilding process.

Geny gathered his people over at ABS-CBN, Manuel (Manolo) rejoined Meralco, while OML took on the job of chief executive officer of FPHC. By then, the former MSC was barely a shell, saddled with more than P2 billion in debts and liabilities.

OML recalled that an FPHC executive had asked him: “Oscar, why would you want anything to do with this big headache?” “Yes, sometimes I wonder myself,” he had answered.

However, in only four years, OML was able to steer the company back into the black and it posts its first profit since 1983. “Back in April 1986, I didn’t think it would last 20 years,” said OML.

With Geny’s demise in 1999, OML took over the chairmanship of the Lopez Group. He “brought in more rigor, new systems and more teamwork to the operations of the Group” as it prepared to step into the new millennium.

With OML at the helm, the Lopez Group enhanced its presence in its old markets and pushed further into new horizons: power generation, real estate, tollroads, cable TV and telecommunications. At the same time, corporate social responsibility, in keeping with the belief that its reason for being is “to serve the Filipino people,” remains a vital cog of the Lopez DNA through seven different foundations.

OML’s stewardship of the Lopez empire—his father’s and ancestors’ legacy—and his unwavering desire for the Lopezes to “play a part in the economic growth of the country,” has earned him accolades from many an organization in the Philippines and around the world.

He had been cited as one of the top 20 CEOs in Asia in 2004 by the Asian Business Leader Awards (ABLA)—one of only two Filipinos included on the list—and recognized by Forbes magazine as a “Hero of Philanthropy” in Asia in 2007.

Other notable citations include the Management Man of the Year Award from the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) in 2001; The Outstanding Filipino Award (TOFIL) for business from the Insular Life Assurance Co. Ltd. and the Philippine Jaycee Senate in 2009; the Lifetime Achievement Award in the Communication Excellence in Organizations (CEO Excel) Awards in March 2010.

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Conquers Mt. Pulag, Luzon’s highest peak.

Lifetime Achievement Award in the 2010 Communication Excel-lence in Organizations Awards.

2007

Conferred the first Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Distinguished Citizen Award.

Summits Mt. Apo in Mindanao, the country’s highest mountain.

Outstanding Filipino Award (TOFIL).

2007 2008 2008

2001 Hailed by the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) as its Management Man of the Year.

2002 Lands on the cover of Far Eastern Economic Review.

2003 Climbs Mt. Pinatubo with his family.

2009

2005 Receives the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

2006 Climbs Mt. Arayat in Pampanga

2007 Recognized by Forbes maga-zine as a “Hero of Philanthropy” in Asia.

2009 First great-grandchild.2010 Celebrates 80th birthday.

2010

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Manolo, continue the song and they sing about the undaunted spirit that moves them, about their father and their family’s heritage of family unity, honor, integrity, loyalty, entrepreneurship, a strong work ethic, resiliency and commitment to the development of the nation.

An image of Eñing projected onstage comes to life and continues the song telling Oscar to not be cowed by fear, to be undaunted in the seemingly insurmountable darkness. He sings the lesson and legacy he believes in: that “the sacrifice of material things is easier to take than the sacrifice of the spirit.”

On the backdrop, a projection: a page is turned and the year 1976 is seen. The lights zero in on Oscar M. Lopez.

He tells us of the decision to write the history of the Lopez family. We then recount the history of the Lopez family that began with Basilio and Maria Sabina (Song 2: “With the Turning of Time”). Oscar will tell the story and we see through the scene how the Lopez family came about.

We then go back to 1976 and see Oscar figuring out the reasons for writing and looking back at the history of the Lopez family (Song 3: “Threading the Past With The Future”). Through the song, we see Nitang and her children coping with the death of Eñing. Oscar continues telling the story of the Lopez family and the tale resumes in 1928.

We see the two brothers, Eñing and Nanding, talking about putting up E&F Lopez Inc. They sing about their dreams for the future (Song 4: “We Share a Dream”). The song then transforms into a production number that will show the different ventures of the two brothers.

We then see Eñing and Nitang with their young sons Geny and Oscar in Baguio. It is 1941. Eñing and Nitang tell their sons that they will meet in Iloilo. Onscreen, we see the date December 1941. Geny and Oscar watch as Japanese planes bomb Camp John Hay.

A production number about World War II commences (Song 5: “Burning”). Through the number, we see Oscar and Geny grow up and how the war affected the brothers Eñing and Nanding.

The war ends and we see Eñing and Nanding

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It is 1975, the funeral of Eñing Lopez.

We see Geny Lopez facing the people attending the funeral. He sings a eulogy (Song 1: “The Spirit That Moves Us”). He talks about his father’s legacy, how his father taught them that “material wealth should never enslave a man, but that a man should always be the master of material wealth and use it to serve his fellow men.”

His brother Oscar joins in the song, mentioning how the “story of the Lopez family is an unending one, as long as there are Lopezes that walk the face of the earth.” Eñing’s wife Nitang, together with their sons Robby and

S Y N O P S I S

A M U S I C A L E

In Celebration of the 80th Birthday of Oscar M. Lopez

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by George de Jesus III

May 2009. The musicale begins as Oscar Lopez prepares to give a speech at the First Philippine Holdings

Corporation’s 47th annual stockholders’ meeting. He muses about the painful decision of giving up something

in order to survive and fight another day.The lights dim and the OVERTURE begins to play as

a graphic animation of the Lopez family tree is projected on the stage backdrop. We zoom in on the name of

Eugenio H. Lopez, 1901-1975.

surveying the aftermath of the war. Eñing decides to make Manila the base of his business and Nanding goes into politics (Song 6: “Two Paths Intertwined”). They sing about what they plan to do after the war, agreeing to contribute in their own ways in the rebuilding of the nation.

We then see Eñing’s acquisition of The Manila Chronicle and Nanding becoming Vice President. Juxtaposed with the scenes of the brothers Eñing and Nanding will be Oscar and Geny as they study abroad. The scene ends as we see the business expansions of the Lopez Group.

We go back to 2009 and we see Oscar reminiscing about the 1982 Lopez family reunion where the book he wrote about the Lopez family was launched. Nitang and Connie assure Oscar that he did a good job in writing the history of their family (Song 7: “Love, History, Family”).

Oscar is then left alone with Connie and they reminisce about how they got married (Song 8: “It Must Be You”).

The song segues to a production number (Song 9: “Bridges”), and we see the parallel rise of ABS-CBN and Meralco. We then see Oscar returning to the Philippines to work for his father as publisher of The Manila Chronicle. The whole number is then told through Oscar’s POV presenting each milestone of Lopez Inc.: the Meralco expansion in 1963, Meralco Securities Corporation’s creation of a department of economic research and development headed by Oscar that led to a new path of diversification and expansion; and the inauguration of the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center in 1968 and the new Meralco Building in Pasig in 1969. The scene ends with Eñing singing about how “our business success should be measured by the happiness of our employees” (Song 10: “The Creed We Live By”). It is 1969 and act one ends with a shadow of darkness hanging over the successes of the Lopez Group.

A C T 2 .

Act 2 begins in 2009 with Oscar remembering his mother in the early 1980s after the death of Eñing. We then see the year 1970. We see a

production number showing the unrest and rise of activism (Song 11: “A Storm is Brewing”). We see how The Manila Chronicle and ABS-CBN have become critical of the Marcos regime. The scene ends with the declaration of martial law and the arrest of Geny.

While Geny was in prison, Eñing is abroad. We then see a scene as Oscar visits Geny. Geny sings a song with his father. (Song 12: “A Distance That Keeps Us Closer”).

At the end of the song, we hear news clips and footage of the 1986 People Power uprising that ousted Marcos. Lights come up on Geny as he returns to Manila and, together with Manolo and Oscar, plans to revive the Lopez conglomerate (Song 13: “We Rise Again”). Within the song, we see the passing of time and the death of Nitang and ending with a poignant moment as Geny dies in 1999.

During the funeral, Oscar sings a eulogy for his brother (Song 14: “Never Forget”). He tells the story of their family and how the legacy should continue. The song ends with Eñing, Nitang and Geny joining in and compelling Oscar to never forget and to continue the Lopez legacy.

We see the year 2000. Oscar is the new head of the Lopez Group. He watches as the third generation of Lopezes talk and sing about the current Lopez business and CSR efforts they are involved in (Song 15: “Moving Forward in the Service of the Filipino”).

After the song, we see Oscar looking at the news headlines about the problems challenging the Lopez Group. We then go back to the beginning of the musical as Oscar prepares to give a speech at the First Philippine Holdings Corporation’s 47th annual stockholders’ meeting. Connie sings to him a reprise of the love duet (Song 16 Reprise: “It Must Be You”).

The song segues to Oscar’s speech. Within the speech, Eñing and Geny appear to sing the reprise of the ending song of Act 1 (Song 17 Reprise: “The Creed We Live By”).

The Lopez grandchildren come in together with the ensemble to sing the finale (Song 18: “The Spirit That Moves Us”).

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Oscar Lopez Audie Gemora Connie Lopez Mayen Bustamante-Cadd Geny Lopez Jake Macapagal Nitang Lopez Stella Cañete Manolo Lopez Joel Molina Nanding Lopez JC Gotinga Presy Lopez Caisa Borromeo Eñing Lopez Reuben Uy Steve Psinakis Lorenz Martinez Robby Lopez Gabs Santos Mariquit Lopez Precious Leaño Basilio Lopez Juliene Mendoza Sabina Jalandoni Roence Santos Kapitan Eugenio Lopez Jun Ofrasio Marcela Villanueva Naths Everett Benito Lopez Raul Montesa Vicente Lopez Raymund Concepcion Presentacion Hofileña Chinie Nepomuceno Elena Lopez Alys Serdenia Joaquin Gil Ron Alfonso Young Geny Antonio Lane Young Oskie Lance Reblando Gabby Lopez Jun Ofrasio Gina Lopez Erica Abello Cedie Lopez-Vargas Marianna Vargas

Piki Lopez Javier Puno Cary Lopez Marco Vargas Rina Lopez-Bautista Gabbie Abello

Rogy Panganiban Alvin Libay Geni Psinakis Bea Garcia Jay Lopez Cholo Kahiwat

T H E C A S T ( in order of appearance)

E N S E M B L E

W I T H T H E S P E C I A L PA R T I C I PAT I O N O F

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Gabs SantosMark Lopez

Raul MontesaMike Lopez

The production of the musicale “Undaunted” began in 2008 after Oscar M. Lopez (OML) watched “I Dream: A Musicale on the Life of Henry Sy Sr.,” which we staged as part of the 50th anniversary of SM. OML contacted Stages president Audie Gemora, who is also a Lopez, and in turn Audie gathered the same team and put us to work on this “bio-musical.”

It was supposed to be staged in 2008 to celebrate the 80th year of the Lopez Group of companies but due to various reasons, the production didn’t push through. But allow me not to recount all the production details, postponements etc. behind the making of “Undaunted.” Allow me instead to give my insights, as playwright and director, on the musical as a theater piece.

As a playwright, I have this need to find a “hook” or a theme that I personally believe in, something that I would be passionate about. With the number of reference materials that I was given, there were a million hooks and stories and themes that became both a privilege and a detriment: a privilege because it’s not often that a writer is privy to a wealth of resources (enough to create more than a dozen plays or telenovelas), and a detriment because with a host of materials, it was a challenge choosing how the stories should be told.

In sifting through all the stories, what “hooked” me was a quote made by Eñing Lopez: “Material wealth should never enslave a man but a man should be its master to better serve his fellowmen.” Initially, I didn’t know why that statement caught my eye or why I decided to weave the whole musicale around that statement. It was only during the process of writing and staging the musicale that I realized why and it made me more than passionate about the story we are going to tell.

More than just a story of the Lopez family, it’s the story of us Filipinos, of a nation grappling with its identity, struggling to identify the values that it should live by. In a way, beyond

the entrepreneurial achievements and social responsibility accomplishments of OML, he and the Lopez family, with their history and legacy, created a treatise that attempts to dissect and analyze what the Filipinos really are, what we are made of, what moves us and what unites us.

As I see it, the values of resiliency, integrity and family unity are values that we can all recognize but oftentimes struggle to apply in our daily lives. This is what we are attempting to show in the musicale and if there’s a single lesson that we would wish the audience should take away, it is that the story of Oscar M. Lopez and the Lopez family is telling us that the ties and values that bind us together as a nation should never be forgotten if we are to move forward to a better future. We must realize that these ties and values are strengthened by the all too human emotion called love. In recognizing this basic emotion and need, perhaps we can better understand ourselves and experience grief and joy, defeat and triumph with the same positive and uplifting outlook as OML and the Lopez family.

It is not often that a theater practitioner like myself is given such creative freedom and bountiful material to work with, and I am thankful to have a very talented cast and a highly creative staff that shares in the vision that the material wishes to convey. I must also express deep gratitude to the following people for giving us this opportunity and privilege to mount a theater production we can believe in and be passionate about: Jay Lopez, Cedie Lopez-Vargas, Audie Gemora and, of course, Manong Oskie, whose words, vision and inspiration are the true driving force that brought “Undaunted” into being.

D I R ECTOR /PLAYWRIGHT ’S

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A C T 1

SONG 1. The Spirit That Moves Us

Geny:Let me begin by thanking all of youFor being here in our hour of griefYour sympathy and help means so muchYou being here have made us believe

We are not alone in the darkAnd your presence comforts our familyThere’s so much that needs to be saidAbout everything my father taught us.

Our father believed and taught usMaterial things shouldn’t enslave a manBut a man should be its masterTo better serve his fellowmen

Truth, Justice, Human DignityAre things my father believed in and livedFamily unity despite adversityThis is our father’s priceless legacy

It’s the legacy that moved himTo live the life that he has ledAnd it’s the spirit that moves usThe spirit that won’t be daunted

Nitang:Though the times may seem bleakRemember we are not aloneOur family will persevereYou’ ll see, we will go on

Oscar:Our story will be rememberedFather’s legacy will lastIn our blood flows a historyIt’s the spirit that moves us

Manolo:Through all these trying yearsAnd the years that will still comeWe should never forgetNever live with regret

Geny:For the nation that we serve

Oscar:For our family, for our legacy

Nitang/Oscar/Geny/Manolo:We look back to our historyTo the spirit that moves us.

Eñing:You must forge ahead with hopeFor our family has made a promiseAn eternal allegiance to the nationTo them, we vow our service

Though the times may seem bleakRemember that the loss of material thingsIs far easier to take and bearThan to lose the spirit we share

Our story, you must rememberThe Lopez legacy will lastIn your blood flows a historyIt’s the spirit that moves us

SONG LYR ICSby George de Jesus III

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Eñing/Oscar:Through all these trying yearsAnd the years that will still comeYou/We should never forgetAnd never live with regret

For the nation that we serveFor our family, for our legacyDo look back to our historyTo the spirit that moves us.

SONG 2. With The Turning of Time

SONG 3. Threading The Past With The Future

SONG 4. We Share A Dream

SONG 5. Burning***

SONG 6. Our Paths Intertwined

SONG 7. Love, History, Family

Nitang:You have put into words a lifeYou preserved the threads of memoryIt will no longer be a shred of thought That passes you by in a glance

Connie:And never will it be forgottenWhat binds us all togetherBetween the words and sentencesIs the truth that will remain forever.

Nitang:Remember why you beganLook back into your past

Nitang/Connie:We’re all a part of a love that will live onOf a family creating history

Nitang: The time will come for your chance To make a lasting difference

In a world that is ever changing It may all seem so daunting Love, history, family

Connie:Hold on to what you’ve learnedHold on and never let goJust believe and you’ll learnThere’s nothing you can’t doWith love, history, familyLove, history, family Nitang/Connie:The tie that binds us together

Connie:And the day will come Nitang: Connie:Day will come When everyone will seeAnd they’ll seeWe will keep – We’ll keep – Nitang/Connie:– the spirit aliveIn love, history, familyLove, history, family

SONG 8. It Must Be You

Oscar:I have met you beforeI have gazed into your faceI remember your smile, your eyesIn my mind, you left a lasting trace

There were other facesOther eyes, other smilesBut I guess then I didn’t have a clueTo know it must be you

Connie:Never thought that I’d see youNever dreamed it would be this wayBut now, as I gaze into your eyesI’d want to be with you each and every day

Maybe I didn’t know betterMaybe I just didn’t see Perhaps for me it was just newTo know it must be you

Oscar & Connie:But now that we knowNow that we’re togetherWe’ll see each other throughAnd I know, yes I know that it must be you

And now that we’re togetherNothing can keep us apartWe’ll face the future togetherI’ll stay by you forever

Nothing can ever be this trueI know, I know, I know it must be youIt must be you.

SONG 9. Bridges

Ensemble:Change won’t stop from happeningThe world won’t stop from turningWe watch, we take partTaking everything in sight to heart

We are the audience, you and IWe are the nation, we are the peopleWe listen, we watch, we move

From today, tomorrow and beyondLooking for new horizonsCreate the bridges and you will seeWe’re crossing bridges going into the 60’s.

SONG 10. The Creed We Live By

Eñing:Our business has grown wide and largeWe’ve made strides to success

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With the changing times we continueTo be there for those we serve

The success is not mine aloneIt happened because of youFor I believe there’s nothing the Filipino can’t doAnd nothing is impossible when we believe

I’m not one to make useless speechesI’m not a man of wordsKnow me by my actions In our business endeavors

There’s a principle, a policy we believe in and we shareHuman values are far superiorTo values that are merely materialThis I believe

The prosperity of the companyMust go hand in hand with that of laborFor a company that’s prosperousWhile labor wallows in miseryDoes not have the right to exist

Eñing/Geny/Oscar:The right to have and enjoy the fruits of our laborIs paramount to any profits we may gainOur success should not be measuredBy the wealth we accumulateBut by the happiness that we can spreadThis is our norm of conductThis is the principle we can’t denyThis is the creed we live by.

A C T 2

SONG 10a. Love, History, Family (Reprise)

SONG 11. A Storm Is Brewing

SONG 12. A Distance That Keeps Us Closer

SONG 13. We Rise Again

SONG 14. Never Forget

Oscar:So much have we accomplishedSo much we have doneWe’ve built our father’s dreamAnd kept his spirit aliveSo, for us who will remainThis spirit will continue

I will never forgetWhat as a family we have begunAnd let the legacy that moves usLet the life that we lead and the spirit that moves us be undaunted

Eñing/Geny/Nitang:Go on and continue, never forgetRemember the storyLive the legacyAnd never forgetThrough grief, sorrow or defeatNever forget, be undaunted.

SONG 15. Moving Forward In The Service of The Filipino

Ensemble:It’s the values that define usThe values that spur usThat keeps us moving forwardTo accomplish significant goals

Without values, there will be no goalsWith no goals, no results can comeFor values are the bridgesThat connects us to each other

It’s a seamless weave that threads usTo the past, to our forebearsIt’s a wellspring of inspirationThat moves us to serve the nation.

SONG 16. It Must Be You (Reprise)***

SONG 17. The Creed We Live By (Reprise)

SONG 18. The Spirit That Moves Us (Reprise)***

Ensemble:Though the times seem bleakWe’ll remember we’re not aloneOur family will persevereYou’ll see, we will go on

Lopez kids:Our story will be rememberedIn a legacy that will lastIn our blood flows a historyIt’s the spirit that moves us

A spirit that gave us the valuesThe values we learn and live byThe values that are the spirit of our familyIntertwined in our nation’s history

Ensemble:It’s the spirit that has madeThe bridges of our nationIt’s the spirit that unites usThat kindles our passion

Through all the joy and tearsThrough the years that will still comeWe will never forgetWill never live with regretFor the nation that we serveFor our family, for our legacyWe’ll look back to our historyTo the spirit that moves usTo the spirit that moves us


Audie Gemora

The term “multitalented” fits Audie to a T. He is a stage, television and film actor, singer, recording artist, dancer, host, on-camera and voice talent for TV and radio commercials, director, choreographer, teacher and producer.

However, the name Audie Gemora is primarily associated with theater. He has appeared in over 40 plays and played major roles in all of them—“Pippin,” “Evita,” “West Side Story,” “Amadeus,” “Les Miserables,” “Man of La Mancha,” “The Sound of Music” and “A Christmas Carol” for Repertory Philippines; “Florante at Laura,” “El Filibusterismo” and “Noli Me Tangere” for CCP Tanghalang Pilipino; “Joseph the Dreamer” and “First Name” for Trumpets; “Ang Paglalakbay ni Radiya Mangandiri” for Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA); “Art and the Last Five Years” for Actor’s Actor Inc.; and many others.

In 2008 he portrayed Henry Sy Sr. in the bio musical “I Dream.” He recently won an award for Best Performance as Male Lead in a Musical at the 2010 Gawad Philstage for his performance in “Sweeney Todd.” Because of the variety of roles he has played and since he is one of the few actors who has successfully crossed language barriers by doing both English and Pilipino plays, he has been dubbed “King of Philippine Musical Theater.”

He cofounded one of the leading theater companies in the country today, Trumpets, which has produced musical hits such as “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Honk!” and most recently “N.O.A.H (No Ordinary Aquatic Habitat).” He has also established Playshop, the No. 1 multimedia summer workshop in the country and its music arm, Musicademy. His latest baby is the two-year-old My Talent workshops.

He is the vice president for external affairs of Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-aawit (OPM). In 1995, he received the Awit Award for Best Performance by a New Male Recording Artist for “Loving You,” the first single from his first album under Universal Records.

Audie is a much sought-after on–camera model and voice talent for TV, radio and print advertisements and was recipient of the Best Voice Talent Award at the 1995 Creative Guild Awards for the Subic Free Port “Lifestyles” radio commercial.

He has played lead roles in TV drama anthologies like “Lovingly Yours,” “Coney Reyes on Camera,” “Mother Studio Presents,” “Midnight DJ,” and “Totoy Bato”; has starred in a full-length feature film, “Hinugot sa Dilim,” and was featured in the indie film “Agaton and Mindy.”

Mayen Cadd

Audie Gemora

Audie has made a name for himself as a host for pageants such as Supermodels-Philippine Search, SM Man of the Year and SM Coed of the Year. He has hosted TV shows such as “Sineskwela” and “Epol/Apol,” trade shows, awards nights and live performances. Presently he is a judge for the top-rating talent show “Talentadong Pinoy” and “Shall We Dance,” a celebrity dance competition, both airing on TV5.

He has directed corporate shows for leading companies like Coca-Cola Bottlers, Unilever, Avon, Wyeth, Ayala Malls, SM Malls, Robinsons Malls, Rustans, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Philippine Star, Dunkin Donuts, Shangri-La Hotel and Bulgari; theater productions like “The Fantasticks,” “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown,” “Saturday Night Fever” and recently, “High School Musical”; concerts like “The Way You Look at Me,” “Heartfelt” and “You and Me” for Christian Bautista, “I’ll Find Your Heart” for Sam Concepcion, and “The Return of the Champions” for Viva Entertainment.

He is also president of Stages Production Specialists Inc., an events, production, PR and talent management company which has produced “Footloose the Musical,” “High School Musical,” and most recently, “West Side Story,” and handles the careers of “Asia’s Pop Idol” Christian Bautista, “Little Big Star” champion Sam Concepcion, Karylle, and World Competition for the Performance Arts Grand champion Aria Clemente, among others. His career now comes full circle as a “star maker,” paving the way for a new generation of artists.

Mayen Cadd

Mayen has joined productions for Trumpets, World Theatre Project, CCP Tanghalang Pilipino, Atlantis Productions, Actors’ Actors Inc. and Singapore Action Theatre and other groups: “Chang & Eng: The Musical” in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand; “Honk! The Ugly Duckling”; “Why the Fuss Over Shakespeare?”; “Doon Po sa Amin”; “Once on this Island”; “Hairspray”; “The Little Mermaid”; “Joseph the Dreamer”; “The Happy Prince”; “Pamilya Maleta” in Japan, Hong Kong and Malaysia; “The Lark”; “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”; “Ilustrado”; and “Ang Pagpatay Kay Luna,” to name a few.

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Caisa Borromeo

Stella Cañete

Joel Molina

JC GotingaJake Macapagal

Reuben Uy

Jake’s lead roles include King Marchan in Zebra Crossing’s “Victor/Victoria” (opposite international jazz artiste Laura Fygi), Bernardo in Stages’ “West Side Story,” Alex in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Aspects of Love” and El Gallo in the Repertory Philippines production of “The Fantasticks.”

He has also done his share of international productions such as “Miss Saigon” (Germany and UK), “Rent,” “Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens” and “Nagraland,” as well as Manila productions of “Les Miserables,” “My Fair Lady,” “Jack and the Beanstalk,” “Cabaret,” “Falsettos,” “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” “Cats,” original cast “Joseph The Dreamer,” “First Name,” “Peter Pan,” “Once on this Island,” Goethe Institute’s “Slipped Disc” and Virgin Labfest 2: Naked Truths “Payb/Six.”

Stella has been on- and off- camera and stage in over 300 theater, television, film, advertising and corporate productions. Her favorite theatre works include the musicals “Miss Saigon,” “Chang & Eng,” “West Side Story,” “Elias & Salome,” “Isang Panaginip na Fili” and “Gabriela”; classics like “Mary Stuart,” “Macbeth,” “Romeo and Juliet,” “Othello,” “Phaedra,” “Enemy of the People” and “Wild Honey”; and contemporary pieces “Fluid,” “Shock Value,” “Palasyo ni Valentin,” “Toilet Confessions” and “Three Tall Women.”

Among Joel’s well-known characters are Florante from “Florante at Laura” of Gantimpala Theater Foundation; Ricky Ooi for Dulaang UP’s “The Silent Soprano” and Pepe Rizal in “Isang Panaginip na Fili,” also from DUP. Also included in his extensive experience as theater actor are “Karaoke Dreams,” “Noli at Fili Dekada Dos Mil” and “Si Juan Tamad, Ang Diablo at Ang Limang Milyong Boto” for PETA.

JC has performed with Trumpets in “N.O.A.H. (No Ordinary Aquatic Habitat),” “Little Mermaid,” “First Name,” “Joseph the Dreamer,” “Fables and Parables” and “Pamilya Maleta.” He was also a part of Stages’ “Footloose the Musical” and Ligaya ng Panginoon’s “The Happy Prince.” JC assisted directing Trumpets’ “Christ in the Concrete City” and University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) Kultura’s “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown.” He is also a theater workshop and preschool teacher.

Caisa played Jewel in Trumpets’ “Little Mermaid and was part of the cast of Trumpets’ “N.O.A.H. (No Ordinary Aquatic Habitat)”. She was also seen in 9Works Theatrical’s “Songs for a New World”; Atlantis’ “Hairspray”; Stages’ “West Side Story” and “Footloose”; Repertory Philippines’ “I Love You Because,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Love’s Labor’s Lost,” “Cinderella,” “Mulan,” “Aladdin,” “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves”; and Ateneo Blue Repertory’s “Merrily We Roll Along,” “Footloose” and “Company Call.”

Reuben Uy

Reuben’s theater credits include Repertory Philippines’ “Altar Boyz,” “Mulan Jr.,” World Theater Projects’ “The Threepenny Opera,” Tanghalang Pilipino’s “A Streetcar Named Desire,” and Dulaang UP’s “Mary Stuart.” He also hosts the morning show for Mellow 94.7 FM as DJ Ryu.


Naths EverettPrecious Leaño

Roence Santos

Gabs Santos

Juliene Mendoza

Jun Ofrasio

Lorenz Martinez

Lorenz made his debut in Repertory Philippines’ “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” He was also in “Camelot,” “Evita,” “Fame,” “Power Plays,” “God’s Favorite,” “Miong,” “The Secret Garden,” “The Baker’s Wife,” “The Wiz,” “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” and “Jesus Christ Superstar.” He appeared in the Netherlands ensemble of “Miss Saigon”; Metropolitan Theater Guild’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”; The British Council/Dulaang UP’s “Crave”; Trumpets’ “Fables and Parables,” “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” and “Honk!”; and in Atlantis’ production of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast.”

Gabs’ credits include “I Love You Because,” “Mulan,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” and “Love’s Labour’s Lost” with Repertory Philippines; “N.O.A.H. (No Ordinary Aquatic Habitat)” and “The Little Mermaid” with Trumpets; and “Lulu” with DUP.

Precious returns to the theater after a decade. Her last performance as lead actor in “Sigwa” by Rene O. Villanueva was staged in 2001 at the Tanghalang Huseng Batute of the CCP. Outside of theater, Precious has curated exhibitions at the country’s premiere spaces, including the Main Gallery of the CCP. She is also the president of the Filipino Visual Arts and Design Rights Organization (FILVADRO), the country’s copyright organization for visual artists.

Juliene has been acting in theater since 1987. He is a singer and band leader of Allegria, which toured Asia from 2001 to 2005. Aside from acting and singing, Juliene is also a voiceover talent for TV, radio and live events. He is currently the station voice for QTV.

Roence collaborates with Actor’s Pleygrawnd, Tanghalang Pilipino, Bulwagang Gantimpala and the likes as actor, children’s musical theater facilitator, director and spectator. She shares some of her time with film and television as actor, assistant director, acting coach and heckler.

Jun has participated in theater performances since the early 1990s at the CCP under Tanghalang Pilipino, essaying roles in musicales like “El Filibusterismo,” “Noli Me Tangere” and “Ilustrado.” He was part of “Miss Saigon” at London’s West End and the European tour of the same production. He also appeared in Trumpets productions like “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” “Joseph the Dreamer,” “Little Mermaid,” “Peter Pan” and “First Name.”

Naths’ most recent productions include “Sweeney Todd” and “Jack and the Beanstalk.” Her entry into the international scene was through “Miss Saigon,” from London to Manila, the Asian tour, and the UK Nationals. She has appeared in RCT’s “Mulan Jr.”; and “Cinderella,” “Aladdin Jr.,” “The Sound of Music,” “Fiddler on the Roof” and “Gaybirds,” all with Repertory Philippines. Her credits include “Blood Brothers,” “Cherry Orchard,” “Oliver,” “How I Learned to Drive” and “Jesus Christ Superstar,” to name a few.


Alys Serdenia

Chinie Nepomuceno

Raul appeared in his first musical production, “Kismet,” for Repertory Philippines in 1989. He counts among his proudest achievements his inclusion in the original cast of “Miss Saigon” in Germany, Manila, Hong Kong and Singapore. His other credits include “Les Miserables,” “Into the Woods,” “A Little Shop of Horrors,” “Man of La Mancha,” “The Secret Garden,” “A Christmas Carol” and “Sweeney Todd,” all for Repertory Philippines. He was also seen in “Jesus Christ Superstar” and “Dreamgirls,” both for Atlantis Productions.

Raymund’s initial exposure to musical theater was at the Metropolitan Theater in the 1980s, where he was a resident artist. His most recent theater appearances are in Trumpets’ productions of “Little Mermaid” and “Joseph the Dreamer,” and Stages’ “Footloose the Musical.” He also appeared in “Beauty and the Beast” and “Seussical,” both for Atlantis Productions; and in “Peter Pan and the Time Machine” and “Mamma Mia” for Stages.

Chinie is a triple threat, with training and professional experience in dancing, singing and acting. Aside from theater, she has been doing a lot of work in TV, corporate shows and local concerts. Recently, she played Aurora Quezon in “MLQ,” a musical about the life of President Manuel L. Quezon. She also finished touring with Trumpets’ “The Little Mermaid.”

Alys had her professional theatrical debut as an ensemble for Trumpets’ “N.O.A.H. (No Ordinary Aquatic Habitat)” and will be appearing in two more productions for Atlantis this year. Other theater credits include Ateneo Blue Repertory’s “Hope for the Flowers” and “High School Musical,” Tanghalang Ateneo’s “Lam-Ang” and Njel de Mesa’s “Terangati” for CCP Virgin Labfest 4.

Among Ron’s theater credits are “Mga Kwento ni Lola Basyang,” “Hans Christian Andersen Must Be Filipino” and “Mga Kwentong Asyano.” He has been nominated for his costume design works in “Mga Kwento ni Lola Basyang” under PETA. Ron also appeared in Stage Right Productions’ “Paglayang Minamahal” and Torch Productions’ “Manuel L. Quezon, Isang Dula.”

This is Antonio’s first time to be part of a professional play, although he has been in four other plays under Repertory Philippines’ summer workshops.

Lance’s acting credits include “Titser ng Bayan,” “That Boy Ben and the Power of Three,” “Dumpling and the Golden Goose,” “Mahiwagang Sarimanok,” Dulaang Laboratoryo’s “Reyna at ang mga Rebelde,” “Mefisto,” UPPT’s “Alamat”; Dulaang UP’s “Shadows of the Reef/Mga Anak ng Dagat,” “Sa Ngalan ng Anak/All My Sons” and “Lulu”; and the short films “Malikmata,” “Tweet,” “Santa” and “Baliktanaw.”

Alvin enjoys lifting weights and running marathons, reading manga, and watching anime, “Ben 10,” “Justice League,” “Backyardigans” and “Wonderpets.”

Raul Montesa

Raymund Concepcion

Ron Alfonso

Antonio Lane

Lance Reblando

Alvin Libay


Jig Blanco

Rose Abletes

Mian Dimacali

Ryan De Leon

Aside from her full-time job, Jig, First Philippine Electric Corporation (First Philec) AVP for HR, volunteers as a storyteller, hosts puppet shows, and makes balloon art and papier-mâché masks. She also writes for HR-related sections in magazines.

Ems has been performing with Trumpets and Stages for the last 10 years. Before she started doing theater, she was a front-liner of the fifth generation of The New Minstrels. She has been in a lot of Trumpets productions and performed in shows in and outside of the Philippines. She also teaches musical theater for Playshop.

First Philec Solar Corporation’s Ryan sings in his church choir and belongs to a group that joins singing competitions in different towns. In his free time, he is also a sportsman who is always game to try different and exciting sports.

Mian has appeared in the “Vagina Monologues” run at the Ateneo de Manila, as well as in the following Ateneo Blue Repertory productions: “Breakups and Breakdowns,” “Tick…Tick…Boom!,” “Stages of Love,” “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” and “High School Musical.”

Domi, entertainment head of ABS-CBN Interactive, was active in a number of Tanghalang Ateneo productions. Since then, he has been acting on and off for Entablado, Metropolitan Theatre Guild, Bulwagang Bughaw’s provincial tours, Dulaang UP and Stages.

Bea made her professional theater debut when she was eight years old as Little Cosette and Little Eponine in Zeneida Amador and Baby Barredo’s “Les Miserables.” Her professional theater credits include Atlantis’ “Spring Awakening” and “Hairspray”; Repertory Philippines’ “Mulan,” “Cinderella” and “Fiddler on the Roof”; Trumpets’ “N.O.A.H. (No Ordinary Aquatic Habitat),” “Little Mermaid,” “Happy Prince” and “Honk! The Ugly Duckling”; and Philippine Opera Company’s “Magic Flute.”

Cholo’s theater credits include Tanghalang Pilipino’s Cayabyab musicals “El Filibusterismo” and “Ilustrado,” “Walang Sugat” and “Paglayang Minamahal,” and Young Artists Production’s “Hope for the Flowers,” “The Little Prince” and “Hunchback of Notre Dame.” Most recently, Cholo was in “Ang Paglalayag ni Ugly Duckling,” where he also started to showcase his talents in set and costume design.

Rosemarie joined the UP Concert Chorus as a trainee, giving her the chance to perform with artists like Martin Nievera, Sharon Cuneta, Lani Misalucha and many others. While training for the UPCC, Rosemarie, a business development assistant at First Balfour Inc., also became part of a zarzuela directed by Paul Morales that was inspired by Lucio San Pedro’s songs.

Jaime’s theater performances include BP and CCP’s production of “Tales of the Manuvu” and Repertory Philippines’ “The Sound of Music.” He appeared in ABS-CBN Interactive’s “Blinko Love Connnection” TVC as well as ABS-CBN’s 2010 Lenten special, “Ang Aming Sala.”

Ems Bolaños

Domileo Espejo

Cholo Kahiwat

Bea Garcia

Jaime Barcelon


Jo delos Santos

Kathy Solis

JR Paeste

Rene Espinosa

Ross Hamo

Rene had his first professional stage experience in 2001, when he joined the El Shaddai Gospel Choir in Laguna. He was with the group for seven years before resigning to concentrate on his job as team leader for First Philec Solar Corporation.

An accountant with First Philippine Realty Corporation, Jo says she is a hardworking and persevering person who tries to put herself in the other person’s shoes to understand them better.

Ross, First Philippine Holdings Corporation (FPHC) senior manager for HR, has belonged to various choir groups since his grade school days, as well as a church choir and a company chorale during the early years of his corporate life. He is also an aspiring oil painter.

Pam has played a nun (“Sound of Music,” 2006) and a fairy godmother (Disney’s “Cinderella Jr.,” 2007) for Repertory Philippines and was seen as a lead talent for a Joy TVC campaign. She traces her roots to the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) via Kultura’s “The Glass Menagerie.” In 2009, she was in the first run of “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown,” followed by Trumpets’ “The Little Mermaid.” Pam began 2010 with Trumpets’ “N.O.A.H. (No Ordinary Aquatic Habitat),” and “Christ in the Concrete City.”

A Philippine Electric Corporation (Philec) design engineer, JR had a short stint hosting the children’s variety show “Klay: Kulay at Laro” on ABC 5 as a college student. He is an active member of the music ministry of the Singles for Christ-SSS Chapter in Marikina City.

Kyla Rivera

Pamela Imperial

Kyla has been in Repertory Philippines’ “I Love You Because,” “Cinderella,” “Aladdin”; Stages: “Footloose the Musical”; Atlantis Productions’ “Beauty and the Beast”; and Trumpets’ “Honk! The Ugly Duckling.” She participated in “The Vagina Monologues” at the Ateneo and trained with Ateneo Blue Repertory in “Once on this Island,” “Into the Woods,” “Footloose the Musical” and “Merrily We Roll Along.”

Ritzi was a member of the International Tour Groups of the UP Concert Chorus (UPCC), singing soprano 1 in its performances in Europe, Asia, the US and Canada. She has managed the Meralco Chorale since its revival in 1983. She essayed the lead role in Severino Reyes’ “Walang Sugat” during its performances at the Meralco Theater.

Growing up in a family that loves to perform—dad is a drummer, mom is a singer and brother is an actor—music is Kathy’s greatest passion. As an acoustic singer, she has had stints in corporate events, weddings and resto bars. She is also a worship leader in the ABS-CBN Christian group. This PR manager says she gets the ultimate “high” when she expresses herself in song to her God.

Elson honed his singing chops through memberships in several choirs. He was also a trainee with the UP Singing Ambassadors. Now a project development engineer with First Gas Power Corporation, he is active in outreach programs as a member of Ang Lingkod ng Panginoon.

Ritzi Ronquillo

Elson Tio


The Lopez grandchildren

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Meralco Chorale

Cedie Lopez-Vargas

Energy Development Corporation Chorale


Director, scriptwriter and lyricist

George has won awards from the Centennial Literary Competition, the NCCA Teatro Bulawan playwriting competition and the Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature in one-act plays, full-length plays and future fiction. He has directed plays for Young Artists Productions, Tanghalang Pilipino and Teatro Adarsari, among others.

Composer, arranger and musical director

Among the plays Roy penned for Dulaang UP and Gantimpala Theatre Foundation are “Grethology,” “Ang Butihing Babae ng Timog” and “Kanyang Anak, Jose Rizal.”

Choreographer

Erwin has directed “Ang Paglalakbay ni Tao,” “The Tempest,” “Ang Munting Prinsipe” and Mozart’s “The Impresario,” to name a few. He was a featured choreographer of Ballet Philippines’ “Neo-Filipino: FLIP” and Young Choreographers Showcase.

Assistant director

Perky started with CCP Tanghalang Pilipino as an apprentice stage manager. Later, she returned as resident production manager and has worked alongside Nonon Padilla, Herbie Go, Jose Estrella, Soxy Topacio, Cris Millado and Loy Arcenas, to name a few.

Set designer

Mio’s design credits include “Rent” (9Works Theatricals); “The Fantasticks,” “A Christmas Carol,” “Cinderella,” “Gay Birds,” “Les Miserables,” “Once on this Island” andv`` “M. Butterfly” (Repertory Philippines); “West Side Story,” “Footloose” and “High School Musical” (Stages); “Avenue Q” (Singapore’s Esplanade and Manila), “Beauty and the Beast,” “Baby the Musical” and “Doubt” (Atlantis Productions); “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” “Little Mermaid” and “N.O.A.H. (No Ordinary Aquatic Habitat)” (Trumpets); “Intermezzo” (Off-Broadway); and “Nikimalika: Little Brown Brothers” (MaYi Theater, NYC).

A R T I S T I C S TA F F Costume designer

Raven’s design credits include “Romeyo Labs Dyulyet” (Mapua Techno Teatro) and “Slipped Disc” (Goethe-Institut Manila). He also worked on such projects as “West Side Story” (Stages), “Coppelia” (Ballet Philippines), “Oedipus Rex” (Angeles University Foundation) and “Mary Stuart” (Dulaang UP).

Lighting designer and technical director

Dong has added flair to concerts such as “Eraserheads—The Final Set,” Charice’s first Philippine major concert, and Nine Inch Nails’ Philippine tour, to name a few, and other music-driven events. Dong was also the LD and TD for the 21st Philippine Advertising Congress and the TV5 launch.

Projections designer

G.A.’s designs include Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” for Broadway Asia; “I Dream” for Stages; “Avenue Q,” “Baby the Musical,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Doubt,” “The Guys” and “Urinetown the Musical!” for Atlantis Productions; and “First Name” for Trumpets.”

Executive producer

Alvin honed his skills working in production management for CCP Tanghalang Pilipino. He then joined Stages Production Specialists Inc., where he is now a partner. He has produced corporate events, concerts and thematic shows for the Philippines’ top companies. In 2008, he produced the original musical event “I Dream.”

Production manager

Weng has handled corporate, marketing and theatrical events. In 2001, she was first assistant stage manager of “Chang & Eng: The Musical” for Action Theatre in Singapore. Recent theater credit includes the musical “Rent” staged in Manila on February 2010.

Stage manager

Bernice was the production stage manager for“Rent,” “Hedwig,” “Proof,” “The Rocky Horror Show,” “Urinetown the Musical!,” “Dreamgirls,” “Dogeaters,” “Avenue Q,” “West Side Story” and “N.O.A.H. (No Ordinary Aquatic Habitat)”—shows under Atlantis Productions, Stages and Trumpets.


These troubles too will pass; we have been in a crisis before and we will come back. Of myself, of our companies, and of our employees and associates, I demand nothing

short of excellence. And I will make sure that we help each other get there. We have had a history and

tradition of excellence in the Lopez businesses… we have always been

pioneers and leaders of industry. We have dared where others have not

and we have always have proven our skeptics wrong.”

“Our ultimate long-term objective must be that the business should endure and prosper long after we are gone, fulfilling its maximum

potential. Profit is not the sole, nor even the most important corporate objective… To survive, any business

must be useful to the society it serves.”

“It is not often that a business is permitted the privilege to reinvent

itself as something bigger, better and more relevant to the times and to the changing markets and continue to be

of great service to society.

— OSCAR M. LOPEZ

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FIRST HOLDINGS TEAM

Benjamin Lopez Project Director Cedie Lopez-Vargas Project Director Hazel Velasco Liaison Rosan Cruz Souvenir Program Head Raul Rodrigo Archival Consultant

ARTISTIC STAFF

George de Jesus III Director, Scriptwriter & Lyricist Roy del Valle Composer, Arranger & Musical Director Erwin Flores Choreographer Perky Parong Assistant Director Mio Infante Set Designer Raven Ong Costume Designer Dong Calingacion Lighting Designer & Technical Director GA Fallarme Projections Designer Lissa Tayko del Valle Co-Composer (Threading the Past with the Future, Love, History, Family & The Creed We Live By)

PRODUCTION STAFF

Alvin Trono Executive Producer Rowena Lopez Production Manager Rards Corpus Sound Engineer Bernice Aspillaga Cañete Stage Manager Bea Salipsip Asst. Stage Manager Alvin Mendoza Asst. Stage Manager Mariko Yasuda Asst. Stage Manager for Video Andrew Alcoba Production Assistants Sharon Gaurana Jesrelle Menguez Otto Hernandez Property Master Bambi Santos Spinner Maribeth Chua Talent & Rehearsal Coordinator Amor Guanlao Technical Assistant Peachy Salvador Coverage Coordinator Bong Decena Mic Traffic Zyda Marie Baaya Dance Captain GA Fallarme Program Cover Design Cheng Pimentel Projections Researcher Kristine Balmes Projections Operators Fern Villafuerte Jeff Agustin Kat Gonzales Carol Francisco Evelyn Gino Hair & Makeup Elenita Castillo Costume Mistress Irene Galura Dressers Sonny Castillo Marissa Espino Jimbo Serrano Arlene Arabejo Alelie Mae Divinagracia Jerome Aytona Costume Apprentices Carmi Soriano Monica Santos Rosa Leon Lumagbas Pauline Manzo Cleo Decena Logistics Coordinator Mildred Ubiadas Production Utility Noel Año Ma. Theresa Bolneo Office Coordinator

PRODUCTION SUPPLIERS

9 Works, Inc. Set Execution Rhythm Sound and Lights Trading Corp. Trussing & Lighting Soundcheck Sound System Imatech Video Projection System Stand Studio Rehearsal Venue EMBRC Costume Rental The A Shop Apple Computers POW! Food with a Punch Catering

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