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Ep. 151: How to Turn Rejection Into Success: Be Walanghiya! With Kiara Dario
Unless you’re a hardcore theater fan, you might think Kiara Dario is an overnight success. But it took 20 years of countless auditions and rejections before she would get her first lead role in local theater, and after just a few months, the biggest break any Filipino actor could dream of—the role of Gigi Van Tranh in the Manila run and international tour of Miss Saigon.
She started theatre training at age five with Repertory Philippines, where she made her professional debut at the age of 14 in Disney's Camp Rock. Her first lead role in Snow White and the Prince last year got her a nomination as Best Performer in a Musical in the BroadwayWorld Philippines Awards. Previous theater credits include Mrs. Potiphar in Joseph the Dreamer, ensemble in A_ng Huling El Bimbo, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,_ and Annie.
She was also the Philippine representative at the 2015 World Hip Hop Championships in California, and an actor in iWantTFC series Lyric and Beat. A songwriter and recording artist, she is a member of the self-produced Philippine pop girl group Daydream, nominated for Favorite Group at the 2022 AWIT Awards.
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By Myrza Sison and The Pod Network
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Unless you’re a hardcore theater fan, you might think Kiara Dario is an overnight success. But it took 20 years of countless auditions and rejections before she would get her first lead role in local theater, and after just a few months, the biggest break any Filipino actor could dream of—the role of Gigi Van Tranh in the Manila run and international tour of Miss Saigon.
She started theatre training at age five with Repertory Philippines, where she made her professional debut at the age of 14 in Disney's Camp Rock. Her first lead role in Snow White and the Prince last year got her a nomination as Best Performer in a Musical in the BroadwayWorld Philippines Awards. Previous theater credits include Mrs. Potiphar in Joseph the Dreamer, ensemble in A_ng Huling El Bimbo, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,_ and Annie.
She was also the Philippine representative at the 2015 World Hip Hop Championships in California, and an actor in iWantTFC series Lyric and Beat. A songwriter and recording artist, she is a member of the self-produced Philippine pop girl group Daydream, nominated for Favorite Group at the 2022 AWIT Awards.