Mapanakit is an abundance of Filipino experiences of heartbreak, longing, healing, and hope showered in three one-act plays by acclaimed playwright Eljay Castro Deldoc.

With us are three members of the production YPC Stage the professional performance and touring arm of the Biñan Youth Performance Council Inc. Join us as we immerse in their maiden production ng mga dulang bittersweet.

Ladies and gentlefolk, please welcome to the pod Euden Moje, Jury Sanchez, and Rijs Noguera.

Director: David Cayuca

Sound Engineer: Anton Magno

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Cliake Studio - https://www.facebook.com/cliakestudio

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Season 6 - Episode 10

50 episodes in and it feels like we're just getting started. With our guest, Phi Palmos, I take a seat on the guest side of the show and we explore what it was like in the early years of the Stage Left and what it looks like in the future.

Ladies and gentlefolk, please welcome to the pod as host, Phi Palmos.

Director: David Cayuca

Sound Engineer: Anton Magno

Special Thanks to:

Cliake Studio - https://www.facebook.com/cliakestudio

Int. Bar / Ext. Cafe - https://www.instagram.com/intbar.extcafe/

Sunny Side Sound Productions - https://www.sunnysidesound.ph/

Season 6 - Episode 9

Our guest needs no introduction, an actor, a writer, a director for film and ads, he wears a hat that leaves a career of creativity for young queer people to be inspired with.

Spotlight on Babae Sa Septic Tank, a satire of the different creative diaspora from film and now to stage, we explore the artistic experience of an artist from it’s inceptipn to the legacy it leaves in the critique of the Filipino.

Ladies and gentlefolk, please welcome to the pod Direk Marlon Rivera.

Director: David Cayuca

Sound Engineer: Anton Magno

Special Thanks to:

Cliake Studio - https://www.facebook.com/cliakestudio

Int. Bar / Ext. Cafe - https://www.instagram.com/intbar.extcafe/

Sunny Side Sound Productions - https://www.sunnysidesound.ph/

Season 6 - Episode 8

Nel is an artist who has lead a vibrant career on stage, from acting to directing amongst the many hats he’s worn in entertainment. As a director, part of his artistic journey has graced us with the gift amazing worksEnter stage, Man of La Mancha. A classic musical that frames a play-within-a-play about the aging, delusional "knight" Don Quixote.

To save his manuscript from the Spanish Inquisition, the author Miguel de Cervantes and his fellow prisoners act out the nobleman's romantic, idealistic, and often tragic quest to fight windmills and champion his love, Dulcinea.

Ladies and gentlefolk, please welcome to the pod, Nelsito Gomez.

Director: David Cayuca

Sound Engineer: Anton Magno

Special Thanks to:

Cliake Studio - https://www.facebook.com/cliakestudio

Int. Bar / Ext. Cafe - https://www.instagram.com/intbar.extcafe/

Sunny Side Sound Productions - https://www.sunnysidesound.ph/

Season 6 - Episode 7

From PETA, A Christmas Carol, to Disney Hong Kong, from Hi-5 and A Boy Foretold by the Stars to being lead in the movie Paglilitis, our guest has had a vibrant career taking on different roles as a commercial model, events host, and performer.

Equal to her colorful career and roles, her artistic path is only equal to coruscating personality that she eminates to people she meets. Join us as we talk about the highs and lows and the whys of the pursuit of theater and performance and what it’s like to navigate being an actor in the metro.

Ladies and gentlefolk, please welcome to the pod Rissey Reyes-Robinson.

Director: David Cayuca

Sound Engineer: Anton Magno

Special Thanks to:

Cliake Studio - https://www.facebook.com/cliakestudio

Int. Bar / Ext. Cafe - https://www.instagram.com/intbar.extcafe/

Sunny Side Sound Productions - https://www.sunnysidesound.ph/

Season 6 - Episode 6

Improv is a fast growing form of theater in the public’s eye, where “Every creative act involves a leap into the void,” as American theater director Anne Bogart once mentioned. The magic of improvisational theater has long been a part of the Philippine stage, but through social media, we now have a new found collective love for unpredictable skits and the comedic gold mine it offers.

With us is the country’s most popular group, Silly People’s Improv Theater group, or more popularly know as SPIT Manila. Join us as we dive into the world of the unscripted and how their artistry shines with every “yes and”.

Ladies and gentlefolk, let’s welcome Dingdong, Pappu, Angelica, Ariel, and Kara of SPIT Manila!

Director: David CayucaSound Engineer: Anton MagnoSpecial Thanks to:Cliake Studio - https://www.facebook.com/cliakestudioInt. Bar / Ext. Cafe - https://www.instagram.com/intbar.extcafe/Sunny Side Sound Productions - https://www.sunnysidesound.ph/Season 6 - Episode 5

Jumping straight back to the conversation about the plight of the theater community during the lockdown and how it changed the industry forever. We dive into the new life of Gab Pangilinan from sharing her personal life online to collaborations that break barriers, we are treated to what it was like journeying through all of those pivotal changes.

Continuing the conversation in Stage Left, ladies and gentlefolk, Gab Pangilinan!

Director: David Cayuca

Sound Engineer: Anton Magno

Special Thanks to:Cliake Studio - https://www.facebook.com/cliakestudio

Int. Bar / Ext. Cafe - https://www.instagram.com/intbar.extcafe/

Sunny Side Sound Productions - https://www.sunnysidesound.ph/

Season 6 - Episode 4

A theater kid through and through, starting out as an ensemble, then becoming the headliner in theater’s biggest shows, and now a part of the biggest theater company in the Philippines, let’s dive into the artist experience of a friend of the show, Gab!

Starting out in BlueRep and PETA, she has worn many faces for different shows and now she now wears many hats for the theater community. Here’s a real life Kung Paano Ako Naging Leading Lady talk with our incomparable guest and her journey from deciding to quit corporate at 2014 and go full on theater and becoming who she is today.

Welcome to Stage Left, Gab Pangilinan!

Director: David Cayuca

Sound Engineer: Anton Magno

Special Thanks to:Cliake Studio - https://www.facebook.com/cliakestudio

Int. Bar / Ext. Cafe - https://www.instagram.com/intbar.extcafe/

Sunny Side Sound Productions - https://www.sunnysidesound.ph/

Season 6 - Episode 3

Uncompromising and powerful, we have with us one of my favorite people in theater, Maronne Cruz. From fashion to self-expression, voice acting to the stage, our guest is a beacon of uniquely carving your own path towards artistry and the power of femininity.From dubbing as Zoey of KPOP Demon Hunters, playing Emilia of Othello by CastPH, now cast as Angie from Barefoot Theater Collaborative’s anthropology, a thrilling play by Lauren Gunderson about grief, technology, and family, we look into and explore our guest’s own artistic experience.Join us as we welcome Maronne Cruz!

Director: David Cayuca

Sound Engineer: Anton Magno

Special Thanks to:

Cliake Studio - https://www.facebook.com/cliakestudio

Int. Bar / Ext. Cafe - https://www.instagram.com/intbar.extcafe/

Sunny Side Sound Productions - https://www.sunnysidesound.ph/

Season 6 - Episode 2

Inventive, intelligent criticism - as Vincen would describe the need for a stronger movement towards conversation and commentary of the Manila theater scene as impetus for the founding of the new critics organization.Following the successful and much anticipated announcement of the Manila Society of Theater Reviewers’ inaugural awards we have with us, MSTR founder Nikki Francisco of TheaterFansManila.com and co-founder and convenor Vincen Gregory Yu, as our season opener guests. Join us as we talk about their experience lending their thoughts on what its like to be a critic and how it helps foster a healthier and robust theater community.Ladies and gentlefolk, welcome to Stage Left Podcast, season 6!

Director: David Cayuca

Sound Engineer: Anton Magno

Special Thanks to:

Cliake Studio - https://www.facebook.com/cliakestudio

Sunny Side Sound Productions - https://www.sunnysidesound.ph/

Season 6 - Episode 1