The Theater Down South Company (Christmas 2008)
Bitten by the acting bug at13, Pammu first appeared in De La Salle Zobel's production of Oliver! as a Bar Girl. She then joined the DLSZ Symphony Orchestra with whom she played viola for musicals such as The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof and Teach the World.
Pammu has since graced the stage with Act 25 Productions, the De La Salle Zobel Alumni Association's performing arts group. With them she has performed in Godspell, Once On This Island (Asaka), Once Upon A Mattress (Queen Aggravain), Grease (Marty) and most recently, Pippin. In 2004, she joined Trumpets Playshop under Freddie Santos, performing in their showcase ofSo David... with co-actor George Shulze. In Theater Down South's A Midsummer Night's Dream, she has played both Titania and Hippolyta. With TDS, she has also been seen as the Witch in Rapunzel (also alternating as Storyteller) and Bosun Anderson in Treasure Island.
Pam was an Assistant Lecturer for the Literature Department of De La Salle University - Manila for two years. During that time she returned as a vocalist for the DLSU Pops Orchestra. Along with Mimay Adriano, she is also affiliated with the new Surreli Pops Orchestra. Pammu is an English tutor, a freelance writer and an acting coach in the BF Homes area.
Creative Director / President
Was part of the original cast of Miss Saigon in the West End. He also went on to play Lun Tha (the romantic lead) in the touring and West End productions of The King and I. Since coming back from London in 1992, he has established himself in the lounge and trade show circuits but continued to churn out stellar work in the theater. He was acclaimed for his portrayal of Javert in Les Miserables; the lead role in Tartuffe and AAI's Taking Sides. His acute knowledge of music and the musical theater served him in good stead in shows like Evita, and Carousel. He performed the role of the Baker in Into The Woods for New Voice Company last November 2007. He is also directing Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream for Theater Down South a theater company based in Alabang.
Kahna made her theatrical debut in Theater Down South’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Peaseblossom/Tom Snout). This was followed by featured roles in “Rapunzel” (Rapunzel) and “Treasure Island” (Meg). She has also performed in several of the company's holiday shows such as “The Wacky Wizard’s Tea Party” (Violet) and, most recently, “The Princess and the Red Carp” (Yeh Hsien).
As a commercial model, she has appeared in TV commercials such as LBC's "Monolith" (Fish Vendor), Tide/Safeguard/Ariel's "Tippi Tipid Tips" (Tippi) and Allerta "Kamot" (Officemate). She has also done a spoof with GMA-7's Bitoy's Funniest Home Videos.
Kahna is also a voice talent and an entrepreneur.
Vice PresidentJoonee is a graduate of the UP College of Music and a music teacher by profession. She runs Academy One Music and Dance Center in Parañaque and is also director of the Te Deum Chorus at the Parish of St. James in Ayala Alabang, with whom she has staged several musical concerts. She has appeared in the Act 25/DLSZ-AA productions of "Godspell" (Gilmer) and "Once on This Island" (Mama Euralie) and served as musical director for both of these shows. She has also essayed the role of Lucy in "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" for a thesis production staged at the DLSZ Sylvia P. Lina Theater. Aside from music and theater, Joonee dabbles in writing and is a contributor for Read magazine.
Juan made his stage debut in Theater Down South's staging of "A Midsummer Night's Dream". With Theater Down South, he has since been seen in "Rapunzel" (Simon the Valet),"Treasure Island" (Blind Man Pew/Dick Johnson), "The Rabbit Riders Save Easter" (Ridiculous Rat) and "Santa at Sea" (Brownbeard Barnacle). Outside Theater Down South, he has been seen in De La Salle Zobel's Act 25 production of "Once Upon A Mattress" (King Sextimus) and in Marie Eugenie Theater of The Assumption's production of "Romeo and Juliet" (Tybalt).
When he's not onstage, Juan works as a freelance writer and consultant.
A pediatrician by profession, Gary has always loved singing & performing on stage even at an early age. After finishing his internship at Makati Medical Center, he joined his first theater workshop & was invited to appear as a cast member of TRUMPETS' " Joseph the Dreamer". Since then, he has appeared in several concerts, corporate events, product launchings, mall shows & musical productions. For Valentine’s Day 2009, he co-wrote, co-directed & co-starred in a musical revue called "Love in the Key of Caffeine". He has been fortunate enough to be trained by theater stalwarts, such as Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, Freddie Santos, Monique Wilson, Roselyn Perez & Michael Williams. To maintain a healthy balance between a clinical practice & professional theater career is what he aims to achieve. He is proud & honored to be a part of the core group of THEATER DOWN SOUTH.
Theater credits include: TRUMPETS' "Joseph the Dreamer" (Guard/Chorus); GANTIMPALA's "Pepe en Pilar" (Mr. Aguila); THEATER DOWN SOUTH's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Egeus/Peter Quince), "Rapunzel" (Storyteller/King), " Songs From The North Pole" (Tin Soldier), "Wacky Wizard's Amazing Tea Party" (Wacky Wizard), "Treasure Island" (Tom Morgan), and "The Three Wise Men" (Gaspar); REPERTORY PHILS' "Sweeney Todd" (Chorus); 9WORKS THEATRICAL's "Rent" (Chorus/Tom Collins understudy)
Resident Production Designer
Niki received much of his formal theater training as a Theater Arts major in the Fine Arts Program of the Ateneo de Manila University from 1998-2002; under National Artist Salvador Bernal. Until recently he took Production Design at the School of Design & Arts, DLS-CSB. He took great interest in production design after playing a few roles in Tanghalang Ateneo productions such as "when the purple settles" and "Ang Pagpapaamo sa Maldita". Since then, he has designed sets and costumes for 14 plays in the bill of the first Ateneo New Play Festival, "Pangarap sa Isang Gabi ng Gitnang Tag-araw", the CSB-Filipinescas Dance Company, Duyan Ng Kagitingan for CCP's "waiting in the wings", Mulan for Repertory Philippine's Children's Theater, and for DLSZ's Once On This Island and Once Upon A Mattress. For television, Niki worked as an illustrator and design developer under Peque Gallaga for GMA-7's SUGO.
Lesley graduated from Ateneo de Manila loves to act and hopes to do this for the rest of her life. Her theater credits include Koine Theater: The Misspelling of Miss Gem (Miss Gem); Tanghalang Pilipino:Ang Ligawang Ligaw/Love's Labour's Lost (Maria), Balota Queen (Virginia)Dulaang UP: The Butterfly's Evil Spell (Butterfly), Lysistrata (Calonike),The Imaginary Invalid (Beline); Dramatis Personae: The Hunchback of NotreDame (Esmeralda), The Lady from the Sea (Ellida), Brand (Agnes), Hiroshima Mon Amour (Woman). Feature Film credits include Redd5Luke Films: Baliw (Lisa); Xion Studios: Xenoa (Amanda); MediaLinkNorway: The Power to Choose (Woman); Tojaro Productions: Inter.m@tes(Pauline). When not onstage, Leslie teaches pre-school classes in music, movement and theater.
Mikey is a graduate of Ateneo de Manila University and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. He played the lead role in Yan Yuzon's "Linya" for Tanghalang Ateneo. In 2005 he trained in Ron Capinding's Basic Acting course, performing as Jason in the Greek tragedy "Medea", and as Cupcake in Cris Martinez's "Balang Araw". After he graduated, he encountered the unstoppable force that is Theater Down South, forever changing his life. He played Storyteller/Innkeeper/Man-with-a-Mop/Castle Guard in the musical "Rapunzel", Tom Morgan/Captain Smollett in "Treasure Island", and lived his dream of performing in a Shakespeare play as Nick Bottom in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". He has appeared in all of TDS's Christmas specials, including 2008's "Tales from the North Pole", in which he performed as Santa Claus.
Mikey is co-owner of the arts and entertainment company Avantism Inc., whose productions include the Philippines' first-ever Break Dance competition "Break-In' The South 2009" in SM Southmall, and "Expresso: Kwentuhan Sessions" in Paseo de Sta. Rosa, of which he was Executive Producer. He occasionally appears as a host and/or actor in the online Filipino video channel Flippish.com, and has appeared in several TV commercials. He also emcees events and parties from time to time.
Mika was last seen playing Lucinda the wicked stepsister in New Voice Company's "Into the Woods". Months
before she was seen in Repertory Philippines' "The Sound of Music", NVC's "Aspects if Love" in Singapore,
and played the role of Jenny Dillingham in "Aspects of Love" in Manila. She played the role of Cinderella
in DLSZ's "Cinderella" and participated in several New Voice and Repertory workshops where she played has
Madame Dubbonet in "The Boyfriend", Jessica Goldman in "This is Our Youth", Rhoda in "The Bad Seed", and
Nina Zarechnaya in "The Good Doctor".
For television, Mika can be seen in the new music video "Home", Verses latest single. She is also in the
music videos "First of Summer" and "Endless, a silent whisper," both of Urbandub. For movies, Mika can be
seen playing Maya Vergiere in HUBO production's "Sa Pagdapo ng Mariposa".
In the real world, Roan is a freelance writer, trainer, marketing strategist, financial consultant or communications specialist, depending on which day you ask her. One title she carries consistently and proudly is mother to her 8-year old son. She also acts in short films and lends her voice to animated productions.
Roan is back on stage, after an 11-year hiatus, performing in the same play she last acted in. She played Helena in her college's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." In a surreal twist, she now takes on the character of Hermia
Ria is a housewife and mother to four children who juggles her time between home and the theater. She has been seen in the Repertory Philippines production of "Kismet" and in AAI's "Promises, Promises." She is a founding member of Theater Down South and has appeared in all their major productions, including "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Cobweb/Hippolyta), "Rapunzel" (Witch/ Storyteller) and "Treasure Island" (Mrs. Hawkins). She has also taught Musical Theater workshops in Baguio's Small World School, Trumpets' Playshop and Theater Down South's Summer Workshops.
Ria is a member of De La Salle-Zobel's Act 25 Productions for whom she has directed and appeared in "Godspell" and "Once on this Island" (Mama Euralie) , the latter under the guidance of Michael Williams. With the same company, she also served as Mr. Williams' Assistant Director for "Once Upon a Mattress" and was most recently seen in the alumni cast of "Pippin" (Fastrada).
Ria is also a member of the PCJ Grand Choir and the DLSZ Alumni Chorale.
Celine began training and performing as a singer when she joined the Ateneo College Glee Club in 2001. Since entering the theater scene in 2008, she has been a mainstay of Nestor U. Torre productions and Theater Down South.
Under Nestor U. Torre she was launched into acting as a devout, story-telling grandmother whose daughter is sick with leukemia in the restaging of "Ang Mapaghimalang Birhen ng Caysasay" and was part of the original cast of "Cory, the Musical", where she portrayed various roles including that of Ballsy Aquino. In February 2010, she joined her director's restaging of "Nasaan Si Hesus?" starring Pinky Marquez at the Meralco Theater. She is currently rehearsing a new production of "Macario Sakay" where she is set to play Kapitana Trining. Last December, She auditioned for The Ryan Cayabyab Singers and is now the newest soprano member of the group.
Celine auditioned for Theater Down South's "Treasure Island" in 2009 and was given the role of Mrs. Hawkins and played a pirate in alternating shows. Since then, she's been part of all TDS original holiday musicals at The Podium. She played Mrs. Cratchit in "Humbug" last December 2009, and was most recently seen as the Evil Stepmother in "The Princess and the Red Carp" for Chinese New Year.
Started performing in theater during grade school in Teatro Auxillium of Mary Help of Christians Parish performing plays of Fr. James Reuter (Goodnight Black Eye and annual Senakulos). Attended Music lessons at Center for Pop and Ryan Cayabyab Music School and Musical Theater at Trumpets. He has performed with Tanghalan Pilipino of CCP (El Filibusterismo), Chase International (Once on this Island) and with Music Theater Philippines (Sino Ka ba Jose Rizal). He joined Theater Down South and appeared in A Midsummer Nights Dream, Rapunzel the Musical, and other Kidde shows at the SM Malls. He graduated BS Computer Science at AMACC worked in SGV and Informatics. On sabattical he studied Culinary Arts at Center for Culinary Arts and has taken Baking/Cake Decorating courses at Heny Sison. Took Photography lessons under Jay Alonzo).He also co-hosted cooking show with Heny Sison. He did recently and independent film Director's Cut) and is currently a member of the Ayala Alabang Camera Club. He is a resident actor and photographer of TDS and Treasurer of the Company.
Company ManagerChino fell into theater by accident via a high school production of "South Pacific", where he played the part of Lt. Joe Cable. On the strength of his performance in this show, he was invited to join the cast of Repertory Philippines' "Yankee Pankee 98". In 2006, he returned to the theater, playing the role of Judas in the Act 25/DLSZ-AA production of "Godspell" and in 2007 he played the role of Papa Ge in the same company's production of "Once on this Island."
Chino is a Karate World Cup Silver Medalist and a SEA Games Gold Medalist. He was the Karatedo coach of the Philippine National Karatedo team for the 2005 SEA Games and is currently the Karatedo coach of De La Salle Zobel. He is also the manager of AAK Fitness System and part owner of Customs Bar, Grill and Restaurant on Ortigas Avenue.
Micko's first foray into theater was as one of Fagin's thieves in De La Salle Zobel's production of "Oliver". After earning a degree in Computer Science specializing in Instructional Systems Technology, he returned to DLSZ to give back to his alma mater. While there, he was part of Act25's production of "Once On This Island" (as Armand). Soon after, he was invited to audition as a core company member of Theater Down South. Since then, he has performed in various TDS productions including "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (as Theseus / Oberon), "Rapunzel" (as Storyteller / Innkeeper / Man With Mop / Castle Guard) and "Treasure Island" (as Ben Gunn / Blind Pew). He has also performed in the TDS holiday shows - "Humbug!" (as Ebeneezer Scrooge), "3 Wise Men" (as the Innkeeper) and "The Wacky Wizard's Tea Party" (as the Jester) among others. Coming home to DLSZ for its 30th Foundation anniversary, Micko reunited with Act25 for their production of "Pippin" (as a Player). Besides performing, he has been Sound Technician for various shows, has been teaching during TDS's yearly summer workshops and was stage manager, sound technician and production designer of "Love in The Key of Caffeine".
He is the proud owner and manager of Lundag Kuneho IT Services, a multimedia design and development solutions provider.
Daryl made his professional theatrical debut as Lysander in 2007 in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. Theater and performance credits since include Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” (Jim O’ Connor), “Rapunzel” Prince Brian, Prince Street Players’ “Treasure Island” (Jim Hawkins/ Black Dog/ Ensemble), Theater Down South’s "The Gingerbread Man's Easter Eggscapade" (Blueberry), “Humbug” (Jacob Marley/ Fezziwig), “Three Wise Men” (Town Crier/ Joseph), “Christmas at the North Pole” (Prancer), and the TDS Holiday shows at the Enchanted Kingdom, Tribeca, SM Mall of Asia and Ayala Alabang Village Narra Park. He is also a Theater Down South Workshop Instructor.
Aside from acting, Daryl has also done Stage Management and Sound Design for various productions such as Theater Down South's “Rapunzel” and “Treasure Island” at the Insular Life Theater, “The Princess and the Red Carp” and "The Gingerbread Man's Easter Eggscapade" at the Podium, and Academy One Music and Dance Center's "Don't Stop" at the CCP Main Theater.
Apart from his theater work, Daryl is a Freelance Graphic Designer.
George is one of the younger actors in Theater Down South's stable. This promising thespian has attended acting workshops with Trumpets Playshop under Freddie Santos and Jaime del Mundo. In these workshops, he has performed lead roles such as David in "So David" and Sir Malaguance in "Pendragon." He has played lead roles in De La Salle Zobel's school plays such as Daniel in "Once On This Island" and Sir Harry in "Once Upon a Mattress," both under the direction of Michael Williams. He also dabbles in modeling, having done print and TV ads. George plans to take a film-acting course in Canada and hopes to make this his life-long profession.
Resident Graphic Designer
Benjor has been seen in the Act25/DLSZ-AA productions of "Godspell" and "Once on This Island" as Agwe, and as the title role in a production of "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" that was presented at the Sylvia P. Lina Theater in DLSZ. Benjor is the Art Director for Rocketship, Inc. and a graphic designer for the London based company Another Cup of Coffee, Inc. Ben is also a co-proprietor of Baked, a company that makes graphic t-shirts, notebooks and other fun stuff. He also does a regular comic strip which runs in every issue of Read magazine.
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Having spent his formative years on the field and on the court, Paolo never thought he would end up having the time of his life on the stage. Paolo's journey into theater started during his junior year in De La Salle Zobel's Act 25 production of "Once on this Island" as the characters Daniel and Armand last 2007. Since then Paolo has appeared in all of De La Salle Zobel's subsequent productions, such as "Once upon a Mattress" (as the Wizard) in 2008, "Grease!" (as Sonny Latierri) in January of 2009, and "Pippin" (as Louis) in December of 2009 all of which were under the creative direction of Michael Williams. Outside of Zobel, Paolo has done some work with Theater Down South as assistant faculty for their summer workshops and has performed in some of their holiday shows. His first foray into the realm of professional theatre was in Theater Down South's production of "Treasure Island" as Black Dog and George Merry.
Off stage Paolo is a student in De La Salle University Manila currently taking up communication arts and advertising management. He enjoys playing basketball and football with his friends. He also dreams to make the Philippines a better place one day.
Pam works as a writer/producer for Pixeleyes Multimedia, a production house in the heart of Ortigas. Fuelled by sheer passion and undaunted by the commute to Alabang, she insanely tries to take on as much theater work as she can with TDS while balancing work and a smattering of theater pursuits on the side. She feels incredibly lucky that she has been gifted with opportunities to do what she loves. After playing a nun (Sound of Music) and a prancing fairy godmother (Cinderella Kids) briefly for Repertory Philippines, she took on the challenge of performing for Monday Nights, New Voices at Mag:net BHS last May 2008. She was also seen as a lead talent for a Joy TVC campaign (2008), Aling Nena in "OMG! Whatever happened to Toyang?" (Trumpets MT Adults Class 09), Amanda Wingfield (2008) in Tennessee William's "The Glass Menagerie", and Lucy Van Pelt (2009) in "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" -- the latter two being productions of UA&P Kultura.
Pam began her journey with TDS last year, performing for the group's Christmas mall shows as Mrs. Claus and continued this Easter 2009, as Princess Plumpernickel. For the longest time, Pam has been hungry for a theater scene down south and is amazed at the dedication of the TDS core group to make this happen. She is thankful everyday that she has been somehow blessed to be part of it.
Zig graduated from De La Salle University – College of St. Benilde with a degree in Music Production and is also an accomplished singer and pianist. In 2008, he joined the Spotlight Artist Workshop where he studied under seasoned stage veterans Robert Seña, Isay Alvarez and Nestor Torre. This led to a role in the musical "Cory", where he played a variety of roles. He gained further experience from the ABS-CBN Star Magic Acting Workshop before joining Theater Down South. With TDS, he has been seen in "Treasure Island"(Captain Smollet/Billy Bones), "The Princess and the Red Carp"(Emperor), "Santa at Sea"(Captain Cutlass) and "Christmas at the North Pole" (reindeer) and the TDS Christmas concerts.
Zig has also appeared in films, both independent and mainstream such as "Dinig Sana Kita", "Balag", "In My Life" and "Emir".
Jenn started performing at the age of 2 and played the lead wearing a Philippine flag dress in a pre-school production. Obviously, her love for both politics and theater was undeniable.
She was last seen onstage during De La Salle Zobel Alumni production of Grease where she played the role of Patty Simcox. Prior to that, she performed for the Church of the Poor Foundation Concert with the Metro Manila Community Orchestra. Back in high school, she appeared in various school and community productions such as ACT 25, AAVA's production of Close To Home, Cinderella (Fairy God Mother) and Peter Pan (Wendy). She also received formal training from Trumpets Playshop and Ryan Cayabyab Studio.Jenn now juggles work as a Political Communications Assistant for a Senator, Law school in Ateneo and Theater Down South - which strengthens her belief that theater is the key to social transformation!>
Upon the prodding of her mother, Kris attended an open audition advertised in their weekly AAVA news for new Theater Down South talents. She has since been seen in the company's Christmas and Easter shows and has also been tapped as a Junior Instructor for the TDS Summer Workshop. She is looking forward to appearing in her first major theater production. Prior to TDS, her acting experiences were limited to being a lead in a high school musical and attending an acting class in college under Mr. Ron Capinding.
By profession, Kris is Managing Partner of her own wedding coordination and styling company called Full Circle and previously worked in an advertising company.
Michael "Mike" Villanueva made his theatrical debut on the De La Salle Zobel School stage as Peter Pans' nemesis Captain Hook in the school's 2000-01 production of "Peter Pan". In succeeding years, he was cast as Prince Charmings' father in "Cinderella" and Judge Claude Frollo in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". Three years later he returned to the Zobel stage, this time under the direction of Michael Williams, and has since appeared in "Once On This Island" (Armand's father), "Once Upon a Mattress" (King Sextimus) and "Grease" (Eugene). This last show gave him one of his bigger challenges... how to be believable as a teen-ager playing opposite castmates who actually were. But therein lies the actors challenge: How to make the "I" vanish so that the character may surface.
In December 2009, Mike had the privilege of joining Theater-Down-South in their Christmas Shows in SM's Mall-of-Asia, SM North Edsa and the Narra Park in Ayala Alabang.
Tricia is a junior at the PAREF-Woodrose School. Starting from the age of five, she attended acting workshops of Repertory Philippines. During these workshop productions, she played characters like Dorothy in The Wiz, and Shenzi the Hyena in The Lion King. In 2002, during an AAI acting workshop, under the tutelage of Michael Williams and Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, she discovered her strong passion for acting. For that workshop’s culminating production, she played the role of Lucy in “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” Soon after that, she appeared in REP Children Theater’s production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, as Fred the Bashful. However, after that season, Tricia left the theater scene to concentrate on her studies. Now, after a seven-year hiatus, Tricia is back on stage, doing what she loves best with Theater Down South.
...is a unique blend of "gypsy", "artist" and "performer". In grade school and high school, Mimay played the lead in school productions such as "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Titania) and "The Taming of the Shrew" (Catherine). St. Scholastica's College Manila's curriculum has also allowed her to write, direct, choreograph and act in countless class and batch productions. As part of her training, she took ballet lessons for 8 years. She has also joined Trumpets Playshop's musical theater workshops since she was 12, and has been part of showcases such as "Footloose", "Wicked" (Nessarose) and "Legally Blonde" (Paulette). She has been under Freddie Santos, Chari Arespacochaga and Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, to name a few. In college, she studied Psychology and was a vocalist for the De La Salle University Pops Orchestra. She loves to write, paint, sketch, play the violin and read during her free time. She is currently balancing theater work, being a vocalist of the newly established Surreli Pops Orchestra, and preparing for her medical education.
RV started his ballet lessons March 2009 in Academy One under Jeffrey Espejo. He had recently performed at CCP Main Theater for his recital May of the same year. Now, he faces a new challenge as he joins Theater Down South for their upcoming show, "Treasure Island". This is his first musical and he welcomes the challenge presented as he knows that this will help him to become a good artist someday. He still attends ballet classes in Academy One.
Rv loves to eat pasta dishes and is also addicted to chocolates!
Kathy started ballet under Jeanette Racillo when she was twelve years old, and then later on took ballet lessons under Nina Anonas, Sol Fernandez and Cherish Garcia. She participated in the 1992 and 1994 RAD Dance Festival at the Cultural Center of the Philippines and appeared in the movie 'Mila' which starred Maricel Soriano. After her cousin brought her to watch Repertory Philippines' production of "Sleeping Beauty" she was bitten by the theater bug. Thereafter, she took acting workshops under Jaime Blanch and more recently with New Voice Company. She has always wanted to be a part of the theater industry but fate had other plans, and brought her to the travel industry instead. She's grateful that Theater Down South opened the door for her to the world of theater where her heart belongs.
Resident Stage Manager
Since 1994, Adrian has done numerous theatrical productions, concerts, awards nights and corporate events. He has honed his skills with the country’s top theater and commercial directors such as Freddie Santos, Rowell Santiago, Kokoy Jimenez and veteran stage managers such as Ed Murillo and Sunshine Domine. His notable professional productions for theater include SINING, FLORANTE at LAURA, NOLI ME TANGERE, and EL FILIBUSTERISMO, as well as the Actor’s Actors Incorporated production of THE ATHEIST. He handled MAGIC FLUTE and MASTERCLASS under the direction of Michael Williams, and recently HARANA for the Philippine Opera Company. Some of his notable CORPORATE shows include World Cyber Games Philippines, Melanj on Ice - the Philippine Tour, NOKIA, Coca-cola Christmas Caravan, and the Metro Manila Film Festival 2008.
Adrian also does the stage management of De La Salle-Zobel Production of GREASE and their poduction of PIPPIN. He loves new challenges and believes that he still has a lot to learn. He is an active member of the Association of Freelance Production and Stage Management Group.
Maricar is a Certified Public Accountant and a Licensed Realtor. She has practiced Accountancy with one of the top accounting firms and has worked with two major corporations in the Philippines. While practicing her profession, Maricar also dabbled in her passion for singing. She has sung professionally and has had gigs with an international hotel, a golf club and a restaurant. Maricar joined Theater Down South through an open audition for the TDS Holiday shows, theater being close to her heart as she used to perform in school plays. Happily married and a proud mother of three, Maricar is very excited to be part of Treasure Island, which marks her debut in professional theater.
Collins is a young tenor from Laguna. He holds a Bachelor of Music Studies from the University of Syndey, studying as a voice major at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music under countertenor Andrew Dalton and soprano Amanda Thane. He has performed in venues across Sydney as a soloist, including Sydney Town Hall and St Mary's Cathedral, and as a member of Pacific Opera in Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia".
Upon graduating in 2008, Collins came home to pursue further studies in Sociology and Philippine History at the University of the Philippines in Manila. His first production with Theater Down South was as a featured performer in some of the TDS holiday shows. He made his professional Philippine theater debut as Ben Gunn in Treasure Island (2009).