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Quarter 4
Self-Learning Module 2
Original Performance with the Use of Media:
Philippine Theater and Performing Groups
(Trumpets, New Voice Company, Philippine
Opera Company, and Theater Down South)
 EXPECTATIONS

In this module, you will explore the Original Performance With The Use of
Media: Philippine Theater and Performing Groups (Trumpets, New Voice Company,
Philippine Opera Company, and Theater Down South)

Most Essential Learning Competencies:

1. explain the uniqueness of each original performance; A10PL-IVh-1
2. design with a group the visual components of a school play (stage design,
costume, props, etc.) ; and A10PR-IVe-1
3. analyze the uniqueness of the group that was given recognition for its performance
and explain what component contributed to its selection. A10PR-IVh-3

Objectives:
After going through on this module, you are expected to:
1. discussed the uniqueness of the original performances;
2. created a design to determine visual components of school play; and
3. wrote a short essays about the uniqueness of the different performing groups.

PRETEST

Directions: Write True if the statement is correct, and False if the statement is
incorrect.
______1. Trumpets a musical that is written with a slant towards good values for
children and the whole family.

______2. New Voice Company deals with issues such as women’s rights, gender
equality, sexual harassment, and other relevant issues to the contemporary world.

______3. Philippine Opera Company was founded with the leadership of Karla
Gutierrez.

______4. Theater Down South was founded by Michael Adams a Philippine mainstay.

______5. New Voice Company provided a wholesome theater experiences for Filipino
youth.
 RECAP
In this activity, you will recall the lesson learned in module 1.

Directions: Identify the term being described. Write the letter that corresponds to
your answer on the space provided.

1. Theater association founded by Cecile Guidote – Alvarez in 1967.

A. PETA C. Theater Down South
B. Repertory Philippines D. Trumpets
2. The resident theater company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
A. New Voice Company C. PETA
B. Repertory Phils. D. Tanghalang Pilipino
3. A company that not only staged English- language plays and musicals year -round
but trained actors and actresses as well.

A. PETA C. Tanghalang Pilipino B. Repertory Philippines D.

Trumpets
4. She put the Philippines on the world map of theater after having the lead
role of Kim in Miss Saigon.
A. Anne Curtis C. Lea Salonga
B. Cherie Gil D. Joanna Ampil
5. It is one of International hit musical that was staged by Repertory Philippines in
Manila.
A. Les Miserables C. The Bluebird of Happiness
B. Miss Saigon D. Wardrobe

LESSON

T he Philippines has many well-talented theater actors and actresses. They belong to
many Philippine Theater groups in the country that produce local and foreign plays.
Here are some of the notable local theater groups.
 PHILIPPINE THEATER AND PERFORMING GROUPS
A. TRUMPETS
➢
Triumphant People's Evangelistic Theater Society (Trumpets) founded
by Audie Gemora.
➢
First professional gospel theater group that specializes in productions
with bible and gospel messages, known for producing quality musical
productions.
➢
It began in 1980 and found success with its productions such as
Joseph the Dreamer and First Name.
➢
1990 when it begins to mount grand productions originally written
musicals with a slant towards good values for children and the whole
family.
➢
Trumpets provides wholesome theater experience for Filipino youth while
also building up the Philippine theater-going public.

AUDIE GEMORA
➢
Founder of Trumpets( Triumphant People’s Evangelistic
Theater Society).
➢
He is a stage, television and film actor, singer, recording
artist, dancer, host, on-camera & voice talent for TV and
radio commercials, director, choreographer.

Original Filipino musical of Trumpets “The

Bluebird of Happiness,” which tells the
story of the magical adventure of two poor
children and their pursuit of true happiness.

B. NEW VOICE COMPANY

➢
It was founded in 1994 by Repertory alumna Monique Wilson.
➢
It was the country’s foremost feminist theater group that deals with
contemporary social issues.
➢
Its provocative approach has made New Voice one of the most respected
theater groups in the country and in Asia.
➢
It deals with issues such as women’s rights, gender equality, sexual
harassment, and other relevant issues to the contemporary world.

MONIQUE WILSON

▪
Is a Filipino singer, actress and activist who played Kim
during the Original West End production of Miss Saigon
 after being an understudy, taking over the role when Lea
Salonga left for the Broadway production.
▪
Founder of New Voice Company.
 Aspecst of Love
New Voice Company, 2006
➢
The "aspects" of the title refers to the many forms
that love takes in the show: love between couples,
both as romantic infatuation and as married people.

C. PHILIPPINE OPERA COMPANY (POC)

➢
Was founded in 1999 by a group of dedicated classically-trained singers,
led by Karla Gutierrez.
➢
It seeks to develop performers as well as audiences for classical
music performance, both foreign and Filipino.
➢
Is the only opera company in the country that produces regular opera
productions.

KARLA GUTIERREZ
➢
Operatic Soprano singer.
➢
The Artistic Director of the Philippine Opera Company
(POC).

Ang Bagong Harana

Philippine Opera Company, 2015
Features traditional and contemporary Filipino
songs by noted composers in different musical
genres such as Nicanor Abelardo, Ryan Cayabyab,
Willy Cruz, Francisco Santiago, Antonio Molina,
Restie Umali, George Canseco, Ernani Cuenco, Levi Celerio, José Estrella,
Constancio de Guzman and Felipe de León.

D. THEATER DOWN SOUTH

➢
Theater Down South founded in 2007 with Philippine mainstay Michael
Williams.
➢
It’s vision is to widen the reach of stage productions beyond the traditional
centers in Metro Manila, and develop a broader audience base.
 MICHAEL WILLIAMS
➢
Founder of Theater Down South(TDS).
➢
A veteran with more than 30 years' experience and 100 roles to
his name, including a stint in the West End from 1989 to
1991, playing roles in Miss Saigon and The King And I.

The Princess and The Red Carp

➢
It tells the story about a young Chinese girl,
a magical carp, a handsome emperor, a wicked
stepmother and a very special golden shoe.

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

➢
This musical is the perfect crowd pleaser,guaranteed to have
you rolling in the aisles with laughter.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

➢
A Midsummer Night's Dream portrays the
adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a
group of amateur actors on their interactions
with the Duke and Duchess of Athens and with
Fairies who inhabit a magical moonlit forest.
 VISUAL ELEMENTS OF A PLAY

T he visual elements of a play are considered a spectacle and include the physical
relationship of the actors on the stage and with the audience, the theatre types,
stage settings and design, lighting design, costume design
and properties or the set and hand props of the play.

1. Theatre Types

➢
One of the earliest types is the arena theatre
where the audience surrounds the area on all sides.
➢
Another type is the thrust, where the audience is
only on three sides of the stage.
➢
Most familiar is the proscenium theatre where the
audience is where the audience is only on one side.

2. Scene Design and Stage Settings

➢
Scene design is used to create an environment that
helps bring what is described within the script to life.
➢
It includes the use of composition as in art such
as line, form, mass, color, repetition and unity and
needs to help use a three-dimensional space but also
allow for the movement of actors in the space too.

3. Lighting Design
➢
It provides an overall mood and must be nearly
perfected.
➢
The designers must sculpt with the light and
create the right shadows, and must make sure that it
falls in all of the right places.

4. Costume Design

➢
The costumes worn by the actors have three functions of
accenting to show what is most vital in the scenes and the
relationships between people, reflecting, of a particular
period or era or even the day and the weather or location of
the scene, and to revealing, of the characters, their careers,
age, social position, or even their physique and health.
5. Properties

➢
The properties of a play include the stage props
and the hand props and are used as part of a scene
design by the stage designers.
➢ The stage props include furniture, pictures,
fireplaces, chairs and tables and various others and the
hand props are pens and pencils, cigarettes, glasses
and others.

ACTIVITY
Mini Theatrical Stage
Materials:
✓
Locally and readilly-available materials:
1/8 illustration board or 1/8 size cardboard, glue,
scissors, cutter, colored paper

Procedures/Reminders:
➢
Choose from the four theater types. (thrust, proscenium,traverse , and in
the ground)
➢
You are allowed to get an idea to the world wide web(Pinterest, Youtube).
➢
Make sure that the materials are locally and readily available.
➢
Be careful when you are using pointed objects.
➢
Used your imaginations to make your creation very innovative designs.
➢
The finished product will be submitted to your art teacher.

Rubric in assessing your work:

CATEGORY Excellent Good Fair Needs

10 pts 8 pts 6 pts Improvement
4 pts
Selection of All of the materials Most of the Some of the Few of the
Materials used are locally materials materials used materials used
found and used are are locally are locally
available. locally found found and found and
and available. available. available.
Originality The creation The creation The creation The creation
captures slightly fairly captures shows less
attention and captures attention and attention and
shows originality. attention and fairly shows no originality.
slightly shows originality.
originality.
 Quality of Looks good in Slighthly Acceptably The work is
Workmanship design and very good in good in design messy and
neat. design and but little bit poorly
neatness. messy. designed.
Overall Work presented Work Work Work
Presentation excellently. presented is presented is presented
good. fair. needs
improvement.
ACCUMALATED POINTS
Highest Possible Score: 30 points
Equivalent Rating: Score:
Excellent: 26 to 30= 100 points
Very Good: 21 to 25= 90 points
Good: 15 to 20= 80 points Rating:
Needs Improvement: 6 to 15= 75 points

Scorer’s Name Grade Signature

Parent:

Teacher:

WRAP–UP

Directions: Write what you have learned about Philippine Theater and
Performing Groups by writing the important information you’ve learned
about them.

TRUMPETS NEW VOICE COMPANY

___________________ ___________________
___________________ ___________________
___________________ __________________
Philippine Theater and
Performing Groups

PHILIPPINE OPERA COMPANY THEATER DOWN SOUTH

___________________ ___________________
___________________ ___________________
___________________ ___________________
 VALUING
Directions: Write a short essay about the uniqueness of the following
Philippine Performing Groups.

Philippine
New Voice Theater
TRUMPETS Opera
Company Down South
Company

POSTTEST
Directions: Identify the term being described. Write the letter that
corresponds to your answer on the space provided.

____1. First professional gospel theater group that specializes in productions with
bible and gospel messages, known for producing quality musical productions.
A. New Voice Company C. Theater Down South B. Philippine
Opera Company D. Trumpets

____2. It is the only opera company in the country that produces regular opera
productions.
A. New Voice Company C. Theater Down South
B. Philippine Opera Company D. Trumpets

____3. It deals with issues such as women’s rights, gender equality, sexual
harassment, and other relevant issues to the contemporary world.
A. New Voice Company C. Theater Down South B. Philippine
Opera Company D. Trumpets

____4. She is an operatic Soprano singer and the Artistic Director of the Philippine
Opera Company.
A. Audie Gemora C. Michael Williams
B. Karla Gutierrez D. Monique Wilson

____5. It’s vision is to widen the reach of stage productions beyond the traditional
centers in Metro Manila, and develop a broader audience base.
A. New Voice Company C. Theater Down South B. Philippine
Opera Company D. Trumpets