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UNCLE: "What you good for, anyway? Only Uncle see the good in you, di ba? The Beauty."

Stan Asis as Uncle and Lionel Sam as Joey in a scene from ReAct's staged reading of Dogeaters.
Photo: David Hsieh.


The Cast

(in order of appearance)

Daniel Arreola
Nestor Noralez and Perlita Alacran
Toni Rose
Barbara Villanueva and Lolita Luna
Stan Asis
Senator Avila and Uncle
Eloisa Cardona
Leonor Ledesma, Imelda Marcos and Lola Narcisa
Andrew Chin
Man with Guitar, Pedro, Mang Berto, Boomboom Alacran, Steve Jacobs, and Kalinga Tribesman
Christi Cruz
Rio Gonzaga and Jingle Singer
Marc delaCruz
Santos Tirador, Tito Alvarez, Young Man, and Carreon
Reggie D. Fernandez
Waiter, General Ledesma, and the Shooter
Gordon Hendrickson
Jean Mallat, Rainer Fassbinder and Bob Stone
Andy Justus
Romeo Rosales and Ka Edgar
Agastya Kohli
Chiquiting Moreno and Ka Pablo
Michael A. McClure
Freddie Gonzaga and Chuchi Alacran
Rachel Rene
Pucha Gonzaga, Trini Gamboa, Jingle Singer and Ka Lydia
Lionel Sam
Joey Sands
Pamela Woon
Daisy Avila and Young Woman


Directed by
Miko Premo


The Crew

Lighting Technician & Sound Operator
David Hsieh
House Manager
Lorna Chin


 
"DOGEATERS" BOOKCOVER

Dogeaters


By Jessica Hagedorn

Staged Reading

August 21, 2005
The Elliott Bay Book Company



BARBARA: "Let's have another big hand for my VIP guest, the First Lady of the Philippines and the Governor of Metro Manila, Imelda Marcos!"
Eloisa Cardona as Imelda and
Toni Rose as Barbara in ReAct's
staged reading of Dogeaters.
Photo: David Hsieh.

 

RIO: "Don't I have to go through customs?"
FREDDIE: "I took care of it, hija."
Michael A. McClure as Freddie,
Rachel Rene as Pucha and Christi
Cruz as Rio in ReAct's
staged reading of Dogeaters.
Photo: David Hsieh.


The Program

The Setting

In and around the teeming, urban landscape of Manilla in 1982


SANTOS: "I love you. Run away with me. Now."
Pamela Woon as Daisy, Marc
delaCruz as Santos and Andrew
Chin as Man with Guitar in ReAct's
staged reading of Dogeaters.
Photo: David Hsieh.

 

LOLITA: "Ay! I think I'm gonna be sick."
TITO: "No. You're not."
Lionel Sam, Gordon Hendrickson,
Toni Rose, Daniel Arreola, Agastya
Kohli and Marc delaCruz in Studio
54/"Bad Girls" scene of ReAct's
staged reading of Dogeaters.
Photo: David Hsieh.


Dogeaters

was commissioned by the La Jolla Playhouse in La Jolla, California, where it premiered on September 8, 1998. A revised verion premiered at The Joseph Papp Public Theatre/New York Shakespeare Festival in New York City on February 13, 2001.

Production Notes


ReAct's staged reading of Dogeaters was produced by special permission from Jessica Hagedorn.


MALLAT: "Even as I lay dying, I never forgot my Philippines: 'Pearl of the Orient.'"
Daniel Arreola as Nestor, Gordon
Hendrickson as Mallat and Toni
Rose as Barbara in ReAct's staged
reading of Dogeaters.
Photo: David Hsieh.

 

ALACRAN: "This country will never progress, if we keep acting like playful children."
Reggie D. Fernandez as Ledesma
Marc delaCruz as Carreon, Michael
A. McClure as Alacran, Stan Asis
as Avila and Andy Justus as
Romeo in the golf scene of ReAct's
staged reading of Dogeaters.
Photo: David Hsieh.


Special Thanks To...

The Cast & Crew for production support
The Elliott Bay Book Company for venue hosting and set pieces
George Paul Glanzman for loaned props
Queen Anne/Magnolia Neighborhood Service Center for donated rehearsal space
Karen Maeda-Allman for organizational support
Rick Simonson for organizational support

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