Carlitos Siguion-Reyna makes his directorial debut for Rep in 'Stage Kiss'

He transitioned to directing plays in 2012, when he did “Walang Sugat,” a zarzuela for Tanghalang Pilipino . In 2016, he was at the helm of “Pangarap sa Isang Gabi ng Gitnang Tag-Araw,” the Filipino version of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” also for TP.

This 2020, Siguion-Reyna makes his directorial debut for Repertory Philippines in Sarah Ruhl’s romantic-comedy, “Stage Kiss,” which opens this Friday, February 7, at Greenbelt's Onstage in Makati. It will run until March 1 and stars Missy Maramara, Tarek El Tayech, Andres Borromeo, Robbie Guevara, Jamie Wilson, Justine Narciso, Mica Pineda and pianist Nick Nangit.

“I haven’t seen any of [Ruhl’s] her works at that time. I was kind of hesitant because I didn’t really know her work. Then, I started reading up on her. I also read the first director of ‘Stage Kiss’ was a woman [Rebecca Taichman]. Even when Siguion-Reyna visited New York a few times the last few years, he hasn’t come across a play by Ruhl. “There were no productions of her play at that time,” he recalled. “And it was winter. Except the one that was done here, ‘Euridice.’ Her plays had been produced and staged here. They’ve also done ‘Vibrator Play’ or ‘The Clean House’ here.”Ruhl’s “Stage Kiss” is about a woman who goes back to acting for the theater. “She’s not happy with herself in her marriage.

“The hardest, the most difficult, is always the first two scenes. Setting up the intention, friction and conflict. If that’s properly set up, the climax will take care of itself. You have to look for what it is really. What is the issue in the material.” Acting is not totally new to Siguion-Reyna. In grade school, he played a priest in “Ibong Adarna.” Then, he was cast as a bishop in “Prinsipeng Hindi Tumatawa,” an original material.

His dream theater production is “A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder,” a musical-comedy by Robert Freedman. It was based on a 1907 novel, “Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal,” by Roy Horniman. The novel became the basis for director Robert Hammer’s “Kind Hearts and Coronets,” a 1949 black and white comedy, with Alec Guinness in the lead.

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