Stage manager John Mark Yap shines as director of ‘Laro’

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MANILA -- In local theater circles, mention the name John Mark Yap and people would readily say “stage manager.

” Among the most recent productions he did were Pat Valera’s “Mula Sa Buwan,” and “Dekada ‘70.”

If you visit his official Instagram account in which he describes himself “artist, wanderer, dreamer,” JMY has this witty Shakespearean existential realization of The Self: “If all the world’s a stage, and I’m a stage manager, does that mean I manage the world?” With Quintos’ blessings, Artist Playground’s restaging this year has minor revisions and updates. It is also a kickoff for Pride Month and based on last weekend’s initial four shows, Yap’s directorial debut has gathered positive reviews.

“Laro“ has been extended for one final show at June 30, 8 p.m. at Arts Above on West Avenue, Quezon City. It is the venue usually referred to as the theater above the office of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, RDO 028. Just like Sir Floy, I’ve always loved Arthur Schnitzler’s “La Ronde.” However, Sir Floy’s adaptation was even more interesting. Instead of heterosexuals, he made all of the characters male and it’s now set in present-day Manila, instead of Vienna in the 1890s. I first read the play in 2014 and I felt sad since 10 years has already passed since Sir Floy wrote the play [in 2004] but a lot of things in our society still haven’t changed.

However, all those were just short and small productions so this is my “biggest break” since this one is really a full-length play, although I still tried to keep it small. It’s so far from the productions I stage managed. I didn’t want to do something that would stress me out too much, I just wanted to do something that would be good and something that I would enjoy doing as well.

I asked and messaged a lot of people if they were interested. I received so many rejections due to the mature theme of the play but luckily, some friends agreed to join. I got Gio Gahol , André Miguel , Al Gatmaitan , and Sir Vince. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 𝐌𝐂 𝐃𝐋Δ 𝐂𝐑𝐙 on May 14, 2019 at 4:35am PDTA: The friendship card! Although I made them read the play first and let the material convince them. Like Phi, after reading it, he really wanted to do it and said, “Ayoko ng alternate ah! Gusto ko talaga gawin ito!” I messaged Sir Vince De Jesus on Messenger, I think around 2 a.m. and asked if he was interested to act for a play that I’ll be directing.

 

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