Oath to Freedom. Maria Makiling, played by Jude Wang, symbol of the Mother Country, leads a people's procession. The slide projections depict those killed under the Marcos regime. The play was written and directed by Chris Millado with a Honolulu cast and performed at the Kennedy Theater in April 1988. (Photo: Stephen Clear)
ASAN 491P: TOPICS IN PHIIPPINE STUDIES
Fall 1997, T- Th, 3:00 - 4:15 pm
Kuykendall 408
Instructor: Chris B. Millado
voice: (808) 956-8405
e-mail: millado@hawaii.edu
Welcome. See a traditional Kanakanaey burial. Hear the chanting of
old women during Lent as the men whip themselves in ritual flagellation.
Experience being part of a "seditious" theater group during the
Filipino American War. Walk through the living quarters of the manongs in
the Hawai'i plantations. Be part of Joseph and Mary's search for an inn
in Waikiki, Kalihi and Waipahu. The participants in this survey of Philippine
Theater experience performance traditions from ritual to the contemporary
productions done in the Philippines and Filipino communities in different
parts of the world. The introductory course employs theater games, staging
of excerpts, field trips, lectures, and video showing to understand the
wide selection of theater forms within the historical and social contexts
in which they were produced. As a final project, the class conceptualizes
and stages a "local" version of the Panunuluyan --- a Filipino
Christmas play.