Still under its 50th year anniversary
celebration, this exciting production under the direction of highly acclaimed
Bart Guingona, star Pinky Amador as Mother Superior, Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo as
Psychiatrist Dr. Livingstone, and for the title role is the refreshing, sweet
and innocent Becca Coates as Agnes.
The story evolve on Sister Agnes, on what really happen
that night she supposedly gave birth, that was the mission of Dr.Livingstone,
to uncover the truth, to prove if there is really a miracle happen in the
convent, and at the same time she undergo some reality checking, her faith to
God and her personal struggle as a person.
It is a women empowering performances covering three
generations of ladies, a very engaging one for Mother Miriam as play by Amador,
who exude a finest and convincing acting on how she protect Agnes, of course
Yulo as authoritarian and professional indeed is great as it is, her monologues
are perfectly delivered. Becca as divine as she is, act so naturally that you
will believe she is a new Mother Mary, in this generation where sins are
everywhere.
The sets by Joey Mendoza, a Set Design Professor at
Fordham University in New York will give you goosebumps, his simply,
minimalistic and yet illustrative sets is something new to my eyes, unbelievable
perfect that it is inside the convent, that it is inside an office, and even in
heaven for God sake.
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| The Cast and Director of Agnes of God. |
Agnes of God was first stage by Repertory in 1983 with
Amador as Agnes, written by playwright John Pielmeier is broadway hit in 1982
and was even adapted into film in 1985. This
year’s production opens last Feb 17 and run until March 12 at the Onstage
Theater in Greenbelt 1 at Makati City.
For tickets and inquiries, call Repertory at 843-3570 or
at Ticketworld at 891-9999 or log on to www.ticketworld.com.ph.
For updates and show schedules, check www.repertoryphilippines.ph .
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