I planned to write this immediately the night I saw the 2 plays, but technicalities and other duties got me to have it postponed doing so until tonight
before going to bed. Briefly, I have to say the staged readings of Nick Pichay's short plays "A Day at the Carnival" and "The Adoption Play" (by Mayi Theater Company - see latest about them here) successfully took place amidst full house attendance of diverse personalities from all over the city. And that's on a Monday evening at that. This crowd certainly knew which event they should be attending, despite the common observation that most would still be reporting to work, i.e. braving the traffic head-on, early the next day.
And for this, I'm very happy for Nick Pichay (he's the 2009 O'Boyle Fellow of the Asian Cultural Council) who I met at least twice or three times here in NYC. We're actually linked on Facebook, which I reminded him when I met him the first time here in New York, somewhere in the East Hamptons. Know more about him by perusing his blog entries here.
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Pics above are from the program---not the best pics, though---posted here to amplify materials we got on hand to prepare us what to look forward to, prior to watching the plays----They, indeed, turned out to be totally fun to watch, most particularly "The Adoption Play"---just simply love Sister Purisima's character :-D
What do I tell you about the two plays? I'm actually more of an enthusiastic viewer of plays, of all kinds, which I've indulged with more actively since coming here in NYC. I have a big clue on how it is to be on stage, having acted, in at least 2 plays back in college. But I'm sure, I have a lot of learning to do just to be able to write as good as Nick, if ever I decide to venture to playwriting or even get into heavy fiction writing at all. As to the 2 plays, I simply loved watching them come alive on stage. Nick actually asked me, immediately after the show,
"Did you like it?"
"Yes! I love them!"--I remember saying hastily as I was still kinda dumbfounded on the refreshing treatment he did for the 2 plays.
I certainly look forward to more great works from Nick, who's going back to the Philippines soon. Yes, his brief stint here in NYC's certainly a prime example of how to take lead in one's art, this time transported abroad, direct from the Philippines.
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