The Reconciliation Dinner

November 18 – 20, 2022

University Theater Main Hall Stage
UP Diliman, Quezon City

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With prized relationships on the line, how far are you willing to sacrifice your principles and ideals? And at what price?

A new one-act play by Floy Quintos

Direction by Dexter M. Santos

The Reconciliation Dinner follows the lives of close family friends – the Medinas and the Valderamas – who are forced to confront their personal differences amid the looming political turmoil in the Philippines.

The one-act play opens with an intimate dinner at the Medinas in 2016. It was a get-together no different from all their past dinners until tension ensued with a fervid conversation about then-president Rodrigo Duterte’s policies and leadership style. Red flags swept under the rug, both families agree to keep the personal away from the political for the sake of preserving the friendship they have built over the years. The dinner ends with dessert, a ceasefire, and a civil war waiting to happen.

The succeeding years under the Duterte administration further reveal both families’ opposing views. Social media timelines turn into arenas for direct and indirect political bardagulan that slowly but incisively tarnish their relationships. Now at the cusp of the most polarizing national elections in recent history, the families’ political colors have been made Facebook Official. Lines have clearly been drawn inevitably leading to more digital tirades and more emotional dents. But before entirely severing ties, just as the dust from the elections had settled, a personal tragedy found a way to get the Medinas and the Valderamas all together again. The play culminates with a reunion – a reconciliation dinner – to heal, move on, and leave the remnants of the war behind.

With prized relationships on the line, how far are they willing to sacrifice their principles and ideals? And for what price?

CAST

Stella Cañete Mendoza – Dina Medina
Frances Makil Ignacio – Susan Valderama
Randy Medel Villarama –
Bert Medina
Jojo Cayabyab – Fred Valderama
Nelsito Gomez – Ely
Hariette Mozelle – Mica
Phi Palmos – Norby

ARTISTIC & PRODUCTION TEAM

Floy Quintos – Playwright
Dexter M. Santos – Director
Charles Yee – Set Designer
Mitoy Sta. Ana – Costume Designer
Loren Rivera – Technical Director and Lights Designer
Arvy Dimaculangan – Sounds Designer
Steven Tansiongco – Video and Poster Designer
Marvin Olaes – Dramaturg
Davidson Oliveros – Dramaturg
Mikko Angeles – Assistant Director
Jojit Lorenzo – Photographer
Joshua Caesar Chan – Production Manager
Rico Angelo Blanco – Stage Manager

PLAYDATES

November 18 (Friday), 7:30 PM
November 19, (Saturday), 10:30 AM
November 19 (Saturday), 3:00 PM
November 19 (Saturday), 7:30 PM
November 20 (Sunday), 10:30 AM
November 20 (Sunday), 3:00 PM
November 20 (Sunday), 7:30 PM

Buy Tickets

Showbuyers’ Information:

For the November 19, (Saturday), 10:30 AM show, contact Cj Barinaga (09954077610) or Ivan Rivera (09171897171).

For the November 20, (Sunday), 10:30 AM show, contact Ms. Carmen Silverio Roxas (0969 298 9946 | carmen_silverio@hotmail.com) for the benefit of Angat Buhay Foundation.