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ABSTRACT

Yebkas Dagiti Saan a Mayebkas Tapno Masalbar Dagiti Biag:  The Redemptive Power of Theatre 
Amalia Bueno, Grace Caligtan, and Lydia Quides Abajo

Political, feminist, ethnic—these are artistic labels placed on dramatic works that can simultaneously be liberating, educational, divisive and healing.  One such dramatic work is the cultural adaptation of Eve Ensler's award-winning play, The Vagina Monologues.  A bold group of twenty-five Filipinas adapted the play for a Filipino audience, with elements of an Ilokano perspective. Taking on the theme, "Speaking the Unspeakable So Others May Live," the controversial play also incorporated a Hawai`i Filipina sensitivity to issues of domestic violence and breast and cervical cancer awareness.  This panel will examine how various political, feminist and ethnic factors played to sold out Hawai`i audiences.  Panel members will provide a producer's perspective, a theatre writer's framework, and an actor's interpretation of Ilokano segments of the play.

 

  
 

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