14 Aug 2009
AKO SI NINOY
I just came from watching Vincent Tañada’s musical play, Ako Si Ninoy. It was performed by the Philippine Stagers Foundation, an obscure theater group from Balic-balic, Tondo. The musical play is based on the life of our national hero, Benigno S. Aquino Jr., reflected on the lives of ordinary individuals who have sacrificed their lives for others, the poor and the country.
What makes this play distinct is that Ninoy was portrayed as someone not entirely different from us. In a way, his experiences are not different from our own experiences. As a war correspondent in Korea, Ninoy’s struggle to understand the ugliness of war is no different from the experience of reporters nowadays who struggle to find the truth in a corrupt bureaucratic system. As a father and husband, Ninoy’s loneliness being away from family is no different from OFWs who left their family in search for better jobs. As a political detainee, Ninoy’s anguish and suffering is no different from a peasant leader who was picked up, tortured and killed by abusive authority.
The play asks bold questions: Sino ba talaga si Ninoy? Ikaw ba si Ninoy? Ako ba si Ninoy? These questions invite the audience to reflect on how one can be a champion for others; a hero that can bring about a change to our country. One is not invited to do grand things but to do ordinary things faithfully.
Ako si Ninoy has shown me the courage to fight against something we do not deserve: the degradation of our dignity as Filipinos. The life of Ninoy gives me strength to be one with those who continue to fight for what is right and just for all.
- Jun-G Bargayo, SJ -
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Ako si Ninoy play date August 14-16, 2009 in Meralco Theater at 7:00PM. Watch out! Ako si Ninoy will visit schools, colleges and universities.
sana magperform sila sa FEU Morayta.
thanks for sharing this play bro. Jun-g.
God bless.
abangan mo lang… i’m sure aabot yan sa inyo… kung hindi man, marami pang magiging play date ang AKO SI NINOY… antabayanan mo lang
Michael Paguyo
August 15th, 2009 at 3:17 ampermalink
the show was, for me, a powerful tool for change… challenging every individual in our country to be hero in their own way, no matter how little it is.
i hope this play can be watched by many …
napakapayak at napakalinaw ng mensahe… ang maging BAYANI, tulad ni Ninoy- may pagmamahal sa BAYAN, sa PAMILYA, sa GAWA at lalong-lalo na sa PANGINOONG DIYOS.
Mabuhay si Ninoy! Mabuhay!!!
…at sana mabuhay ang bawat Ninoy sa atin! Mabuhay!!!
tumpak!
Bryan Arevalo
August 15th, 2009 at 5:12 ampermalink
According to the Inquirer, the play will be performed all over the Philippines till March 2010. There will be other chances for you to see it. Hopefully by then, they would have ironed out some of its kinks. It is really intended for the students who probably don’t know Ninoy. I hope this whets their appetite to learn more about this hero and inspires them to do their share in nation building.
Thank you for posting this Jun-G.
thanks harvs for this info.
Harvey Mateo
August 15th, 2009 at 7:54 ampermalink
Ang galing ng mga actors!!! Ang galing ng play!!!
yupyup!
Jereme Asunto, SJ
August 17th, 2009 at 5:49 ampermalink
sana mapanood ko rin ito! naiinggit na ako sa mga classmates ko na last song syndrome, humming “ako si ninoy” during classbreaks.
God bless!
jun-g: sige lang… pagmeron akong alam na play date timbrehan kita agad
brotherutoy
August 19th, 2009 at 11:45 pmpermalink
watch ako si ninoy play in sm north edsa cinema 9- aug 28,29 ,30 and every weekends for the whole month of september.8am,11pm,2pm
for more information visit our website
http://WWW.PHILSTAGERS.8M.COM
jun-g: wow! salamat po for this info… will spead this to all my friends… salamat ulit…
iom
August 24th, 2009 at 1:32 pmpermalink
hi. this is the schedule for AKO SI NINOY this September:
Sept. 2 Teatro Marikina 6pm,
Sept 5 and 6 SM North Edsa Cinema 9 8am, 11am and 2pm,
Sept 12 and 13 SM Megamall Cinema 4 8am, 11am and 2pm,
Sept 19 SM North Edsa Cinema 9 8am, 11am and 2pm,
Sept 20 SM North Edsa Cinema 9 9am, 12nn, 3pm and 5pm
Sept 26 and 27 SM North Edsa Cinema 9 8am, 11am and 2pm
To follow na lang Oct. scheds.
For tickets pls text 0921-5658237
jun-g: maraming salamat po… i will also forward this to my friends.
vince tanada
September 1st, 2009 at 5:12 pmpermalink
Salamat for posting this, Kapatid! And thanks to Mr. Vince Tanada! I’ll definitely watch this.
God bless!
adie
Adie
September 2nd, 2009 at 12:58 ampermalink
hai
jun-g: hello po
mhara
September 6th, 2009 at 5:06 ampermalink
fiRst of oL i would lyK 2.. thaNkZ 2 thE cAst oF i’am niNoy..
thE pLay was so nice.. i sALute 2 thE couple of aqUino for fiGht foR ouR fReedOm.fiGht 4 ouR juStiCe…
anG guwapO ni kierwin laRena as yoSef….
hahahhah.. kA2kiLiG..
t.c oLweiz..
-xoxo-
lisza
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:33 pmpermalink
hahaha
nag perform n cla sa amin
karla
October 19th, 2009 at 4:44 pmpermalink
maganda naman ung play hehehehe
gernale
October 26th, 2009 at 12:44 pmpermalink
,.,,..elo po congratz ang ganda po ng show nio
,.,.,.,.,.na ako si ninoy sana may susunod pa
,.,.,.,.and ang gwpo poh ni kierwin larena jejeje,.,.,.
,.,.,,.congratz again,.,.,.,.
marlene
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:26 ampermalink
ang ganda ganda po talaga ng i am ninoy.
sana meron pang susunod
ang gwapo gwapo po talaga ni yosef hehehe …..
darlene
November 7th, 2009 at 5:45 pmpermalink
hai po am ang ganda po ng palabas nyo na ang title po ay ako si Ninoy
…..subrang na appreciate ko po ung story nya…]
grabeh ang galing talga ng mga artista na gumanap sa
palabas na ako si ninoy….na iinspired po akong panoorin po sila.
at higit sa lahat marami po akong natutunan tungkol sa buhay ni ni G.Ninoy at ni Gng.Corazon Aquino…..ur the best talaga…………at subrang galing talaga ni Mr. Alex Dorola bilang Quentin……
congratz po sa inyong lahat…..
GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!MWUAAHHHH………..
LOVING STUDENT IN BAESA HIGH SCHOOL
(^_^)izabel Balbona
Ma. izabel
November 8th, 2009 at 10:32 pmpermalink
gling ng play n iam ninoy..
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cute dn ng mga actor.. LOL..
cute ni osborn..
and yosef…
queen
December 13th, 2009 at 9:47 pmpermalink
astig talaga……………
suenafrejas
January 14th, 2010 at 6:39 pmpermalink
hi pouh pede po bng magaudition sa inyo
maritoni
January 30th, 2010 at 5:42 pmpermalink
i watched AKO SI NINOY yesterday at HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY theater . and it was a blast ! bec. of the play I am proud that I am a FILIPINO .. i wonder if NINOY didn’t came back to the PHIL. , maybe we are still under the power of MARCOS … and now i want to be a theater artist , direk vince and his team became my inspiration ..
NINOYinme
February 4th, 2010 at 11:14 pmpermalink
naks.. galing nman ng play nyo, i am student of Holy Angel University, all of my clasmates enjoy ur play.. sna my nxtym pa dw! hehe.. Congratz. =D
esjay
February 10th, 2010 at 10:25 ampermalink