Teaching Drama

A self-photograph from my old phone, inspired by the Stage Musical, Chicago.


Cristy Martel receives her Best Actress trophy.


Pearl Joy Celades showing her emotion on stage.


Japhet Villaber with his award winning performance.



In my wildest dreams, I want to become a famous stage actor in Broadway! Yes, I want to share the stage with Lea Salonga, Hugh Jackman and Merryl Streep. It's an impossible dream, but dreams are for free. So Mr. Ares, dream on!!! LOL

I am an avid Drama fan, musical or just pure spoken lines. I think many people love to hear radio plays, watch soaps on TV and movies on DVDs or in the big screen. But for me, the best shows are performed live. I mean if you watch actors performing live in front of you, you will also be infected with the adrenaline rush they are experiencing. You can feel in the air the excitement and the other emotions they are showing.

As what Hugh Jackman announced during the 81st Academy Awards, "the Musicals are back!" I was so elated to hear that. My love of musicals started when I had played Rolf of the Children of Mary, Catmon Unit 1992 production of Rogers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music. From that time on, I tried to grab every opportunity to watch musicals on stage or just any type of drama.

As the English teacher, I'm always looking for strategies and methods to deepen the educational experience of my students in in their classrooms as well as outside of it. To help my students understand and appreciate Drama better, I organized the English Drama Festival 2009 last March 20, 2009 for my five English classes. It was really fun! My students were all enjoying and we presented an instant entertainment for everybody.

I had gained new insights about the mechanics of Drama and how to make better productions in the future from our Drama Festival. I discovered new talented students and I encouraged them to perform and participate in the different academic as well as in other extracurricular activities for the next school year.

I will really miss this batch!

Curtain falls...