The 1st
MSTR
Awards
The 1st
MSTR
Awards
BEST PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
produced by Areté Ateneo;
directed by Guelan Varela-Luarca
BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
produced by Areté Ateneo;
directed by Nelsito Gomez
BEST NEW FILIPINO WORK
translation by Jerry Respeto;
adaptation by Guelan Varela-Luarca;
based on A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino by Nick Joaquin
BEST DIRECTOR
3 Upuan and Quomodo Desolata Es? Isang Dalamhati
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
3 Upuan
BEST FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Dagitab
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Si Faust
BEST FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Side Show
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DESIGN
Quomodo Desolata Es? Isang Dalamhati
EMERGING TALENT AWARD
performance,
Bar Boys: The Musical, Dagitab, and Next to Normal
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THEATER
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THEATER
3 Upuan (Scene Change and Areté Ateneo; Guelan Varela-Luarca, dir.)
Dagitab (Scene Change; Guelan Varela-Luarca, dir.)
Kisapmata (Tanghalang Pilipino; Guelan Varela-Luarca, dir.)
Sala Sa Pito (Boxstage Manila; Dudz Teraña, dir.)
Bar Boys: The Musical (Barefoot Theatre Collaborative; Mikko Angeles, dir.)
Come from Away (GMG Productions and Stages Production Specialists, Inc.; Michael Williams, dir.)
Pingkian: Isang Musikal (Tanghalang Pilipino; Jenny Jamora, dir.)
Shrek the Musical (Full House Theater Company; Dexter Santos, dir.)
Side Show (The Sandbox Collective; Toff de Venecia, dir.)
Walang Aray (Philippine Educational Theater Association; Ian Segarra, dir.)
Dagitab (written by Guelan Varela-Luarca; adapted from the film Dagitab, written and directed by Giancarlo Abrahan)
Si Faust (created by Nelsito Gomez and Basti Artadi; adapted from the play Faust, Part One by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
Gregoria Lakambini: A Pinay Pop Musical (book by Nicanor Tiongson and Eljay Castro Deldoc; music by Nica del Rosario and Matthew Chang; lyrics by Tiongson, Deldoc, del Rosario, and Chang)
Kisapmata (written by Guelan Varela-Luarca; adapted from the film Kisapmata, directed by Mike de Leon and written by de Leon, Clodualdo del Mundo Jr., and Raquel Villavicencio)
Mikko Angeles (Bar Boys: The Musical)
Nelsito Gomez (Elecktra After Sophocles and Si Faust)
Jenny Jamora (Pingkian: Isang Musikal)
Guelan Varela-Luarca (Dagitab and Kisapmata)
Michael Williams (Come From Away)
Delphine Buencamino (Quomodo Desolata Es? Isang Dalamhati)
Jasmine Curtis-Smith (3 Upuan)
Bart Guingona (Via Dolorosa)
Jojit Lorenzo (Dagitab)
Lhorvie Nuevo-Tadioan (Kisapmata)
JC Santos (3 Upuan)
Jonathan Tadioan (Kisapmata)
Alex Diaz (Bar Boys: The Musical)
Krystal Kane (Shrek the Musical and Side Show)
Marynor Madamesila (Side Show)
Benedix Ramos (Bar Boys: The Musical)
Lance Reblando (Walang Aray)
Vic Robinson (Pingkian: Isang Musikal)
Toni Go-Yadao (Kisapmata)
Karyl Oliva (Sala Sa Pito)
Omar Uddin (Quomodo Desolata Es? Isang Dalamhati)
Marco Viaña (Kisapmata)
Maronne Cruz (We Aren’t Kids Anymore)
Topper Fabregas (Shrek the Musical)
Sheila Francisco (Bar Boys: The Musical)
Shaira Opsimar (Si Faust)
Alfredo Reyes (Shrek the Musical)
Kerr Allen (performance, May Katwiran ang Katwiran)
Kabaitan Bautista (musical direction and arrangement, Si Faust)
Royce Cabrera (performance, The Foxtrot)
Teia Contreras (projection design, 3 Upuan)
Sarah Facuri (set design, Si Faust)
Rafael Jimenez (playwriting, Patintero sa Ayala Avenue)
Karyl Oliva (performance, Sala sa Pito)
Omar Uddin (performance, Bar Boys: The Musical, Delia D.: A Musical Featuring the Songs of Jonathan Manalo, Next to Normal, and Quomodo Desolata Es? Isang Dalamhati)
Ade Valenzona (playwriting, Polar Coordinates)
Farley Asuncion (musical direction, We Aren’t Kids Anymore)
Kabaitan Bautista (musical direction, Si Faust)
Matthew Chang (music, Quomodo Desolata Es? Isang Dalamhati)
Teia Contreras (projections, 3 Upuan)
D Cortezano (lighting, 3 Upuan and Kisapmata)
Lawyn Cruz (set, Shrek the Musical)
Mark Daniel Dalacat (set, Side Show)
Ohm David (set, Bar Boys: The Musical)
Jomelle Era (choreography, Bar Boys: The Musical)
Sarah Facuri (set, Si Faust)
GA Fallarme† (projections, Delia D.: A Musical Featuring the Songs of Jonathan Manalo and Pingkian: Isang Musikal)
Jim Ferrer (choreography, Si Faust)
Joyce Garcia (projections, Delia D.: A Musical Featuring the Songs of Jonathan Manalo and Si Faust)
Julio Garcia (set, Bar Boys: The Musical)
Joey Mendoza (set, Kisapmata)
Jethro Nibaten (lighting, Si Faust)
Carlo Pagunaling (costumes, Si Faust)
Aron Roca (sound, Bar Boys: The Musical and We Aren’t Kids Anymore)
Myke Salomon (musical direction, We Aren’t Kids Anymore)
Carlos Siongco (costumes, Side Show)
Luke Swaffield (sound, Come From Away)
Harry Tabner (lighting, Come From Away)
Stephen Viñas (choreography, Shrek the Musical)
John Robert Yam (sound, Quomodo Desolata Es? Isang Dalamhati)
Ejay Yatco (musical direction, Pingkian: Isang Musikal)
For the full list of eligible shows, click here.