Production Management

Production Management

Photo by Christopher Cancio

Apart from acting in theater, Bea loves making shows happen. Since 2015, she has managed and co-managed productions staged by Positive Space, the theatre collective she co-founded, Areté, and Ateneo Blue Repertory.

Bea’s experience as the Company Manager of Ateneo Blue Repertory’s 25th Season (2016-17), which required overseeing four major productions during the season, further solidified her skills across the various aspects of company and production management.

As Seen On…

Orphie and the Book of Heroes

A Little Hero’s Journey

Role: Production Manager
Book and Lyrics by Kooman and Dimond (Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond)
Direction by Robert Bradly Hao
Musical Direction by Maia Dapul
Choreography by Jim Ferrer
Sound Design by John Robert Yam
Set and Props Design by Gerard Joshua Ma
Lighting Design by Jethro Nibaten
Brand Design by Zero Candelaria
Ateneo Blue Repertory
Doreen Black Box Theater (2024)

Photos by Gwen Cheng, Chesca Cariaso, Jill Santos, and Jill Barreiro

Orphie and the Book of Heroes is a one-act musical about a young Greek girl named Orphie who must retrieve her guardian, the storyteller Homer, from Hades’ clutches. It was the first post-pandemic newbie production of Ateneo Blue Repertory (blueREP) and the first blueREP newbie production to be staged in Areté.

blueREP’s run marked the Asian premiere of Kooman and Dimond’s musical.

“In its core, the play is a stance for the strength of stories and the power it can inspire even for those in the hapless disposition. As Orphie sang and Homer would agree, ‘Stories can help you find your way.’”

— Ateneo BlueREP’s newbie production triumphantly returns with Orphie and The Book of Heroes by Niña Venus, adobo Magazine

“At the end of the day, Orphie and the Book of Heroes may seem like child’s play with its simplicity and fun, but the effort and heart that the blueREP newbies have put in shows that it was certainly more than that.”

— Greek myths, Greek gods, and a good time: blueREP’s Orphie & the Book of Heroes by Tan Dela Cruz, Vantage Magazine

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Stop Kiss

A Tale Of Universal Love

Role: Co-Production Manager
Written by Diana Son
Direction and Set Design by Ed Lacson Jr.
Lighting Design by Jethro Nibaten
Sound Design and Composition by Teresa Barrozo
Positive Space, Music Artes, and New Voice Company
Power Mac Center Spotlight Blackbox Theater (2019)

Photos by Christopher Cancio and Francis Lumahan

Stop Kiss is a nonlinear play about two women falling in love and facing the consequences of a hate crime. It is the inaugural and critically acclaimed production of theater collective Positive Space, established in 2018.

After its two-week run, Stop Kiss was nominated for two 2020 Philippine LEAF Awards, namely “Outstanding Performance by an Actress” (Non-Musical Play) for Missy Maramara and Jenny Jamora, with Maramara winning the award, and “Outstanding Director” for Ed Lacson Jr. The play was also nominated for four 2019 BroadwayWorld Philippines Awards, namely “Best Actress (Play)” for Missy Maramara and Jenny Jamora, “Best Featured Actor (Play)” for Tarek El Tayech, “Best Featured Actress (Play)” for Jay Valencia-Glorioso, and “Best Sound Design (Musical/Play)” for Teresa Barrozo.

The play also had Honorable Mentions in Inquirer’s 2019 Best Theater of the Decade, with citations for “Best Play (Full-length/Non-Filipino Material)”, “Best Actress” for Missy Maramara and Jenny Jamora, “Best Director” and “Best Set Design” for Ed Lacson Jr., “Sound Design and Original Composition” for Teresa Barrozo, and “Lighting Design” for Jethro Nibaten. It was also featured in the 2019 ABS CBN Rewind Citations, with citations for the “10 Best Productions”, “10 Best Performances” for Missy Maramara, “Best Direction and Set Design (Honorable Mention)” for Ed Lacson Jr., and “Best Lighting Design” (Honorable Mention) for Jethro Nibaten.

“What Lacson, Maramara, Jamora and their collaborators have given us is a memorable demonstration of how the strength, humor and quiet love of two women can override the pain that prejudice and violent impulses can inflict on them.”

— ‘Stop Kiss’: A powerful argument for how understated sensitivity can enhance advocacy by Arturo Hilado, Philippine Daily Inquirer

“[On Stop Kiss] … it’s one of the best things to come out of Philippine theater this year.”

— Stop Kiss, and the hard-earned win of a queer woman kiss by Zofiya Acosta, NOLISOLI.PH

“In a world where queer love is still contested despite its continuing progress towards acceptance, we need stories like Stop Kiss to remind us that love is a choice — a free one.”

— The persistence of love - BusinessWorld Online (bworldonline.com) by Michelle Anne P. Soliman, BusinessWorld

“Still reeling from the festivities, acceptance, and love that Pride Month has had to give to the LGBT+ community, Stop Kiss couldn’t have come at a better time.”

— Positive Space’s Production of Stop Kiss is a Journey of Self-Discovery, Hate Crime and Friendship Sewn Together by adobo Magazine

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RD3RD

The Rise of a Tyrant

Roles: Assistant Production Manager, Stage Manager
Written by William Shakespeare
Filipino Adaptation by Dr. Ricardo Abad and Dr. Anton Juan
Direction by Dr. Ricardo Abad and Dr. Anton Juan
Dramaturgy by Dr. Judy Ick
Production Design by Marta Lovina
Lighting Design by Miyo Sta. Maria
Sound Design by Itos Ledesma
Costume Execution by Tata Tuviera
Areté and Non-Profit Artists’ Initiative
DLSU Yuchengo Auditorium (2018) and ADMU Black Box Theater (2017-18)

Photos by Reamur David

Set amidst the bloody landscape of Rodrigo Duterte’s War on Drugs in the Philippines, RD3RD is an adaptation that boldly portrays the machinery behind the rise of a dictatorship and the consequences the people face as history is doomed to repeat itself.

RD3RD was staged thrice in 2018, with the first staging exclusively in partnership with Areté, the second as part of the program for the Shakespeare, Traffics, Tropics conference by the Asian Shakespeare Association and hosted by University of the Philippines Diliman (UP Diliman) and Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU), and the third in partnership with De La Salle University (DLSU).

“[RD3RD] is very relevant, solidly firm in its intentions—a work of theater that is unafraid to speak its mind.”

— ‘RD3RD’ is a frightening wake-up call by Wanggo Gallaga, Philippine Daily Inquirer

“RD3RD is not your conventional Shakespeare, but it is the one that speaks to us best.”

— Looking for Richard in the tambakan by Menchu Aquino Sarmiento, BusinessWorld

“RD3RD is that courageous object of witness that can’t be silenced.”

— Anton Juan meditates on how men become monsters by Carlomar Arcangel Daoana, The Philippine Star

“[On RD3RD] It showed us that today Shakespeare is not only relevant, but even urgent.”

— Report on the 3rd ASA Biennial Conference “Shakespeare, Traffics, Tropics” Manila, 28-30 May 2018 by the Asian Shakespeare Association

Urinetown: The Musical

Satirizing Peeing Privileges

Roles: Production Manager, Vice President for Promotions
Written by Greg Kotis
Music by Mark Hollmann
Lyrics by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis
Direction by Missy Maramara
Choreography by Jamie Ozamiz
Musical Direction by Marek Sison
Set Design by CJ Francisco
Costumes and Makeup Design by Mikka Espino
Lights Design by Miyo Sta. Maria
Ateneo Blue Repertory
ADMU Rizal Mini Theatre (2015)

Photos by Ella Esguerra, Josh Vera, and Martin Asuncion

The Tony Award-winning work Urinetown: The Musical is “a satirical comedy about peeing privileges, toilet humor, and questionable politics” (Ateneo Blue Repertory or blueREP, 2015).

Urinetown was the 2015 Newbie Production of blueREP, which is the annual project focused on welcoming and training new members of the organization across the theatrical disciplines of performance, production, and theatre management. Apart from a few members of the artistic team, everyone involved in the production was a student at the time of its staging.