16 Philippine universities participate at Teatro Europa, the Second Edition

TEATRO Europa comes back this year with table reads from 16 to 30 July, with full video performances from 1 to 31 August and re-runs from 1 to 30 September on its official Facebook Page Teatro Europa @ Teatroeuropaph.

The European Union Delegation to the Philippines, together with the EU Member States, their EU cultural institutes, and 16 Philippine universities, proudly opens its theater festival “Teatro Europa, The Second Edition.”

Sixteen European theatre plays from famous playwrights will be showcased to share European culture focusing on genres such as comedy, tragedy, drama and romance.

“Theatre is a mirror of all human emotions and helps to better understand Europe and its culture, from the plays played in ancient Greece to the current online performances,” says EU Ambassador Luc Véron. “Teatro Europa provides a platform for artistic Filipino youth to share their talents in acting, directing and production design”.

The 16 partner universities performing theater pieces include: 1. Colegio de San Juan de Letran – Taruffe by Moliere of France 2. Saint Louis University – Rur by Karel Čapek of the Czech Republic 3. Wesleyan University – Pariah by August Strindberg of Sweden

4. University of the East – Life’s a Dream by Pedro Calderon de la Barca of Spain 5. University of Makati – The Horrid Little Princess by Geneviève Damas of Belgium

6. Meridian International College - The Salt Princess (Hungarian Folktale) of Hungary

7. University of San Agustin – Snow by Stanislaw Przybyszewski of Poland 8. La Salle University – Erasmus Montanus by Ludvig Holberg of Denmark 9. Mapua University – Riders to the Sea by John Millington Synge of Ireland 10. Jose Rizal University – The Birds by Aristophanes of Greece 11. Arellano University – II Vero Amico by Carlo Goldoni of Italy 12. Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Marikina – Lucifer by Josst van den Vondel of the Netherlands 13. First City Providential College – La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler of Austria 14. Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela – My Three Angels by Sam and Bella Spewack of Romania 15. University of St. La Salle – Broken Heart Story by Saara Turunen of Finland, and, 16. Rizal Technological University – Leonce and Lena by Georg Büchner of Germany

The festival will hold a limited physical performance in late August in the walled city of Intramuros. A series of webinar with known theatre directors will also be held during the Teatro Europa season.