Care Divas tonight at PETA

Manila, Philippines - Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) presents Liza Magtoto and Vincent de Jesus’ Care Divas. The highly-acclaimed opus will be staged at the PETA Theater Center. Performances tonight and tomorrow, July 16, are sponsored by Boy Abunda’s Backroom, Inc. while July 17 is Ladlad Party List night.

The musical dramedy is about five Filipino transvestites who work in Israel as caregivers during the day and who masquerade at night as show gays at the time of the intifada (the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation).

Care Divas has been attracting people from diverse walks of life and people of various sexual and political orientations for its power to speak to any heart that knows tribulations and triumphs, heartaches and ecstasies. Care Divas boasts of marvelous display of great acting and music such as the songs Good, Good Girls and We Want To Make It Big In Tel A Viv.

The Care Divas includes some of the biggest theater and television actors today such as Melvin Lee, Vincent de Jesus, Ricci Chan, Jerald Napoles, Dudz Teraña, Jason Barcial, Phil Noble, Buddy Caramat, Cecilia Garrucho, Paul Holme, Myke Salomon, Angeli Bayani, Dominic Miclat-Janssen, Eric Dela Cruz and Miguel Hidalgo. 

Directed by Maribel Legarda, the creative team behind the show also includes costume designer John Abul, events and theater lighting designer Jon Jon Villareal, visual artist and set designer Leo Abaya and contemporary dancer and choreographer Carlon Matobato.

Presentors are La Carmela de Boracay and St. Augustine Gold and Copper Ltd. Major sponsors are Argentina, Metrowalk, Tony Cojuangco and Gretchen Barretto, GAOC, Sen. Tito Sotto, Pagcor, Gov. LRay Villafuerte, Puregold, Lactum, and Mike Sicat. Minor sponsors are Del Monte, HBC and Café La Carmela.

For details, call Backroom at 435-1098 or 928-3121. You can also call Ladlad office at 584-8029.