Natal/National

<p>The family is the foundation of a nation. Playwright translator and director Guelan Varela-Luarca's three plays in <em>Natal/National</em> echo an undeniable truth: nationhood is rooted in family. In these three plays the intersections of family dynamics and nation-building take center stage.</p><p></p><p>Dogsblood Winner Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards First Prize Full-Length Play 2023</p><p>After executing a 70-year-old lady for alleged drug use an officer adopts the eighteen dogs she left behind.</p><p></p><p>Corridors Winner Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards First Prize Full-Length Play and Hall of Fame 2024</p><p>Following her father's death Anj returns home where her estranged family led by their National Artist matriarch falls into the same vicious cycle--feeding the very rot their ancestral home nurtures.</p><p></p><p>3 Upuan</p><p>Speaking in hypotheticals and regrets sibligs Jers Jack and Jai make sense of time and existence amidst grief and loss.</p>