The 1st
MSTR
Awards
(2025)
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WINNERS
WINNERS
Quomodo Desolata Es?
Quomodo Desolata Es?
Isang Dalamhati
Isang Dalamhati
BEST PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
produced by Areté Ateneo;
directed by Guelan Varela-Luarca
Si Faust
Si Faust
BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
produced by Areté Ateneo;
directed by Nelsito Gomez
Quomodo Desolata Es?
Quomodo Desolata Es?
Isang Dalamhati
Isang Dalamhati
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
Guelan Varela-Luarca
Guelan Varela-Luarca
BEST DIRECTOR
3 Upuan and Quomodo Desolata Es? Isang Dalamhati
Jojit Lorenzo
Jojit Lorenzo
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
3 Upuan
Benedix Ramos
Benedix Ramos
BEST FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Dagitab
Maita Ponce
Maita Ponce
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Si Faust
Marvin Ong
Marvin Ong
BEST FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL
Side Show
D Cortezano (set)
D Cortezano (set)
Ali Figueroa (costumes)
Ali Figueroa (costumes)
Jethro Nibaten (lighting)
Jethro Nibaten (lighting)
Ronelson Yadao (movement)
Ronelson Yadao (movement)
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DESIGN
Quomodo Desolata Es? Isang Dalamhati
Benedix Ramos
Benedix Ramos
EMERGING TALENT AWARD
performance,
Bar Boys: The Musical, Dagitab, and Next to Normal
GA Fallarme†
GA Fallarme†
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THEATER
George De Jesus III†
George De Jesus III†
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THEATER
PHOTO CREDITS: Irvin Arenas (Best Lead Performance in a Play); Loreta Arroyo (Best Featured Performance in a Musical); Raffy Cabrera (Emerging Talent Award); Yan Caringal (Best Featured Performance in a Play); D Cortezano on Facebook, Ali Figueroa on Facebook, Jethro Nibaten on Facebook, and Jojo Mamangun (Best Achievement in Design); George de Jesus III on Facebook and GA Fallarme on Facebook (Outstanding Contribution to Theater); Guelan Varela-Luarca on Facebook (Best Director); Kyle Venturillo (Best Production of a Play, Best Production of a Musical, Best New Filipino Work, and Best Lead Performance in a Musical)
PHOTO CREDITS: Irvin Arenas (Best Lead Performance in a Play); Loreta Arroyo (Best Featured Performance in a Musical); Raffy Cabrera (Emerging Talent Award); Yan Caringal (Best Featured Performance in a Play); D Cortezano on Facebook, Ali Figueroa on Facebook, Jethro Nibaten on Facebook, and Jojo Mamangun (Best Achievement in Design); George de Jesus III on Facebook and GA Fallarme on Facebook (Outstanding Contribution to Theater); Guelan Varela-Luarca on Facebook (Best Director); Kyle Venturillo (Best Production of a Play, Best Production of a Musical, Best New Filipino Work, and Best Lead Performance in a Musical)
HONORABLE MENTIONS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Production of a Play
Production of a Play
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.)
Production of a Musical
Production of a Musical
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.)
New Filipino Work
New Filipino Work
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)
Director
Director
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)
Lead Performance in a Play
Lead Performance in a Play
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)
Lead Performance in a Musical
Lead Performance in a Musical
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)
Featured Performance in a Play
Featured Performance in a Play
Toni Go-Yadao (Kisapmata)
Karyl Oliva (Sala Sa Pito)
Omar Uddin (Quomodo Desolata Es? Isang Dalamhati)
Marco Viaña (Kisapmata)
Featured Performance in a Musical
Featured Performance in a Musical
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)
Emerging Talent
Emerging Talent
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)
Design
Design
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.
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