FA104: The Creative Professional Jaime Bautista

Episode Notes

Jamie Bautista talks with Nikki Torres about what it's like being an employee of a cultural government institution, the world of Philippine theater, the ins and outs of production management, and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on cultural events like The Virgin Labfest. This is for the college class Jamie teaches called FA 104: The Creative Professional.


DOMINIQUE “NIKKI” GARDE-TORRES is an events manager, a cultural worker and a writer. As an Events Manager working full time for the Cultural Center of the Philippines, she has acted as Production and Stage Manager of many local and international festivals among which are the PASINAYA Open House Festival, The Virgin Labfest, the National Theater Festival, Neo FIlipino and the Wi-Fi Contemporary Dance Festival. She was an apprentice for Britain’s David Glass Ensemble and attended the Association for Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centers Conference in Korea as a delegate of the CCP. She also took part in the Toyama Performing Arts Market in 2015. In her free time, Nikki is a freelance writer who has written scripts for many CCP events as well as for various magazines and newspapers. She has written several articles for the 2nd edition of the CCP Encyclopedia for the Arts Theater volume. She has penned a booklet on voter education for the Philippine Educational Theater Association. A lover of children and young adult's literature, Nikki is the Assistant Regional Advisor of the Philippine Chapter of the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.


Jamie and Nikki met in 2017 when Jamie's first theater script was adapted as a staged reading for Virgin Labfest, where Nikki was the production manager.


The Virgin Labfest for 2020, titled "Kapit", will be stream 9 new and untested one-act plays online from June 10-28, 2020. Details on their Facebook page at @thevirginlabfest.


For those who want to donate to the Pass the Hat project to support the Virgin Labfest stagehands who have lost work due to the pandemic, you can send your donations in these ways:


BDO
LORAINE MACATANGAY
0046-1015-2684


BPI
MARA AGLEHAM
004479-1525-81


GCASH
JOSHUA TAYCO
09269954708


Kindly send your deposit confirmations to maraagleham12@gmail.com


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Jamie Bautista interviews romance author and publisher Mina V. Esguerra as she shares her experiences with writing, getting published in the Philippines, self-publishing, migrating to digital distribution for her books, and cultivating a community of fellow writers. We also discuss the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the local and international publishing industry.


Learn more about Mina at:


www.minavesguerra.com
IG and Twitter: @minavesguerra
Facebook: Mina V. Esguerra


Check out also Romanceclass at:
www.romanceclassbooks.com


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Sign up for Romanceclass' April Feels Fest at:
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