“Spotlight on Review” showcases Baggage

A local web-tv entertainment site did an interview with the entire cast of “Baggage”.  It was definitely an unusual experience for the entire company.  Take a look!
http://www.spotlightonreview.com/baggagetheplay.html

“Baggage” All Packed Up

Now that the Fringe festival has finished, and the cast and crew of Baggage has gone onto other things, I just wanted to give a heartfelt thanks to our loyal audiences for coming out to support us. We had a successful run, and look forward to everyone’s next project.
There are talks of remounting the [...]

Buzz Building for Baggage!

We’re thrilled to say that audiences and critics alike are loving “Baggage”.
Only 3 shows left. Buy your tickets in advance at www.fringetoronto.com or call 416-966-1062. Or buy tickets at the door, but come early!
National Post’s Top 5 Pick
Eye Magazine (4 out of 5 stars)
NOW Magazine (3 out of 4 N’s)
NOW Magazine’s Jon Kaplan’s [...]

3 Ns from Now Magazine

Playing to a full house last night, it was amazing for the Pulang Maleta Collective to wake up to more good news this morning. Check out Jon Kaplan’s review of Baggage in Now magazine.
http://www.nowtoronto.com/fringe/play_details.cfm?play_id=1398
Thank you to the Fringe Audience! Congratulations to the Cast and Crew of Baggage!

Best of Fest?

In the National Post, this past Saturday, theatre veteran and Fringe President Derrick Chua was quoted as saying “Baggage” was one of his Top 5 picks for this year’s festival!
Check out the article here!
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=619307

Mention in Xtra!

This past week a special mention of the piece “Touch”, was made in Xtra! Magazine (a LGBT weekly newspaper based in Toronto). “Touch” is just one of the five amazing plays that comprise “Baggage”. Click below to read the article.
Red Necks, Blue Balls and Yellow Ducks [Xtra!, June 19, 2008, Page 73]

Congratulations CBT Collective!

Our “big sister” collective, the Carlos Bulosan Theatre Collective, was nominated for FOUR Doras! On behalf of the PMC, we’re all very thrilled that their amazing work has been recognized. Best wishes to the entire CBT Collective!
Their press release is below:

For Immediate Release: June 2008
Media Reference: Catherine [...]

Show Times!

Courtesy of the lovely folks at the Fringe Toronto offices, we now have our show schedule. Advance tickets are $10 and will go on sale in mid-June. Stay tuned!

Fringe Listings
Baggage
by Reese Baguio , Aura Carcueva, Vincent Galvez, Darrel Gamotin and Christine Mangosing
www.baggagetheplay.com
presented by Pulang Maleta Collective
from Toronto
Five playwrights drawing from their [...]

Electronic Press Kit is now available

After much hard work, our electronic press kit is now available online. To download parts or all of it, you can find it in our “Media” section here:
http://pulangmaleta.wordpress.com/media/

Production Stills are up!

Rehearsals for such a large company is practically a nightmare to schedule, but we still manage to get by. With a company of 27 people (yeah we’re atypical that way), I was amazed to get the turnout that I did for our production stills shoot.
Anyway, here they are. Enjoy!
http://pulangmaleta.wordpress.com/media/
More photos (and maybe promo [...]