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Edgar Calabia Samar's (@ecsamar) "Si Janus Silang At Ang Tiyanak Ng Tabon" - The Award-Winning Young Adult Bestseller Comes Alive On Stage Until February 25!

Edgar Calabia Samar's (@ecsamar) "Si Janus Silang At Ang Tiyanak Ng Tabon" - The Award-Winning Young Adult Bestseller Comes Alive On Stage Until February 25!
Tanghalang Ateneo, the longest-running theater company of the Ateneo de Manila University’s Loyola Schools, continues its 38th season: De/Constructing Narratives with a production of the award-winning young adult bestseller “Si Janus Silang at ang Tiyanak ng Tábon” by Palanca awardee Edgar Calabia Samar. Si Janus Silang at ang Tiyanak ng Tábon won the 2015 National Book Award for Novel in Filipino and the 2016 National Children’s Book Award for Best Read for Kids. The play will be the first live action adaptation of the book. Two-time Palanca First Prize winning playwright Guelan Varela-Luarca adapted Samar’s work while Tanghalang Ateneo alumnus Charles Yee is bringing it to life onstage. Si Janus Silang at ang Tiyanak ng Tábon takes place in the everyday world of an adolescent boy, Janus, whose world is turned upside down when characters from his favorite computer game and comic books appear and disrupt his personal life thereby forcing him to confront the mystery of his bloo...