Real-Life Fairytales
an original play by blue repertory
Music & Lyrics by
Ejay Yatco
Book by
Missy Maramara
Gabbi Campomanes
Helene Enriquez
Stephanie Escuadro
Robyn Jereza
Real Life or Fairytale?
On its 25th year, Ateneo Blue Repertory presents Real-Life Fairytales, a new all-original production. Step into the rabbit hole and watch six different stories unfurl and show how fantastical real life can be, or alternately, how perhaps fantasy isn’t all that different from real life. Re-meet familiar characters in an alternate reality, where they live lives not too far from our own.
What would you believe in if your reality was unbelievable?
Directed by Missy Maramara with music and lyrics by Ejay Yatco, choreography by Franco Ramos, and a script by Gabbi Campomanes, Helene Enriquez, Steph Escuadro and Robyn Jereza, Real-Life Fairytales examines mental illness, abuse, eating disorders, death and disease, family dysfunction and more through the lens of the magical and the unusual.
Happy Pills
Against the wishes of his brother, Peter orders a box of Happy Pills, the latest in anti-depressant medication. When Peter consumes the pills, a figure from his past appears and forces him to confront the decisions he's made.
The Sandman
Rosie can't sleep. Sandman, her guardian, tries to help her, but soon discovers that Rosie's reason for staying awake is much darker than he's ever imagined.
Master Cleanse
Cindy and Ariel want to lose weight now. They converge at the apartment of their new acquaintance, Allie, for their latest means of losing weight: magic.
Terminal
Lance has cancer. His steady girlfriend Gwen doesn't seem to mind. But when Lance shares new information from his doctor at a support group meeting, their relationship comes into question.
Mirrors
Isabel is seeing Adam, but has recently been taken aback by a strange, repitilian looking girl she's been seeing around. Adam seems concerned for Isabel's fascination, but he's harboring a secret of his own.
Take Off
Dot is flying to Manila to pursue her dream: to be a ballerina! The thing is, she has disapproving parents and fear of what the future holds... and a fake leg. Will Dot get off the plane? Will she pursue her dreams? And why does everyone on the plane have the same names as the people in her family? Who knows?
Real-Life Fairytales
Show Schedules
@Fine Arts Theater
3pm Shows
September 17 (Sat)
September 24 (Sat)
October 1 (Sat)
8pm Shows
September 13-17 (Tues-Sat)
September 20-24 (Tues-Sat)
September 27-30 (Tues-Sat)
October 1 (Sat)
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