Michael Willams

Joonee Garcia

Chino Veguillas

Benjor Catindig

Joey Torres

With over 100 roles to his credit, Michael has been performing in Philippine theatre since 1982. He began his career in Repertory Philippines' production of "A Flea in Her Ear", an English translation of the French farce "Le Dindon". Within his first year at Rep, Michael was handling most of the male ingenue roles as well as comic character roles. In 1984 Michael received great notices for his performance in "Ain't Misbehavin'", a musical review featuring the work of jazz great, RCA recording artists Fats Waller.

In 1989 Michael was chosen to be part of the original London cast of "Miss Saigon" in London's West End for producer Cameron Mackintosh. After a year with that company, Michael moved on to perform in yet another West End musical-Rogers and Hammerstein's "The King and I", produced for the centennial celebration of the Hammerstein Estate in 1990, with Richard Hammerstein Jr. directing. In this production Michael essayed the role of Lun Tha, the romantic lead.

Since Michael's return to the Philippine theatre scene, he has turned in a few more sterling performances. Most notable of these were his portrayals of the tragic hero Javert in the musical, "Les Miserables", based on the classic work by French author Victor Hugo, The Baker in "Into the Woods" and Don Quixote in "Man of La Mancha". He was also featured in New Voice Company's original production of "The Male Voice". Michael is on the Repertory Philippines Artistic Council and is also a sought after director, who recently helmed such critically acclaimed shows as Rep's "Sweeney Todd" and the Philippine Opera Company production of "Master Class".

Michael is the founder and Artistic Director of Theater Down South. He has directed all their shows to date, namely "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "Rapunzel", "Treasure Island" and "A Midsummer Nights Dream", and their first original full-length production,"The Princess and the Red Carp", for which he also co-wrote the book.

Joonee is a BM Music Education graduate of the University of the Philippines (Major in Piano, Minor in Voice). She heads the Music department of Academy One Music and Dance Center in Paranaque, where she teaches Piano and Voice. She also specializes in Early Childhood Music Education and is a sought-after lecturer on this subject. Together with her business partner Geri Gil, she has co-authored Make Mine Music, a Music and Movement program for young children and their parents, for which they wrote and produced 6 CDs of original children's music. She is an Artist-in-Residence of the De La Salle Santiago Zobel School where she has served as Musical Director for their productions of "Godspell", "Once on this Island", "Once Upon a Mattress", "Grease", "Pippin" and, most recently, "Jesus Christ Superstar".

Joonee is a founding member of Theater Down South with whom she has performed in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Starveling/Snug/Mustardseed), "Rapunzel" (Witch), "The Princess and the Red Carp" (Stepsister), and "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (Geminae). She is also company's Musical Director and has written the book, music and lyrics for several TDS pocket shows, all of which were performed in various SM Malls during the Christmas and Easter seasons. She was also the writer and composer of "The Princess and the Red Carp", TDS' first original full-length musical.

Chino fell into theater by accident via a high school production of "South Pacific", where he played the part of Lt. Joe Cable. On the strength of his performance in this show, he was invited to join the cast of Repertory Philippines' "Yankee Pankee 98". In 2006, he returned to the theater as a member of De La Salle Zobel's Act 25 theater group, playing the roles of Judas "Godspell" , Papa Ge in "Once on this Island", the Jester in "Once Upon a Mattress", Kenickie in "Grease", Charlemagne in "Pippin", and Judas in "Jesus Christ Superstar", all but the first of these directed by Michael Williams. Along with Williams and some other DLSZ alumni, he became a founding member and Company Manager of Theater Down South, with whom he has appeared in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Puck), "Rapunzel" (Simon the Valet), "Treasure Island" (Long John Silver), "The Princess and the Red Carp" (Red Carp), "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (Pseudolus), as well as several corporate shows. He recently appeared in the Philippine Opera Company's highly acclaimed production of "Master Class", as the stagehand. Chino is a Karate World Cup Silver Medalist and a SEA Games Gold Medalist. He was the Karatedo coach of the Philippine National Karatedo team for the 2005 SEA Games and is currently the Karatedo coach of De La Salle Zobel. He is also the manager of AAK Fitness System.

In grade school and high school, Mimay played the lead in school productions such as "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Titania) and "The Taming of the Shrew" (Catherine). St. Scholastica's College Manila's curriculum has also allowed her to write, direct, choreograph and act in countless class and batch productions. As part of her training, she took ballet lessons for 8 years. She has also joined Trumpets Playshop's musical theater workshops since she was 12, and has been part of showcases such as "Footloose", "Wicked" (Nessarose) and "Legally Blonde" (Paulette). She has been under Freddie Santos, Chari Arespacochaga and Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, to name a few. In college, she studied Psychology and was a vocalist for the De La Salle University Pops Orchestra. Professional Theater Credits: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Hermia), "Treasure Island" (Israel Hands), and the original production of "The Princess and the Red Carp" (Stepsister).

Pammu first appeared on stage at 13, in De La Salle Zobel's production of "Oliver!" She has since graced the stage several times with Act 25 Productions, the De La Salle Zobel Alumni Association's performing arts group. With them she has performed in "Godspell", "Once On This Island (Asaka)", "Once Upon A Mattress" (Queen Aggravain), "Grease" (Marty) and most recently, "Pippin". In 2004, she joined Trumpets Playshop under Freddie Santos, performing in their showcase of "So David". One of Theater Down South's original members, Pammu has been seen in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" where she has played both Titania and Hippolyta. Also with TDS, she has played the Witch in "Rapunzel" (also alternating as Storyteller) and Bosun Anderson in "Treasure Island". She has also appeared in some of the TDS holiday shows. Pammu was an Assistant Lecturer for the Literature Department of De La Salle University - Manila for two years. During that time she returned as a vocalist for the DLSU Pops Orchestra. She is also affiliated with the new Surreli Pops Orchestra. Pammu is an English tutor, a freelance writer and an acting coach in the BF Homes area.

Belle started formal dance lessons in classical ballet and musical theatre as a child, and soon began competing and performing for various events, receiving numerous awards along the way. De La Salle Zobel's ACT25 production of "Once Upon a Mattress" marked her musical theatre debut, where she trained under Michael Williams. She has since been seen in their productions of "Grease" (Cha Cha Di Gregorio), "Pippin", and "Jesus Christ Superstar". She made her debut with Theater Down South as Tintinabula in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", and has since appeared with TDS in "The Princess and the Red Carp", "Mega Monster Mania: Halloween Monster Mission", and "The Emperor and the Magic Dragon Robe". She's set to play Peaseblossom in the 2011 School Tour production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

Other credits: Chinese International School Manila: Choreograper and Stage Manager, "Joseph and the Technicolored Dreamcoat". TDS: Associate Choreographer, "Enter Stage, Right" Summer Workshops.

Benjor has been seen in the Act25/DLSZ-AA productions of "Godspell", "Once on This Island" (Agwe), "Once Upon a Mattress" (the Minstrel), "Grease" (Roger), "Jesus Christ Superstar" (Pilate), and as the title role in a production of "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" that was presented at the Sylvia P. Lina Theater, DLSZ. With TDS, he has performed in "Rapunzel" (Simon the Valet), "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (Hysterium) and in several of the company's holiday shows.

Benjor is the Art Director for Rocketship, Inc., for which he has won three Anvil awards, and a graphic designer for the London based company Another Cup of Coffee, Inc.

Dave made his theatrical debut as the little boy Benny in De La Salle Zobel's production of "Tolda" in 1993, and went on to be part of the school's other productions: "Oliver" (Chorus), "The Sound of Music" (Chorus), and "Fiddler on the Roof" (Mendel). He then joined the Company of Ateneo Dancers, where he trained & performed Streetdance and Jazz. He was also featured in the independent films "Banlaw" and "Bulong sa Kawalan" as well as a music video for BukasPalad. In 2004, he returned to the DLSZ stage to be part of ACT25's Alumni production, and then became part of the company's productions of "Godspell", "Once on this Island" (Agwe), "Once Upon a Mattress" (Jester), "Grease" (Doody), "Pippin" (Lead Player), and "Jesus Christ Superstar (Peter). With Theater Down South, he has been seen in the company's season shows -- "The Princess and the Red Carp" (Chorus), "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" (Starvelling/Snout), and "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (Protean) -- as well as its holiday shows -- "Humbug" (Bob Cratchit), "The Emperor and Magic Dragon Robe" (Zheng), "The Princess Hunt" and the "Rabbit Riders" Series (Long Ears).

Dave is an award-winning Media Professional with his works notably recognized both locally and regionally through the 2009 Media Thinking Awards, 2010 Asian Marketing Effectiveness Awards and the 2010 TANAW Awards (by the Outdoor Advertising Association of the Philippines). He is currently the Marketing Manager for Media of Globe Telecom.

RV first appeared with Theater Down South in their production of "Treasure Island" where he played one of the pirates, then went on to be part of the production of "The Princess and the Red Carp". He is an Academy One ballet scholar and he has been training under Jeffrey Espejo since 2009. With Academy One, he has been performed in several shows, including their full length "Nutcracker".

Niki received much of his formal theater training as a Theater Arts major in the Fine Arts Program of the Ateneo de Manila University from 1998-2002; under National Artist Salvador Bernal. Until recently he took Production Design at the School of Design & Arts, DLS-CSB. He took great interest in production design after playing a few roles in Tanghalang Ateneo productions such as "when the purple settles" and "Ang Pagpapaamo sa Maldita". Since then, he has designed sets and costumes for 14 plays in the bill of the first Ateneo New Play Festival, "Pangarap sa Isang Gabi ng Gitnang Tag-araw", the CSB-Filipinescas Dance Company, Duyan Ng Kagitingan for CCP's "waiting in the wings", Mulan for Repertory Philippine's Children's Theater, and for DLSZ's Once On This Island and Once Upon A Mattress. For television, Niki worked as an illustrator and design developer under Peque Gallaga for GMA-7's SUGO.

Paolo's journey into theater started during his junior year in De La Salle Zobel's Act 25 production of "Once on this Island" as the characters Daniel and Armand in 2007. Since then, Paolo has appeared in all of De La Salle Zobel's subsequent productions, such as "Once upon a Mattress" (as the Wizard) in 2008, "Grease!" (as Sonny Latierri) in January of 2009, "Pippin" (as Louis) in December of 2009, and "Jesus Christ Superstar" (as an Apostle) in March 2011, all of which were under the creative direction of Michael Williams. Outside of Zobel, Paolo has performed in some of Theater Down South’s holiday shows and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Philostrate). His first foray into the realm of professional theatre was in Theater Down South's production of "Treasure Island" as Black Dog and George Merry.

Off stage, Paolo is a student in De La Salle University Manila, currently taking up communication arts and advertising management.

Marie started performing on stage since she was 7 and has been in love with the stage ever since. She has been in workshop productions such as "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" as Judah; "Cats" as Carbucketty; "Aida" as Princess Amneris; "A Chorus Line" as Valerie Clark; "Once on this Island" as Asaka; "Footloose" as Rusty; "BEND(bare)" as Nadia and "PARIS 1832 (Les Mis)" as ensemble & Gavroche. She has appeared in productions such as "Cinderella", "Mulan", "Jack and the Beanstalk", "A Christmas Carol", and "Sleeping Beauty", all under Repertory Philippines. With Theater Down South, she appeared as the Stepsister in "The Princess and the Red Carp", as Peaseblossom in "A Midsummer Night’s Dream", and as Vibrata in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum". Other credits: "Love Beyond Time", "Laura", and "A Christmas Soiree".

Anna's passion for theater flourished during her college years where she became an active member/choreographer of Sining Tanghalan, the college resident theater guild. She was a scholar of Tanghalang Pilipino's Actors' Company for three years and appeared in various productions. She has done plays with Repertory Philippines, Gantimpala Theater Foundation, Kids Acts of the Phils, and UpStart Productions. She also acted in full-length films for Cinemalaya and on some TV commercials. Anna shares her passion with pre-school and gradeschool students by teaching theater arts and streetdance. The 2011 School Tour production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" marks her first production with Theater Down South.

Celine is a Communication Arts graduate of the Ateneo de Manila University and an alumna of the Ateneo College Glee Club. After college, she was briefly a writer for a public relations firm and an English tutor for grade school and high school students. In 2008, she started in theater taking on the lead role of grandmother in the restaging of Ang Mapaghimalang Birhen ng Caysasay. Under writer-director Nestor U. Torre, she continued to play Ballsy Aquino and other roles in Cory, The Musical and also played multiple lead roles in Nasaan Si Hesus? - both produced by Buhay Ay Isang Awit Foundation. Currently, she is part of the touring group of Magnificat, one of the country's longest running musicals, and is working on two of Torre's award-winning one-act plays.

Celine joined The Ryan Cayabyab Singers in early 2010 and has performed with them in numerous corporate shows and concerts such as Motown and Beyond at the Music Museum, Mr.C in Concert at the Esplanade Concert Hall in Singapore, Ryan Cayabyab and Friends at the Newport Performing Arts Theater in Resorts World, Manila, and a concert at the Luce Auditorium in Silliman University, which earned three standing ovations. The RCS also proudly supports Gawad Kalinga and can be seen regularly performing for the organization's events both here and abroad. They will be having a 3-week Australian tour in October 2011 and will be singing at the Gawad Kalinga Summit in Sydney in the same month.

Celine has been an active member of Theater Down South since 2009 and, under founding director Michael Williams, has played Mrs. Hawkins in Treasure Island: A Musical Adventure, Domina in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and the Evil Stepmother in The Princess and the Red Carp - a TDS original musical based on the Chinese origins of the Cinderella story. She also participates in all of the company's yearly holiday mall shows during Easter, Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day, and Chinese New Year. This year, she plays Hippolyta in the TDS school tour production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Jacob began his formal vocal training at the Philippine Opera Company and is currently under the tutelage of Camille Lopez- Molina. He attended several theater workshops with Trumpets Playshop in which he performed in the staging of "Once on This Island" (Agwe) and "Joseph the Dreamer" (Jacob). He was recently part of Theater Down South's production of "The Princess and the Red Carp" and "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (Hero). He is currently a Communications Arts Major in De La Salle University.

Carla is no stranger to performing, having been musically trained since she was 6. While attending De La Salle Santiago Zobel School, she got into musical theater and played Ti Moune in "Once on this Island", Winnifred in "Once Upon a Mattress", and Sandy in "Grease", all under the direction of Michael Williams. She made her debut with TDS as Philia in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum".

Carla credits her voice tuition to Joonee Garcia and Academy One Music and Dance Center.

Juan made his stage debut in Theater Down South's staging of "A Midsummer Night's Dream". With Theater Down South, he has since been seen in "Rapunzel" (Simon the Valet),"Treasure Island" (Blind Man Pew/Dick Johnson), "The Rabbit Riders Save Easter" (Ridiculous Rat) and "Santa at Sea" (Brownbeard Barnacle). Outside Theater Down South, he has been seen in De La Salle Zobel's Act 25 production of "Once Upon A Mattress" (King Sextimus) and in Marie Eugenie Theater of The Assumption's production of "Romeo and Juliet" (Tybalt).

When he's not onstage, Juan works as a freelance writer and consultant.

Collins is a young tenor from Laguna. He holds a Bachelor of Music Studies from the University of Syndey, studying as a voice major at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music under countertenor Andrew Dalton and soprano Amanda Thane. He has performed in venues across Sydney as a soloist, including Sydney Town Hall and St Mary's Cathedral, and as a member of Pacific Opera in Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia".

Upon graduating in 2008, Collins came home to pursue further studies in Sociology and Philippine History at the University of the Philippines in Manila. Theater Credits: "Treasure Island" (Ben Gunn), "Sweeney Todd" (Chorus).

Zig graduated from De La Salle University-College of St. Benilde with a degree in Music Production and is also an accomplished singer and pianist. In 2008, he joined the Spotlight Artist Workshop where he studied under seasoned stage veterans Robert Sena, Isay Alvarez and Nestor Torre. This led to a role in the musical "Cory", where he played a variety of roles. He gained further experience from the ABS-CBN Star Magic Acting Workshop before joining Theater Down South. With TDS, he has been seen in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (Marcus Lycus), "Treasure Island" (Captain Smollett/Billy Bones), "The Princess and the Red Carp" (Emperor), "Santa at Sea"(Captain Cutlass), "Christmas at the North Pole" (Reindeer), and the TDS Christmas concerts.

Zig has also appeared in films, both independent and mainstream, such as "Dinig Sana Kita", "Balag", "In My Life" and "Emir".

A pediatrician by profession, Gary has always loved singing & performing on stage even at an early age. After finishing his internship at Makati Medical Center, he joined his first theater workshop & was invited to appear as a cast member of TRUMPETS' "Joseph the Dreamer". Since then, he has appeared in several concerts, corporate events, product launchings, mall shows & musical productions. For Valentine's Day 2009, he co-wrote, co-directed & co-starred in a musical revue called "Love in the Key of Caffeine". He has been fortunate enough to be trained by theater stalwarts, such as Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, Freddie Santos, Monique Wilson, Roselyn Perez & Michael Williams. To maintain a healthy balance between a clinical practice and professional theater career is what he aims to achieve. He is proud and honored to be a part of the core group of THEATER DOWN SOUTH.

Theater credits include: TRUMPETS' "Joseph the Dreamer" (Guard/Chorus); GANTIMPALA's "Pepe en Pilar" (Mr. Aguila); THEATER DOWN SOUTH's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Egeus/Peter Quince), "Rapunzel" (Storyteller/King), " Songs From The North Pole" (Tin Soldier), "Wacky Wizard's Amazing Tea Party" (Wacky Wizard), "Treasure Island" (Tom Morgan), and "The Three Wise Men" (Gaspar); REPERTORY PHILS' "Sweeney Todd" (Chorus); 9WORKS THEATRICAL's "Rent" (Chorus/Tom Collins understudy), "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (Senex), "The Princess and the Red Carp" (Narrator).

Upon the prodding of her mother, Kris attended an open audition advertised in their weekly AAVA news for new Theater Down South talents. She has since been seen in the company's Christmas and Easter shows and has also been tapped as a Junior Instructor for the TDS Summer Workshop. Theater Credits: "Treasure Island" (Meg/Sam), "The Princess and the Red Carp" (Narrator), "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Cobweb), "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (Panacea).

By profession, Kris is Managing Partner of her own wedding coordination and styling company called Full Circle and previously worked in an advertising company.

Michelle is currently the Editor-in-Chief at Metro Weddings Magazine. Theater Credit: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Starveling). She is married to NATF's Nino Alejandro and they have one daughter.

Jenn started performing at the age of 2 and played the lead wearing a Philippine flag dress in a pre-school production. Obviously, her love for both politics and theater was undeniable.

She was last seen onstage during De La Salle Zobel Alumni production of Grease where she played the role of Patty Simcox. Prior to that, she performed for the Church of the Poor Foundation Concert with the Metro Manila Community Orchestra. Back in high school, she appeared in various school and community productions such as ACT 25, AAVA's production of Close To Home, Cinderella (Fairy God Mother) and Peter Pan (Wendy). She also received formal training from Trumpets Playshop and Ryan Cayabyab Studio.

Jenn currently works for the Philippine President.

Lesley graduated from Ateneo de Manila loves to act and hopes to do this for the rest of her life. Her theater credits include Koine Theater: The Misspelling of Miss Gem (Miss Gem); Tanghalang Pilipino:Ang Ligawang Ligaw/Love's Labour's Lost (Maria), Balota Queen (Virginia)Dulaang UP: The Butterfly's Evil Spell (Butterfly), Lysistrata (Calonike),The Imaginary Invalid (Beline); Dramatis Personae: The Hunchback of NotreDame (Esmeralda), The Lady from the Sea (Ellida), Brand (Agnes), Hiroshima Mon Amour (Woman). Feature Film credits include Redd5Luke Films: Baliw (Lisa); Xion Studios: Xenoa (Amanda); MediaLinkNorway: The Power to Choose (Woman); Tojaro Productions: Inter.m@tes(Pauline). When not onstage, Leslie teaches pre-school classes in music, movement and theater.

Kathy started ballet under Jeanette Racillo when she was twelve years old, and then later on took ballet lessons under Nina Anonas, Sol Fernandez and Cherish Garcia. She participated in the 1992 and 1994 RAD Dance Festival at the Cultural Center of the Philippines and appeared in the movie 'Mila' which starred Maricel Soriano. After her cousin brought her to watch Repertory Philippines' production of "Sleeping Beauty" she was bitten by the theater bug. Thereafter, she took acting workshops under Jaime Blanch and more recently with New Voice Company. She has always wanted to be a part of the theater industry but fate had other plans, and brought her to the travel industry instead. Theater Credits include "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Helena), "Treasure Island" (George Merry), and "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (Geminae).

Mikey began his formal theater training in Ateneo de Manila University under Yan Yuzon and Ron Capinding. He played the lead role in "Linya" for Tanghalang Ateneo. In 2005, he played Jason in the Greek tragedy "Medea" and Cupcake in Cris Martinez's "Balang Araw" for Ron Capinding's Basic Acting course. He joined Theater Down South in 2007 and has since played Nick Bottom in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Storyteller/Innkeeper/Man-with-a-Mop/Castle Guard in "Rapunzel", Tom Morgan/Captain Smollett in "Treasure Island", the Prime Minister in "The Princess and the Red Carp", the Prime Minister in "The Emperor and the Magical Dragon Robe", and Miles Gloriosus in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum". He has also appeared in most of the TDS Holiday shows.

In 2011, Mikey was certified by the International Baccalaureate Organization as a Theater Arts instructor. He serves as the instructor for the International Baccalaureate Theater Arts program at Southville International School and Colleges. He is also a freelance events host and acting talent.

Mika was last seen playing Lucinda the wicked stepsister in New Voice Company's "Into the Woods". Months before she was seen in Repertory Philippines' "The Sound of Music", NVC's "Aspects if Love" in Singapore, and played the role of Jenny Dillingham in "Aspects of Love" in Manila. She played the role of Cinderella in DLSZ's "Cinderella" and participated in several New Voice and Repertory workshops where she played has Madame Dubbonet in "The Boyfriend", Jessica Goldman in "This is Our Youth", Rhoda in "The Bad Seed", and Nina Zarechnaya in "The Good Doctor".

For television, Mika can be seen in the new music video "Home", Verses latest single. She is also in the music videos "First of Summer" and "Endless, a silent whisper," both of Urbandub. For movies, Mika can be seen playing Maya Vergiere in HUBO production's "Sa Pagdapo ng Mariposa".

Having come from a long line of actresses - her mother being Rina Reyes, her grandmother being Baby O'Brien, and her great- grandmother being Paraluman-Sophia became exposed to the arts at a very young age. Her theater credits include "The Sound of Music", "The Great White Way", "Reminiscences", and "Once Upon a Mattress" with Repertory Philippines, and "Peter Pan" with Trumpets Playshop. She also has some experience with Sound Design, having recorded for McDonald’s and Del Monte. As a model, she has had campaigns with So En, Mojo, and Coconut Magazine.

Theater Credits: "The Princess and the Red Carp" (Yeh Hsien), "Sleeping Beauty", and "Magsimula Ka".

Bea is a Management student at the Ateneo de Manila University and is currently a member of the Company of Ateneo Dancers. She took up ballet at Academy One Music and Dance Center. Theater credits: "Once on This Island" (Ti Moune), "Once Upon a Mattress" (Winnifred), "Pippin" (Catherine), Theater Down South's "Three Wise Men" (Angel), and Theater Down South's "The Princess Hunt" (Natasha).

Ale is a TDS Workshop Graduate from 2008 where he was seen in "Even Stephens", a Stephen Sondheim/Stephen Schwartz musical revue. He first worked with Michael Williams, and by extension Theater Down South, when he was still in high school. He essayed the roles of Tonton Julian in "Once On this Island" and the Minstrel in "Once Upon a Mattress". As a returning alumni, he was also seen in the DLSZ productions of "Pippin" (chorus member) and "Jesus Christ Superstar" (Simon Zealot). He has since become a TDS company member, appearing in "Mega Monster Mania: Halloween Monster Mission", "The Princess and the Red Carp", "The Emperor and the Magical Dragon Robe" and, most recently, "The Princess Hunt".

Aside from theater, Ale is an accomplished violinist who has played with the DLSZ Orchestra (for which he became concertmaster in 2007) and the PREDIS Youth Orchestra under Arturo Molina. He joined the Executive Band as a jazz violinist in 2009 and has also been a featured soloist on Jun Penaverde's CD entitled "Sacred". He is also in his second year taking up Photography at the DLSU College Of St. Benilde and is training to become a commercial pilot.

George has attended acting workshops with Trumpets Playshop under Freddie Santos and Jaime del Mundo. In these workshops, he has performed lead roles such as David in "So David" and Sir Malaguance in "Pendragon." He has played lead roles in De La Salle Zobel's school plays such as Daniel in "Once On This Island", Sir Harry in "Once Upon a Mattress," Danny Zuko in "Grease", and Jesus in "Jesus Christ Superstar", all under the direction of Michael Williams. He also dabbles in modeling, having done print and TV ads, Most recently with PLDT for PLDT watchpad. Theater Credits in order of production date: "Rapunzel" as Prince Brian (TDS), "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as Philostrate (TDS), "Treasure Island" as Jim Hawkins (TDS), "Master Class" as Stagehand (Phillipine Opera Company), "Sleeping Beauty" as Prince (Repertory Philippines), "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as Snout (TDS) "Seussical" as Wickersham Brother 1 (Repertory Philippines), and "Peter Pan" as Lost Boy (Repertory Philippines).

Maricar is a Certified Public Accountant and a Licensed Realtor. She has practiced Accountancy with one of the top accounting firms and has worked with two major corporations in the Philippines. While practicing her profession, Maricar also dabbled in her passion for singing. She has sung professionally and has had gigs with an international hotel, a golf club and a restaurant. Maricar joined Theater Down South through an open audition for the TDS Holiday shows, theater being close to her heart as she used to perform in school plays. Maricar is happily married and is a proud mother of three.

Started performing in theater during grade school in Teatro Auxillium of Mary Help of Christians Parish performing plays of Fr. James Reuter (Goodnight Black Eye and annual Senakulos). Attended Music lessons at Center for Pop and Ryan Cayabyab Music School and Musical Theater at Trumpets. He has performed with Tanghalan Pilipino of CCP (El Filibusterismo), Chase International (Once on this Island) and with Music Theater Philippines (Sino Ka ba Jose Rizal). He joined Theater Down South and appeared in A Midsummer Nights Dream, Rapunzel the Musical, and other Kidde shows at the SM Malls. He graduated BS Computer Science at AMACC worked in SGV and Informatics. On sabattical he studied Culinary Arts at Center for Culinary Arts and has taken Baking/Cake Decorating courses at Heny Sison. Took Photography lessons under Jay Alonzo).He also co-hosted cooking show with Heny Sison. He did recently and independent film Director's Cut) and is currently a member of the Ayala Alabang Camera Club. He is a resident actor and photographer of TDS. Theater Credits: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Snug), "Treasure Island" (Billy Bones).

Kahna made her theatrical debut in Theater Down South’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Peaseblossom/Tom Snout). This was followed by featured roles in “Rapunzel” (Rapunzel) and “Treasure Island” (Meg/Sam). She has also performed in several of the company's holiday shows such as “The Wacky Wizard’s Tea Party” (Violet) and the original form of “The Princess and the Red Carp” (Yeh Hsien). She reprised that role when "Red Carp" was expanded into a full length musical, and was most recently seen as Panacea in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum".

As a commercial model, she has appeared in TV commercials such as LBC's "Monolith" (Fish Vendor), Tide/Safeguard/Ariel's "Tippi Tipid Tips" (Tippi) and Allerta "Kamot" (Officemate). She has also done a spoof with GMA-7's Bitoy's Funniest Home Videos.

Michael "Mike" Villanueva made his theatrical debut on the De La Salle Zobel School stage as Peter Pans' nemesis Captain Hook in the school's 2000-01 production of "Peter Pan". In succeeding years, he was cast as Prince Charmings' father in "Cinderella" and Judge Claude Frollo in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". Three years later he returned to the Zobel stage, this time under the direction of Michael Williams, and has since appeared in "Once On This Island" (Armand's father), "Once Upon a Mattress" (King Sextimus) , "Grease" (Eugene), and "Jesus Christ Superstar" (Herod).

In December 2009, Mike had the privilege of joining Theater-Down-South in their Christmas Shows in SM's Mall-of-Asia, SM North Edsa and the Narra Park in Ayala Alabang. He was most recently seen in TDS's "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" as Erronius.

Micko's first foray into theater was as one of Fagin's thieves in De La Salle Zobel's production of "Oliver". After earning a degree in Computer Science specializing in Instructional Systems Technology, he returned to DLSZ to give back to his alma mater. While there, he was part of Act25's production of "Once On This Island" (as Armand). Soon after, he was invited to audition as a core company member of Theater Down South. Since then, he has performed in various TDS productions including "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (as Theseus / Oberon), "Rapunzel" (as Storyteller / Innkeeper / Man With Mop / Castle Guard), "Treasure Island" (as Ben Gunn / Blind Pew), and "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (Hysterium / Erronius). He has also performed in the TDS holiday shows - "Humbug!" (as Ebeneezer Scrooge), "3 Wise Men" (as the Innkeeper) and "The Wacky Wizard's Tea Party" (as the Jester) among others. Coming home to DLSZ for its 30th Foundation anniversary, Micko reunited with Act25 for their production of "Pippin" (as a Player). Besides performing, he has been Sound Technician for various shows, has been teaching during TDS's yearly summer workshops and was stage manager, sound technician and production designer of "Love in The Key of Caffeine".

He is the proud owner and manager of Lundag Kuneho IT Services, a multimedia design and development solutions provider.

Nathan started in theatre under the supervision of Michael Williams in De La Salle Zobel's productions of "Once Upon A Mattress" (Jester) and has since been seen in "Grease" (Danny Zuko), "Pippin" (Player), and "Jesus Christ Superstar" (Chorus). He first performed with TDS for their holiday shows “Three Wise Men” (Melchior), and “The Gingerbread Man’s Easter Eggscapade” (Chocolate Chip). Most recently he was part of “The Princess and the Red Carp” (Chorus) and "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (Protean/Gymnasia). Nathan has been a member of the De La Salle Zobel Pep Squad and is currently a junior at Southville International School and Colleges.

Daryl made his professional theatrical debut as Lysander in 2007 in TDS's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Theater and performance credits since: Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" as Jim O'Connor, "Rapunzel" as Prince Brian, Prince Street Players' "Treasure Island" as Jim Hawkins (also as Black Dog and Ensemble), Theater Down South's "The Princess and the Red Carp" as a Narrator (also as understudy for the Emperor and Red Carp), "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" as a Protean, Theater Down South's "The Gingerbread Man's Easter Eggscapade" as Blueberry, "Humbug" as Jacob Marley and Fezziwig, "Three Wise Men" as Town Crier and Joseph, "Christmas at the North Pole" as Prancer, "A Very Merry Wishmas Story" as the Elf, "The Emperor and the Magical Dragon Robe" as Narrator, "Alice in the Queen's Garden" as the March Hare, and other holiday shows at the Enchanted Kingdom, AAVA Narra Park, Tribeca, and SM Mall of Asia. He was most recently seen as the Mannequin in the nationwide SM tour of "It's Christmas: The Musical" and as the Elf in "12 Days of Christmusts".

Apart from Acting, he freelances as a Graphic Designer. He also does Stage Management work. Credits: Theater Down South's "Rapunzel" and "Treasure Island" at the Insular Life Theater, the original production of "The Princess and the Red Carp" at the Podium, Academy One Music and Dance Center's "Don't Stop" and "Love" at the CCP Main Theater and "Sleeping Beauty" and "Wings" at the DLSZ Sylvia P. Lina Theater, and DLSZ's "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "You Can't Stop the Beat!". Sound design credits include: "Treasure Island" and "The Gingerbread Man's Easter Eggscapade".

Inspired by Holly Hunter's Ada McGrath in "The Piano", Lara started acting when she was 9. She has performed in workshops for Trumpets Playshop and New Voice Company. After a string of school plays ("Hamlet", "Twelve Angry Men", "Nuts") and short films (UP Film Institute, Mowelfund, Marilou Diaz Abaya Film Institure), she ventured into independent movies (Khavn's "Philippine Bliss", Joel Ruiz's "Baby Angelo", a 2008 Cinemalaya feature film finalist and Will Fredo's "Sa Pagdapo ng Mariposa).

She was Dorine in Moliere's "Tartuffe" (College of St. Benilde) and Girl 2 in Koine's Palanca award winning one-act play "SubText". TDS's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is her first professional theater production.

When not acting, Lara is a home-based Project Manager for online content. She is also a teacher (Junior Ateneo Children's Theater, Make Believe Productions). She hosts children's parties and mall events from time to time.

A graduate of Communication and Media Studies from San Beda College Alabang, Brian was introduced to the stage when he joined the College's theatre organisation, The Order of The Scarlet Thespians, in 2003 and ended up with several acting and production design credits in his creative cache. He also interned for CCP's Production Design Center. Brian joined Theater Down South in 2011.

Workshop Instructors

Paolo Del Rosario
Celine Fabie
Joonee Garcia
Mikey Llorin
Alejandro Rivera
Daryl Zarraga

Writer and Composer

Joonee Garcia

Production Designer

Niki Delos Reyes-Torres