Shocks- A Musical Tragic-Comedy
The wedding march was played. A Mercedes Benz came in and the spotlight was focused on it as it pulled up at the main entrance. All eyes were pulled towards it like iron to magnet. Veronica, radiant in her beautiful, white wedding gown, and accompanied by her bridesmaids, stepped out of the car. Near the altar, at the other end of the main aisle, stood Christopher. As the bride walked down the aisle the choir sang a capella. A shot rang out. And the gym went dark.
When the lights came back on, all were focused on the groom who was carrying his bride in his arms laughing out loud. The lights went out again.
That describes the opening scene of SHOCKS, a musical tragic-comedy and social commentary play subtitled “How to Kill the Bride on her Wedding Day.”
The script relates a tragic love story between two characters that are so different in many aspects. But the script goes beyond the conventional rich-boy-meets-poor-girl plot. It also expresses the sentiments of students living out a life of friendship, love, and survival, without neglecting social issues such as premarital sex, responsible parenthood, agrarian unrest, poverty and discrimination. It is a whimsical love story weaved in the common life of students that can draw us in yet make us ask striking questions and can open our minds to the often ignored realities of life.
SHOCKS features familiar contemporary songs from the Cranberries, Celine Dion, Julia Fordham, Barbra Streisand, Martin Nievera, Regine Velasquez and the Eraserheads. It also features cuts from the musical Les Miserables, the Disney classic Beauty and the Beast and the Lion King. It is the brainchild of Juan dela Cruz, a Xavier University alumnus , and choreographer/director/ performer Nelson Reyes.
SHOCKS will run every Friday and Saturday until December 20 at the Xavier University Little Theater. Matinee is at 3 pm and the regular show starts at 7 in the evening. For ticket inquiries please call 09178992300.
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When the lights came back on, all were focused on the groom who was carrying his bride in his arms laughing out loud. The lights went out again.
That describes the opening scene of SHOCKS, a musical tragic-comedy and social commentary play subtitled “How to Kill the Bride on her Wedding Day.”
The script relates a tragic love story between two characters that are so different in many aspects. But the script goes beyond the conventional rich-boy-meets-poor-girl plot. It also expresses the sentiments of students living out a life of friendship, love, and survival, without neglecting social issues such as premarital sex, responsible parenthood, agrarian unrest, poverty and discrimination. It is a whimsical love story weaved in the common life of students that can draw us in yet make us ask striking questions and can open our minds to the often ignored realities of life.
SHOCKS features familiar contemporary songs from the Cranberries, Celine Dion, Julia Fordham, Barbra Streisand, Martin Nievera, Regine Velasquez and the Eraserheads. It also features cuts from the musical Les Miserables, the Disney classic Beauty and the Beast and the Lion King. It is the brainchild of Juan dela Cruz, a Xavier University alumnus , and choreographer/director/ performer Nelson Reyes.
SHOCKS will run every Friday and Saturday until December 20 at the Xavier University Little Theater. Matinee is at 3 pm and the regular show starts at 7 in the evening. For ticket inquiries please call 09178992300.
