“Ateng” is what my three younger brothers and I call our only sister Elena. As “Manang” is to Ilocanos, “Ateng” is to Tagalogs. It is the traditional term of endearment and respect for the oldest ...

Vincent de Jesus’ Palanca-winning play, “Ateng,” offers glimpses of the past to paint a clearer picture of queer life today “Ateng,” the Palanca Award-winning play by Vincent de Jesus about queer life ...

I have fond memories of working at the Metropolitan Theater, where I learned the ropes of the trade from the formidable Tita Conching Sunico, the doyenne of Manila’s high society. I was a production ...

Kokoy de Santos is starring in the Palanca Award-winning one-act play "Ateng" written by Vince De Jesus, which will be produced by Boy Abunda this November. On Wednesday's "Fast Talk with Boy Abunda," ...

“Ateng,” the Palanca Award-winning play by Vincent de Jesus about queer life, class, and survival in 2005, has returned to the stage, not reworked for today, but preserved as a “period piece”—the ...