NOTE: This is a placeholder for my play #6 because it dawned on me that this is going to be a lot longer than a short play. But it’s here… for now.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Carabao – The narrator of this tale
Tikling Bird
Tikling Bird’s Mother
Land Developer
An ensemble of tinikling bird dancers
Prince
King
SETTING
Open Land in the Philippines where a land developer wants to turn it into a resort.
Play opens with fast paced Kulintang music and tinikling birds enter joyously dancing to the ringing melodies.
CARABAO
Very good. Very good my little tiklings.
Hello everyone!
Did you enjoy our tikling birds’ dance?
I definitely did. They’ve been rehearsing for weeks in preparation for our Sarimanok Festival to celebrate how one of our own Tikling birds became a Sarimanok.
Do you remember that story? For those who haven’t heard it before, gather around little ones. C’mon, gather around and pay very close attention to this Tikling Tale.
Once upon a time, there lived a Prince…