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Agot Isidro stars in her first straight drama play

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<div class="MsoNormal"><img src="" alt="080314-agot_main.jpg" width="400" height="290" align="left" border="0"/>More than a decade since she first made her debut on stage,Agot Isidro admitted she missed doing live theater. Having been busy withprojects on TV, the singer-turned-actress said doing a play required perfecttiming when her schedule was not packed. Now, as part of the cast of Red Turniptheater’s latest offering Rabbit Hole,the talented actress goes back to her theatrical roots.</div>“Seven years I&#x27;ve been away from theater so always naiisip ko yung I&#x27;ll go back but thentalagang yung schedule hindi puwede. Ayoko rin kasi gumawa ng teleserye ormovie then do a play kasi hindi ko mabibigyan ng time eh and that&#x27;s how I workeh, hindi ko kaya yung mapupuyat tapos mag-pe-play, ganun. Parang hindi 100%yung binibigay ko. So now I&#x27;m a little slow with my TV work so I acceptedthis,” she said.In the Pulitzer prize-winning play Rabbit Hole, Agot plays the role of Becca, a woman who has to copewith the accidental death of her four-year-old son Danny. The heartbreakingstory gives an inside look at how a family copes after losing a child.“Actually the whole family is grief-stricken, kumbaga namatayan kami ng anak but the play happens eight months afterso we&#x27;re in the middle of really dealing with it and moving on, nasa in-betweenyun. The play happens in that transition so that&#x27;s why it&#x27;s very interestingbecause the others naka-move on na tapos ako medyo hindi pa,” she shared.The 48-year-old actress said their two month long rehearsalswere very tedious. “There was a lot of tweaking. Since there was a lot ofdrama, it was heavy on the emotions and I brought that home with me every day,”she added.Agot admitted that she enjoys the challenge of being atheater artist. “I would like to sing so I&#x27;d pick theater if it pays well(laughs). If it paid well then I&#x27;d be in theater but we all have bills to pay.Even though I stopped doing theater for a while I’m not very, very new but mag-a-adjust ulit ako. Iba ang theater asopposed to film and TV, iba siya eh. Alam ko mag-a-adjust ako sa space, sablocking, ganyan. Kasi one take lang yun eh, walang second take yun. Ittakes a lot determination and focus. I know I really have to work on a lot ofthings with this project,” she explained.Even with a lucrative career in showbiz, Agot said herpassion for performing on stage will never wane. “I like the process. Gustong gusto ko talaga yung proseso ngtheater eh because you really in that moment, hinihimay yung script tapos lahatmay intention. With every word that the playwright writes, mahabang prosesobut then I like it. I like how exact it is,” she explained.Watch Agot Isidro in RabbitHole all the weekends of August at Whitspace, Makati city. For more detailscheck out the Red Turnip Theater page on Facebook. Tickets are availablethrough TicketWorld at 891-9999 and ticketworld.com.ph.

‘2Rabbit Hole’ star Agot Isidro admits that she loves the challenges of performing live in front of an audience.