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AC Bonifacio, Angela Ken, Shanaia Gomez all set for theater debut

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Reyma Deveza

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<p>MANILA -- Kapamilya artists AC Bonifacio, Shanaia Gomez and Angela Ken are excited to try theater for the first-time ever in the upcoming comedy musical &quot;The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.&quot;</p><p>The three were joined by their fellow Star Magic artists Krystal Brimner and Jordan Andrews as well as veteran and young theater artists at the musical’s press launch on Tuesday.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:720px;display:block;flex-grow:1" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1752210314282877230&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Anews-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2024-01-30T09%3A25%3A07.448770%3A8d69304f-ffdc-457f-91f2-9e206b2da5b2%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=f0e418b0d2e6468f73f8de57b7a8a7bafa0b8766&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" data-tweet-id="1752210314282877230"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>The one-of-a-kind interactive musical comedy from The Sandbox Collective will open on February 24 at the PowerMac Center Spotlight Blackbox Theater in Circuit Makati.</p><p>Directed by Missy Maramara, under the musical direction of Rony Fortich, &quot;The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee&quot; is about six spellers vying for the championship of a lifetime, while also navigating puberty, friendship, family and love. </p><p>&quot;The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee&quot; is a partnership between The Sandbox Collective and ABS-CBN&#x27;s Star Magic, and is the theater company&#x27;s first production for its 2024 season.</p><div style="text-align:center"><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jSecR7hrzBM?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span>Star Magic artists AC Bonifacio, Angela Ken and Shanaia Gomez join cast of &quot;The Sandbox Collective&#x27;s production of &#x27;The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.&quot;</div><p>In the upcoming production, Bonifacio and Gomez will alternate as Marcy Park, described by The Sandbox Collective as the &quot;ultimate overachiever.&quot; Ken, meanwhile, will play spelling bee newbie Olive Ostrovsky.</p><p>&quot;Para sa akin na first timer sa theater, this is very refreshing. Ang dami kong natutunan. Para po akong nagi-school ulit. ... I love how different the personalities are. I feel a lot of pressure right now, pero &#x27;yung pressure na &#x27;yon for me is a good and healthy pressure. Kasi bino-boost ko pa ang sarili ko to improve more, to be more professional, to keep up with these amazing people. So &#x27;yun ang nilu-look forward ko kasi every day is new, every day may bagong choreo, harmony, adlib, acting, so lahat bago. Gusto ko rin po kasi na lahat sila ay game sa lahat ng bagay,&quot; Ken said.</p><p>Bonifacio, a dancer-recording artist and actress, revealed that watching &quot;Hamilton&quot; made her want to get into theater.</p><p>&quot;I was so grateful for the opportunity. Now I know na bukas na &#x27;yung door for theater for me. I did the audition, I did my best, came out with no expectations at all and I was like, at least alam ko kaya ko. I am going to start from Step 1. I&#x27;m going start as a baby in theater and I&#x27;m going to keep going as far as I can.&#x27; Now that I am here with all them grabe po talaga, parang every practice gusto ko po talagang umiyak,&quot; said Bonifacio who became emotional.</p><p>&quot;I am just so grateful to every single one of them. I learned so much. ... Such an amazing cast, amazing team, everyone behind the scene, you are amazing. Thank you for accepting me I will do my absolute best to make each and everyone of you proud,&quot; she added.</p><p>For her part, Gomez described her theater debut as a journey. </p><p>&quot;I am so grateful to be part of this and to be part of a group that really allows me to grow with them and to gain experience from so many talented people,&quot; said Gomez, a former &quot;Pinoy Big Brother&quot; housemate.</p><p>Also part of the cast are theater veterans Audie Gemora, Becca Coates, Robbie Guevara, Liesl Batucan, Diego Aranda, Joshua Ramirez, Elian Dominguez, Ron Balgos, Justine Narciso, Luis Marcelo, and Shaun Ocrisma.</p><p>Tickets for &quot;The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee&quot; will be available via Ticket2Me at bit.ly/spellsandbox2024.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/01/17/24/nyoy-volante-joins-cast-of-the-25th-annual-putnam-county-spelling-bee">Nyoy Volante joins cast of &#x27;The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee&#x27;</a></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/12/19/23/star-magics-ac-shanaia-angela-set-for-theater-debut">From screen to stage: These Star Magic artists are making their theater debut</a></div><div><strong>Related video:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/K80qx_T75cE?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Kapamilya artists AC Bonifacio, Shanaia Gomez and Angela Ken are excited to try theater for the first-time ever in the upcoming comedy musical 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.'</p>

Kapamilya artists AC Bonifacio, Shanaia Gomez and Angela Ken are excited to try theater for the first-time ever in the upcoming comedy musical 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.'