Cheyenne Suarez

Jon Santos returns to theater with 'Bawat Bonggang Bagay' and 'Side Show'

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<div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-6" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DJQUL5-yckB/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A6%2C%22os%22%3A26820144.5%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1275" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-6" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>MANILA -- A bonggang pagbabalik for Pride Month!</p><p>Comedy icon and master impersonator Jon Santos is making a return to the stage as he is set to reprise his role in The Sandbox Collective&#x27;s one-act play, &quot;Bawat Bonggang Bagay&quot; (BBB).</p><p>In celebration of Pride Month 2025, &#x27;BBB&#x27; returns after its sold-out engagements in 2023 and 2024. This year’s &quot;BBB&quot; also marks Santos’ fourth run of the show.</p><p>&quot;Bawat Bonggang Bagay&quot; is the Filipino-translated staging of Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe’s &#x27;Every Brilliant Thing.&quot; Award-winning playwright, translator, actor, and director Guelan Luarca worked on its translation and original staging in 2023.</p><p>&quot;BBB&quot; is an intimate and interactive play that follows the story of a young child growing up with a parent suffering from mental illness. The show continues the conversation on mental health by bringing real and pressing issues to the forefront, and by creating a safe and communal space where audiences become part and parcel of the storytelling.</p><p>Jenny Jamora will once again be stepping in as director, having directed all of the previous runs, and winning Outstanding Stage Direction for a Play at the 12th Gawad Buhay Awards.</p><p>Joining Jamora in the production team are Marcel David as assistant director, Mark Dalacat as set designer, Kiefer Sison as lighting designer, Arvy Dimaculangan as sound designer, Yabs Yabut as technical director, GA Fallarme as projections designer, KC Kane as costume stylist, Charyl De Guzman as production manager, and IJ Romero as stage manager.</p><p>&quot;BBB&quot; will run at the Power Mac Center Spotlight Black Box Theater in Circuit Makati from June 14 to June 22 for a strictly limited engagement. Tickets are now available at TicketWorld.</p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-8" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DJMGCPHqjoq/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A8%2C%22os%22%3A26840129.400000095%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1278" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-8" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/2025/5/7/ahtisa-manalo-starts-strategizing-how-to-win-5th-miss-universe-crown-for-ph-1334" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jon Santos&#x27; &#x27;Bawat Bonggang Bagay&#x27; returns as Pride Month staging</a></div><div><a href="http://Jon Santos&#x27; &#x27;Bawat Bonggang Bagay&#x27; returns for new run" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jon Santos&#x27; &#x27;Bawat Bonggang Bagay&#x27; returns for new run</a></div><div><strong><em>Side Show</em></strong></div><p>Meanwhile, Santos will be taking the stage once more in the musical &quot;Side Show&quot; as The Boss, who takes the reins and introduces us to the mystical world of the freaks, led by the Hilton twins.</p><p>Set in 1930s America, &quot;Side Show&quot; is a fictional depiction of the life and times of real-life conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton who found fame and notoriety in the vaudeville circuit in 1920 and 1930s.</p><p>After mounting critically acclaimed productions of musicals &quot;Little Shop of Horrors&quot; and &quot;Next to Normal,&quot; The Sandbox Collective, under managing artistic director Toff de Venecia’s direction, will be staging &quot;Side Show&quot; this July.</p><p>Joining de Venecia in the artistic team are Ejay Yatco serving as musical director, Mark Dalacat as assistant director and set designer, Carlos Siongco as costume designer, Gabo Tolentino as lighting designer, and JM Cabling as choreographer.</p><p>&quot;Side Show&quot; will open on July 26 and will run until August 17 at the Power Mac Center Spotlight Black Box Theater, Circuit Makati. Cast, ticketing and show buying information are yet to be released. </p><div><br/></div><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</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/oVWX1ny4k8U?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></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/xR27y9qsHLk?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></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/CQeKHnWVPZU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></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/-XDzXsnH5wE?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Jon Santos is making a return to the stage as he is set to reprise his role in The Sandbox Collective's one-act play, "Bawat Bonggang Bagay."</p>

Jon Santos is making a return to the stage as he is set to reprise his role in The Sandbox Collective's one-act play, "Bawat Bonggang Bagay."