Set during a night of drinking among friends, Boxstage Manila opens its new theater season with Tagay Para Sa Ex, a stage production about love, breakups, and the honest conversations that often surface only after a few drinks.

Written and directed by Dudz Teraña, president of Boxstage Manila and Senior Artist
Teacher of the Philippine Educational Theater Association, the play explores how
people navigate relationships after they have ended and how notions of love evolve with
age, experience, and the world around them.

The story unfolds inside a low-rise condominium during a drinking session among five
friends: Mark, a BPO team leader; Liz, a freelance designer; Benj, a senior marketing
officer; Mich, a virtual assistant; and Poch, an events coordinator. As the night
progresses, the characters begin to question their own emotional maturity, confront their
differing moral views, and reflect on the choices they have made in love and in life.

In an era when relationships are often shaped by technology, social expectations, and
online validation, Tagay Para Sa Ex presents situations that many people can relate to.
The characters discuss commitment, boundaries, ambition, and loneliness in ways that
feel familiar, especially to audiences navigating modern dating, work culture, and digital
connections.

Loosely inspired by What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond
Carver, the play focuses less on romance and more on reflection. It invites audiences to
sit with the characters as they speak honestly, sometimes awkwardly, about love that
has changed or ended.

The cast includes Jonas Cunanan (Sala Sa Pito) and Buknoy Gonzales (Rampa, Love
Laban 2026 Host) as Poch; Brigitta Marilla (Bagets The Musical) and Karyl Oliva (Sala
Sa Pito) as Mich; RB Pascua (FTG’s Karne, Niyebe) and Jel Tarun (20 Questions 2024
Rerun, My Bespren Emman) as Benj; Kloren Flores (Sala Sa Pito) and Yesh Burce
(Replacing Chef Chico, Incognito) as Liz; and Kobie Hachero (Sala Sa Pito) and AJ
Sison (The Kangks Show, Marahuyo Project) as Mark.

Intimate and relatable, Tagay Para Sa Ex offers a close look at how people try to
understand love in a fast, connected world, one conversation and one drink at a time.

Performance Schedule:
● August 8, 3 p.m. & 7 p.m.
● August 13, 3 p.m. & 7 p.m.
● August 15, 3 p.m. & 7 p.m.
● August 22, 3 p.m. & 7 p.m.
● September 5, 3 p.m. & 7 p.m.

Performances will be held at the FEU Center for the Arts (FCA) Black Box Studio at Far
Eastern University (FEU) Manila.

Boxstage Manila invites theater audiences and the public to experience Tagay Para Sa
Ex, part of the current season of FTG’s alumni theater company in Morayta. For tickets:
https://ticket2me.net/event/22957. Visit Boxstage Manila’s official social media page for
more information.