The annual Speak UP workshop for kids, tweens, and teens, organized by the UP Diliman Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts (DSCTA) recently concluded for this year. Holden Kenneth Alcazaren, assistant professor at the DSCTA, shared that the DSCTA managed 12 Speak UP classes this year. “This workshop aims to develop participants’ confidence and […]

Some 30 students and faculty members from the Philippines, Singapore, and Romania have participated in a series of workshops focusing on performances in natural environments centered on ecological themes. Organized by the UP Diliman (UPD) Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts (DSCTA), the workshops are part of the department’s Theatre 197 course, which aims […]

A roundtable discussion (RTD) was recently hosted by the UP Diliman (UPD) Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts (DSCTA) that presented the state of speech communication and theatre arts in the country today. Titled State of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts in the Philippines Now: A Roundtable Discussion, the event according to DSCTA Chair […]

Prizewinning journalist, bestselling author, and UP Diliman (UPD) alumna, Patricia C. Evangelista was back in the University to talk about her book Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country (Some People Need Killing), the activity that starts the Philippine tour of the acclaimed book. Organized by the ³Ô¹ÏÂÛ̳Department of Speech […]

UP Diliman (UPD) bids farewell to former faculty members Emmanuel E. Buendia, DPA and Cris Vertido who recently passed away. Buendia, a former professorial lecturer at the ³Ô¹ÏÂÛ̳National College of Public Administration and Governance, passed away on March 29. According to an email the NCPAG Publications Office sent to UPDate Online, Buendia was a […]

A panel discussion on Speech 30: Public Speaking and Persuasion was recently held in observance of the 65th anniversary of the UP Diliman (UPD) Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts (DSCTA), with the theme DSCTA@65: Honoring the Past, Reckoning With the Present, Priming the Future. At the My Persuasion Can Build a Nation: Discourses […]

Belen D. Calingacion, PhD, one of the country’s experts in oral interpretation (OI) and UP Diliman’s (UPD) very own, fittingly opened the 65th anniversary celebration of the ³Ô¹ÏÂÛ̳Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts (DSCTA) with her retirement lecture on Feb. 12, at the Teatro Hermogenes Ylagan in Pavilion 3 of Palma Hall. DSCTA […]

In the latest installment of Bahaginan of the UP Diliman Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts (DSCTA), four academics discussed the synergy of theory and practice in theatre. Topics in acting/directing, dramaturgy, festival management, and costume and scene design were featured in A Very Good Artist: Theatre Arts and the Creative Industry on Nov. […]