The President's Committee on Culture and the FEU Theater Guild

showcased an original play entitled "FEED". It was written directed by the FTG's
artistic director, Dudz Teraña. The venue is at PCC Center Studio. “FEED” is not a
conventional play but a complex pattern of ensemble movement and dance,
expressionist tableaus, multimedia graphics and even song. It is also a dance,
physical and experimental type of theater using the beauty of poetry and spoken
words to explore the world of social media. Some of the poems included classics
by Philippine National Artist for Literature, Nick Joaquin. The play tackles how
the public handles the political and socioeconomic issues in the Philippines. It
showcased interactions among millennials and how they logically and
intellectually function in this digitally influenced world. The opening act was when
the cast moved about with lit-up cell phones as they hither and tither. The next
scene was about the cleanup of vending stalls along R.Papa St. and Morayta St. or
the so-called hepalane, which enrages some of the students who always eat at that
place. The Department of Public Services personnel, assisted by Manila City
Health Department workers, clear structures and vending stalls to ensure the safety
and health of students in the nearby University Belt area. The next scene is called
“Pa-Viral Po”, it is about a guy who was drunk and crying because the love of his
life left him. Someone took a video of him and video was posted which leads to
being a viral video. Twitter Talk scene is about how millenials expresses their
selves by ranting or posting some of their opinion in the twitter page. MARAWI
scene. The citizens informed their situation and fear following the military and
Maute Group's fight in Marawi City in Lanao del Sur. Through social media,
netizens expressed their symphathy following the fight between government forces
and Maute Group in Marawi.

The issues ranging in theme and tone from sardonic personal breakups to
conflicting views on martial law and desapare cidos, to “My Way” rendered
against expressive images. It was frequently explicit or vivid, with effectively
minimalist staging and expressive lighting, and performed by a disciplined young
cast. “FEED” is definitely one of the best theatre productions of FTG that I’ve ever
witnessed aside from “Anatomiya ng Pag-ibig “ and “Usapang X”. Some of its
sequences admittedly went over my head, but in the end it came across as a
haunting, affecting and conceptually daring experience, imaginatively relating
millennials’ social-media world to social realities.