ANG PAG-UUSIG

“Is it a political play? It is, I think, but in a particular sense. It is very often done in Latin America just before a dictatorship is about to take over --- as  a warning - and just after one has been overthrown, as a reminder. I think it is a political play but not in terms of Left and Right. Its underlying reference is to political paranoia, whichever side makes use of that source of power”.
-Arthur Miller on "The Crucible"

Translated by Jerry Respeto (from The Crucible by Arthur Miller) “Ang Pag-uusig” is a play that dramatizes how the establishment is used as a tool of the powerful few, exerting its magnitude on the many, preventing any sense of community and collectivity from being formed. The witch hunt that occurred in Ang Pag-uusig serves as an allegory, not only to the McCarthryism in the US, but also to the current political and social state of the country.

Art direction by Paw Castillo & Marco Viaña