Professional Casting for the Musical "Ma-Buhay"

Filipino. Female Identifying. Vocal Range Soprano Pop Belter. G3-A5, commercial dance ability and comedic timing an asset. Tagalog is an asset. Honey is determined to win Star On The Rise to provide a better life for her family. Her passion is eating Filipino food and singing and is determined to make her Lola and family happy. She has a bubbly smiley personality on the regular, but also has a sassy attitude when confronted with adversity.

Filipino. Female Identifying. Vocal Range Alto G3-C5. Strong acting ability and proficiency in Tagalog needed. LOLA is Honey Mae’s grandma, who acts as her primary caregiver. She is unconditionally loving and supportive of Honey’s passion for singing, and even coaches her through their Karaoke machine. She uses a cane to assist her walking, and eventually uses a wheelchair for transport. She dreams of winning the lottery to help support Honey’s singing career.

Filipino. Male Identifying. Vocal Range Pop Tenor E3-C5. Tagalog and acoustic guitar playing are assets. David is determined to win Star On The Rise to bring his family back together. Son of a pastor who lives in a strict religious household, sings in the church choir, is well mannered. Always follows the rules and wants to make his parents proud. Especially his father, despite him being confused about his sexuality. He has a quiet demeanor and subtle princely charm about him.

PASTOR NESTOR CABALLERO - Male Identifying. Vocal Range Classical Tenor E3-B4. Tagalog speaking an asset. Pastor and Father of David, he does not show love and affection so easily, and runs a strict household. RAMON MOLINA - Male Identifying. Vocal Range Rock Tenor E3-B4. Celina’s loving father who tries to protect her but often gets dominated by his wife Gloria. He questions his marriage.

Filipino. GALINDA CABALLERO - Female Identifying. Vocal Range Classical Mezzo Soprano G3-G5. Loving Mother of David and is the choir director of their church, but feels silenced at times by her devotion to her husband and his strong hold over the house. GLORIA DAVINA - Female Identifying. Vocal Range Mezzo Soprano Belter G3-E5.

Filipino. Female Identifying. Vocal Range Soprano Pop Belter G3-A5. Strong commercial dance ability, comedic timing, and Tagalog are assets. Celina is determined to win Star On The Rise to fulfill her mother’s dream. Trained at a young age to be the ultimate Princess of Pop triple threat singer, dancer and actor. She is a product of western Influence, has money, and is obsessed with social media. She is the daughter of the famous Gloria Davina.

Filipino. Male Identifying. Vocal Range Pop Tenor E3-C5. Strong commercial dancer that can sing harmonies. David's best friend. Carefree, lover of life, and adventurer who loves to travel. Rebellious in the best of ways, Mark opens David’s eyes to a world of possibilities yet to be explored and discovered.

Filipino. Male Identifying. Vocal Range Pop Baritone E3-F4. Strong commercial dancer that can sing harmonies. Handsome, and well mannered. A friend of Mark.

Filipino. Male Identifying, reads. Vocal Range Pop Tenor E3-A4. Tagalog Speaking an asset. Needing a strong physical actor, and singer with comedic timing. Energetic, charismatic and comedic Pinoy host of Star On The Rise Canada. He’s a past Lightweight Boxing Champ of The Philippines and thinks he’s a lot cooler than he is.

Filipino. Female Identifying. Vocal Range Pop Soprano G3-A5. Tagalog Speaking an asset. Needing a strong physical actor, and singer with comedic timing. Charming and loveable in front of an audience but a calculated control freak behind the scenes. Bea is co-host and the producer of Star On The Rise. She is a past winner of Miss Universe Philippines and loves to micro-manage everything and everyone around her.

Filipino. x4 Female Identifying. Looking for versatile performers; Strong commercial dancers that can sing harmonies, and act multiple characters. Tagalog is an asset. All voice types. May be required to understudy a principal role.

Filipino. Male Identifying. Looking for versatile performers; Strong commercial dancers that can sing harmonies, and act multiple characters. Tagalog is an asset. All voice types. May be required to understudy a principal role.

Filipino. Highly organized, strong singing, dancing and acting ability required. Will cover multiple ensemble/principal tracks.

Filipino. Highly organized, strong singing, dancing and acting ability required. Will cover multiple ensemble/principal tracks.