On Wednesday, February 26, Gabe Mercado got us a spot on the top morning show in the Philippines: Mornings @ ANC. It is in English and it is live TV.
Gabe was so low-key about it, that I thought this segment would be taped and would be possibly not be aired. I found out it was live while we were at breakfast in advance of the show.
Why be nervous now? I was with Gabe who has done this hundreds of times (he has a TV show here) and we are talking about something we love.
This is our hook: In a world of unimaginable events, we use theater improvisation to get citizens to practice for disaster. And it is fun! I used this as a mantra and a prayer as I was getting my hair and makeup done...whew!
We had a 15-minute slot with the morning host Pablo. During the commercial break, the host joked about my name and then was very seriously interested in what we were doing.
Gabe had some great images and videos of our training at Forest Club that were run during the spot. And we had a great conversation about the project. The time went very fast.
Right after, Gabe went on national radio (in the same building) to talk about Heroic Improvisation in Tagalog. I was able to sit in on the interview with the female and male host team. Of course, there was a snack to share at the commercial break. Filipinos are constantly feeding me!
I haven’t been able to get the video on-line yet. When I find it, I will post it!
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