Papua New Guinea – Live the Dream: a Musical Play on the Life of St. John Bosco

16 August 2016

(ANS – Port Moresby) – As part of the 201st birth anniversary celebrations of St. John Bosco, “Don Bosco Technical School”, Gabutu staged its first ever live musical entitled ‘Live the DREAM’, on August 15, 2016 at the school’s Kurongku Hall, to a packed audience of 1,800 guests. The musical presents key moments in the life of Don Bosco, his youth, his joyful vision of faith in what was in store for him, his cheerful and attractive sanctity.  It is about St. John Bosco’s first extra-ordinary dream when he was nine years old, the dream that set the course for his entire life.

It is an adaptation of the Spanish presentation of ‘Don Bosco, a cantata’ by Fr. Belarmino Sánchez sdb, was translated into English by Mumbai based Salesian Fr. Ian Doulton sdb. It was localized for Papua New Guinea by Fr. Angel Sanchez sdb, and Ms. Rica Lavilla, Director. 

The Salesian Family headed by the newly installed Provincial of PNG-Solomon Islands Fr. Peter Baquero, SDB, Fr. Nicolas Guidi, first secretary of the Apostolic Nuncio, Mrs Coretta Naig, Executive Director of TFF-Education, different religious orders in Port Moresby, performers’ parents, guardians and friends came to watch and musical play staged by a cast of three hundred and twenty members.

The theater performance was excellently rendered live with instrumentation and a back-up choir by the music group. Groups of performers from different departments including the teaching and non-teaching staff added color and excitement to the musical.  The narrators and present day images of parents and students brought the message closer to everyone in the audience.

“The musical inspires the young to make a positive change as the characters portray the dream of Don Bosco with feeling and emotion”, said Fr. Ambrose Pereria sdb, coordinator of the production.

A grateful director, Ms Rica Lavilla was filled with emotion as she expressed her thanks to every member of the cast and crew for the weeks of hard work, sleepless nights and endless practice.  

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