Intern Report: My Time in Langgam Performance Troupe

About the writer:

Lorraine Ramillano is a graduate from Ateneo De Manila University with a degree in AB Interdisciplinary Studies, focusing on Creative Writing and Communications. She interned at Langgam Performance Troupe from April- July 2026, assisting the company in various tasks and projects spanning administrative, documentation, social media and production management. In the article below, she reflects on her internship period with LPT, particularly highlighting her experience and insights with the production of Within and Without End. As a student of Creative Writing and Communication, I had always been interested in the

intersection between storytelling, media, and the arts. However, it was only through my

experience at Langgam that I began to understand how these interests could come together in

an actual professional environment that truly understands the demands, sacrifices, and joys of a

creative career in performance.

Performance is often experienced as something immediate and seamless, but producing

it requires countless hours of planning, coordination, communication, and problem-solving. It

was an honor to help operate a space where meaningful encounters can happen, whether it be

a shining nugget of inspiration, or maybe even a cathartic realization for an audience member in

the room.

Specifically assisting in the production of Within And Without End led me to come to a

realization of my own actually, one that, if given enough thought, can suck me deep into a

philosophical rambling on how performance is really just a way of being, how performance is a

way of walking, waking, talking and even breathing. How it might be deceiving to lend acting its

own categorical occupation, when it should really be thought of as a way of moving within the

world. For instance, I act out a person who can get out of bed every morning, a person who can

brush their teeth, prepare their cereal, and hold a conversation during breakfast. So you see,

being a production assistant for Langgam isn’t just about the discipline, and the experience. It

was also about that cathartic realization. I'm sure I could have gotten many more of these jewels

of knowledge if I were to assist in Langgam’s future (and past) productions.

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Left: Lorraine with her co-intern, Nix Vergara, manning the FOH; Right: Lorraine attending the BOD meeting. In the photo are Phoebe Lina, Nix Vergara, and Berting San Luis (L-R).

Though perhaps the biggest lesson I took from my internship was the importance of

fluidity. Creative work rarely follows a perfectly predictable path. Predictable paths are made

when we expect a black or white result. In Langgam, however, Sir Blonski and Ma’am Jenny

embrace all bursts and splashes of color. Every showing of Within And Without End is different

because the actors may want to portray a different set of archetypes from the show yesterday.

Trusting in the actors’ creative impulse creates the beating pulse of WAWE, seen in the way the

audience members gawk and lean their bodies slightly forward towards the actors in intrigue.

Langgam recognizes the autonomy and uniqueness of the audience members, as Ma’am

Jenny and Sir Blonski encourage them to engage in the performance, blurring the separation

between professional actor and voyeur.

A scene from Within and Without End

The internship also changed the way I understood my own creative identity. Coming from

a background in creative writing and communication, I had often thought of myself primarily as a

writer and storyteller. My time at Langgam showed me that storytelling can take many forms. It

can exist in a performance, a workshop, a production meeting, or even in the way anorganization introduces itself to its community. I realized that my creative skills do not have to

exist within a single medium.

As I move forward from university and into professional life, I know that the lessons I

gained from Langgam will remain useful to me. The internship gave me practical experience,

but more importantly, it gave me a deeper appreciation for the labor behind creative work, and

lended me a mirror into my creative pulse. It taught me that the arts require both imagination

and organization, both individual creativity and collective effort. Most of all, it reminded me why I

wanted to work in the creative field in the first place: because stories have the ability to bring

people together.