Enrique Estagle

Enrique Ignacio Estagle, affectionately called Yaps by his peers, was born on the latter part of the ‘80s, yet he seems to have a better cultural attachment to the decade than the ‘90s. Now in his mid 20’s, the traditional formative years of his life has faded away thanks to alcohol.

Yaps’ college years became his true formative years as the apparent jack-of-all-trades-ultimate-master-of-none that he is today. In college he had stints in the fields of theatre (mostly with Tanghalang Ateneo), music (with a musical group called nARDA), and education (with Pathways for Higher Education and Reedley International School). His notable contribution is being a sound designer to the plays: Hakbang sa Hakbang, and Otelo: Ang Moro ng Venecia for Tanghalang Ateneo; and One True Love for Jay Crisostomo IV’s Directing 2 Final. He enjoys wowing the audience with audio at the clear cost of the director’s sanity.

He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Ateneo de Manila University, with a major in Creative Writing, specializing in Drama. His thesis play, Sa Kuwarto, didn’t receive any form of critical review, but rather was privileged to have the laughter of his peers and mentors alike… just as planned. A bonus for everyone was watching future Sindikato Productions head honcho Enzo Valdez being forced to memorize a script with an eleven page monologue.

Beyond his college years, he still contributes to numerous artistic endeavors. He served, under the tutelage and leadership of Monica Sebial (future Blinding Light Production’s production goddess), as the art director / pintor / taga-tabas ng damo / actor for Ella Palileo’s Luningning, a film especially created for The Manger. Continuing on the Blinding Light partnership, he also assisted and appeared as a background actor for one of then-presidentiable Noynoy Aquino’s viral video campaign. His post-collegiate theatrical gigs mostly include sound designing for Tanghalang Ateneo (for their plays Ang Kambal and 4Play).

Currently, Yaps does copy for a medium-sized boutique advertising agency, but is available for freelance work or consultancy on a case-to-case basis. He is available to address your theatrical / creative / marketing / social med