2Bayani: Isang Rock Opera na Alay Kay Andres Bonifacio

²BAYANI is a two-act rock opera on the last days of Andres Bonifacio, his arrest in April 1897 to his assassination a month later. Memories of the main events that led him to prison comprise the bulk of the musical. It is a tribute, a celebration, and a call. It is a tribute to a hero who rallied us for the first time as one nation and one people—not katutubo, indio, or mestizo, but as Filipinos. It is a celebration of defiance from a man who, despite incredible odds—betrayed, imprisoned, hounded, and treated as a footnote to the revolution—pursued his desire to establish to free us from colonial rule. It is also a call, a rock call, to re-imagine ourselves as a nation as we confront the threats that divide and make us small. Rock with us!