Author: Jann Dainver ‘Deejay’ Labadisos Maravilla

Jann Dainver ‘Deejay’ Labadisos Maravilla, from Clarin, Misamis Occidental, is a multifaceted artist: poet, playwright, singer-composer, theatre director, dramaturg, events manager, researcher, and teacher. He graduated cum laude with a BA in English from Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology. His award-winning one-act plays have been staged across Mindanao, and his poetry is featured in Dagmay Literary Journal and Ani of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Deejay founded PaMaDa and Teyatro Dasuliman at Jose Rizal Memorial State University, where he is a College Instructor. He serves on the National Committee on Dramatic Arts of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and is an executive member of the Mindanao Creative and Cultural Workers Group, Inc.