Jun Cruz Reyes' short story "Utos ng Hari" takes us back to the familiar world of Han Ong's "Middle Finger," the play that opened the company's theater season last year. A helpless young student struggles against what he perceives to be the repressive authority of his teachers. "Ayaw kong maging robot, ayaw kong maging bato. Hindi baleng dropout, basta tao lang ako," he insists. Dr. Ricardo G. Abad, former Tanghalang Ateneo artistic director, directs the company's trainees in a devised production of this classic Filipino short story.