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In 1967, theater director Zenaida Amador fulfilled her dream of bringing the best of Broadway and London’s West End to Filipino audiences together with actress Baby Barredo, Amador established _____, a company that not only staged English language plays and musicals year-round but trained actors and actresses as well.

• Repertory Philippines

• Trumpets

A multi-awarded theater singer and began her career as a child lead production of Repertory Philippines.

• Lea Salonga

• Cecile Guidote-Alvarez

In the 1900s, the Philippine theater group _____ also began mounting Grant productions of originally-written musicals with a slant towards good values for children and the whole family.

• Repertory Philippines

• Trumpets

Established in 1994 by Monique Wilson, a Repertory Philippines’ protégée who went on to star on the international stage. Has earned a reputation for staging thought-provoking productions on daring and deep topics.

• New Voice Company

• Philippine Opera Company

Was founded in 1999 by a group of dedicated classically trained singers lead by soprano Karla Gutierrez as artistic directress. Seeks to develop performers as well as audiences for classical music performances both foreign and Filipino.

• New Voice Company

• Philippine Opera Company

In 2007, this was founded, with Philippine theater mainstay Michael Williams as artistic director. The vision of the company is to widen the reach of stage productions beyond the traditional centers within metro manila and therefore develop a broader audience base.

• Philippine Opera Company

• Theater Down South

Founded in 1967 by Cecile Guidote-Alvarez, and Tanghalang Pilipino, the resident theater company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, founded in 1987. The productions of these groups span the range from daring new presentations of classical works to the spectacle of Philippine myths and legends, to commentaries on current social and political issues.

• Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA)

• Repertory Philippines

Takes the play from a mere concept to an actual finish presentation; chooses all the team members and assign them their functions; oversees The casting of actors and actresses for the different roles.

• Producer

• Director

Overall artistic coordinator of the entire production; he has vision of the desired total effect and impact of the performance; he ensures that each one in the production hits all the right notes to create a cohesive, seamless performance that will engage the audience.

• Producer

• Director

The writer of the script intended for a stage performance; the script forms the basis of the entire production and contains the exact lines of dialogue that each character will memorize and deliver on stage:

• Playwright

• Set Designer