TANGHALANG PILIPINO

Tanghalang Pilipino is the resident theater company of the Cultural

Center of the Philippines. It has been standing since 1987 developing
actors, writers, and designers by staging original Filipino plays and
adaptations of international plays. Behind the limelight, TP also holds
workshops for those who want to hone their talent in the craft.
For Tanghalang Pilipino’s 30th season, they are set to put on 5 plays
which include Mabining Mandirigma to run later this year and Pangarap sa
Isang Gabi ng Gitnang Tag-Araw, a Filipino translation of William
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in celebration of his
400thdeath anniversary.
Truly Filipino and truly masterful, Tanghalang Pilipino is a solid
example of what a classic thespian craftsmanship looks like.

PHILIPPINE EDUCATIONAL THEATER

ASSOCIATION
Philippine Educational Theater Association, or PETA, has been
around since the 1960s. This company has always thrived, fueled by the
goal of utilizing the stage as a tool for social change and rendering social
awareness to the Filipino community. Since their foundation, they have
formed several departments that handle theater activities such as
workshops and mobile theater performances, among many other socially
relevant projects.
PETA is known to many by being the group that stages original plays
that feature songs by various Filipino pop artists such as Sugarfree, and
Francis Magalona. For its 49th theater season, PETA is going to stage for
the 5th time the highly-acclaimed rock comedy Rak of Aegis featuring the
songs of the Filipino rock group Aegis, no less.
Not only is PETA a group of incredibly talented (and often hilarious)
individuals but these people are active tools for social change. And that is
very honorable.

REPERTORY PHILIPPINES
Repertory Philippines is probably one of the most popular and highly-
acclaimed theater groups in the Philippines. It has been around since the
1960’s and has since been producing world-class talents. Did you know
that Lea Salonga is a product of Repertory Philippines? Yup, that pretty
much signifies the quality of training and production they do in this
company.
They are known for producing modern and classic plays throughout
the year. Included in their past productions are their own take on plays
such as Les Miserables, The King and I and The Secret Garden. They also
hold workshops for children and adults alike who are eventually given the
stage to perform their own production.
Repertory Philippines is an institution that has become a foundation
for Philippine theater.

GANTIMPALA THEATER FOUNDATION, INC.

Another institution in the Manila theater scene is the Gantimpala
Theater Foundation. Annually, they stage plays based on Filipino classics
that instill in its audience true Filipino roots and values. Included in its
production are adaptations of Florante at Laura, Ibong Adarna and El
Filibusterismo. Most of their productions are based on the writings of
Filipino National Artists, fairytales and Filipino folklore.
It is with this kind of institution that our traditions live on. It is a social
responsibility that is difficult to embody especially in changing times but
with commitment, determination and talent such as what Gantimpala has,
the true Filipino spirit in theater will surely survive.

TANGHALANG FRANCISCO BALAGTAS

The Tanghalang Francisco Balagtas (English: Francisco Balagtas
Theater), formerly known as the Folk Arts Theater, is a theater located in
the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex in Manila, Philippines. It is a
covered proscenium amphitheater owned by the Cultural Center of the
Philippines that was a popular venue for concerts during the 1980s and
1990s. The theater, named after Filipino poet Francisco Balagtas, has
a seating capacity of 8,458 in ten sections and features a broad fascia with
a single column-to-column span of 80 metres (260 ft). It is the largest
single-span structure in the country, with a 100-by-100-metre (330 ft
× 330 ft) roof resting on eight monumental columns. In her book "Cultural
Center of the Philippines: Crystal Years," Visitacion de la Torre described it
as a sheltered plaza with a roof that "appears to float, creating the
impression that the building is a dream on one's tender hands."
 The Tanghalan was commissioned by then First Lady Imelda
Marcos in 1974 for the Miss Universe 1974 Pageant, which was to be held
in Manila for the first time. It was built in record time of seventy-seven days
in time for the pageant and was designed by Leandro V. Locsin.[2] It was
originally built to seat an audience of 10,000. It was not air conditioned and
was designed to allow natural breeze to flow through.
The theater was inaugurated on July 7, 1974 with an extravagant
cultural showcase dubbed "Kasaysayan ng Lahi." It hosted the international
pageant in the same month where Amparo Muñoz of Spain won the title. In
1978, the theater was the venue of the first Philippine Folk Festival. It was
also used as one of the venues of the Manila International Film Festival, as
well as the annual Lenten folk presentations, misas de gallo and
an Alamat series depicting Filipino legends or epics through dance and
drama.
The theater has hosted many popular musical acts of the mid-1980s
to the late 1990s, including Janet Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Paula
Abdul, Puerto Rican group Menudo, British pop group 5ive, Pearl Jam, Mr.
Big, James Ingram, Gary Valenciano, Martin Nievera, Kenny
Loggins, Christopher Cross, and Regine Velasquez, as well as the
magician David Copperfield. The Folk Arts Theater is also used as a site
by different religious groups. Day by Day Christian Ministries, a large
international religious organization, has leased the area since 2005. They
have dedicated the Theatre as Bulwagan ng Panginoón (English: Hall of
the Lord).
The building also houses the main office of the National Music
Competitions for Young Artists Foundation and the Printmakers Association
of the Philippines. The building is expected to be torn down in the future,
subject to the development of the Complex.

MANILA METROPOLITAN THEATER

The Manila Metropolitan Theater (Filipino: Tanghalang Pangkalakhan
ng Maynila, or MET) is a Philippine Art Decobuilding found near the Mehan
Garden located on Padre Burgos Avenue corner Arroceros Street, near
the Manila Central Post Office. It was designed by architect Juan M.
Arellano and inaugurated on December 10, 1931.

MERALCO THEATER
 Meralco Theater is a theater located at the compound
of Meralco, Ortigas Avenue in Pasig, Philippines. It used to be known as
the Meralco Auditorium.
It seats over 1,000 people and is a popular venue for various
concerts, plays, musicals and events.
The Meralco Theater was inaugurated on March 22, 1969. The
theater forms part of the larger Meralco Building, which was completed a
little earlier. The 14-story building, theater and adjoining buildings form a
landmark in the Ortigas Center CBD.

KIA THEATRE
The Kia Theatre, formerly the New Frontier Theater, is a multi-
purpose events hall in the Araneta Center in Cubao, Quezon City, Metro
Manila, the Philippines.
The theater first opened in May 27, 1967[1] as the New Frontier
Theater and was considered for some years to be the biggest theater in the
Philippines, with at least 3,500 seating capacity. It was used until the late
1980s after which the theater fell into disuse.
Renovations were planned as early as 2003 but it was almost a
decade later that such works would have been completed. It was renovated
and reopened on September 1, 2015. The renovation cost around ₱500
million. The facade of the original building was kept. The renovated theater
has a 2,385 seating capacity.
The theater was renamed "Kia Theatre" after the Araneta
Group reached a 5-year licensing deal with Columbian Autocar
Corporation, the Philippine distributor for Kia Motors, on July 15, 2015. The
theater façade will feature a 305.96 square metres (3,293.3 sq ft) Kia
showroom as part of the agreement.
The Manuel L. Quezon play marked the reopening of the theater on
August 15, 2015. The first commercial show of the theater upon its
reopening was The Disney Live! Mickey’s Music Festival which ran from
September 1 to 6.

CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES

The Cultural Center of the Philippines (Filipino: Sentrong Pangkultura
ng Pilipinas, or CCP) is a government owned and controlled
corporation established to preserve, develop and promote arts and
culture in the Philippines. The CCP was established through Executive
Order No. 30 s. 1966 by President Ferdinand Marcos. Although an
independent corporation of the Philippine government, it receives an
annual subsidy and is placed under the National Commission for Culture
and the Arts for purposes of policy coordination. The CCP is headed by an
11-member Board of Trustees, currently headed by Chairperson Margarita
Moran-Floirendo. Its current president is Arsenio Lizaso.
The CCP provides performance and exhibition venues for various
local and international productions at the 62-hectare (150-acre) Cultural
Center of the Philippines Complex located in the cities
of Pasay and Manila. Its artistic programs include the production of
performances, festivals, exhibitions, cultural research, outreach,
preservation, and publication of materials on Philippine art and culture. It
holds its headquarters at the Tanghalang Pambansa (English: National
Theatre), a structure designed by National Artist for Architecture, Leandro
V. Locsin. Locsin would later design many of the other buildings in the CCP
Complex.

TEATRO PILIPINO
Teatro Pilipino was a resident drama company of the Cultural Center
of the Philippines (CCP) from 1976 to 1987. It was founded by Filipino
playwright, translator, director, and educator Rolando S. Tinio, who also
served as its Artistic Director.
The company was dedicated to producing world classics in
translation as well as notable Filipino plays, as it aimed to promote cultural
development and support of the Filipino language through theater.
Teatro Pilipino popularized a number of classic masterpieces among
Filipino audiences by translating them into Filipino. Tinio believed that by
presenting these works in translation, he was translating the philosophies
and ideologies behind those plays as well.
After a 1975 pilot season of two plays sponsored by the Department
of Public Information and the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the
company was formally introduced as one of two resident drama companies
of the CCP. After a change in government in 1986, the new CCP
Management decided to abandon the drama companies, forcing Teatro
Pilipino to move to a new home at the old Metropolitan Theater (MET) at
Lawton, near Downtown Manila.
 After the death of its principal actor, Dame Ella Luansing-Tinio in
1991, the curtain fell for the last time, after a performance
of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (Ikalabing-Dalawang Gabi). The play was
produced as a showcase for Unang Tagpo (National Theater Festival).
Teatro Pilipino held annual summer workshops on acting, directing
and stage management.