Project Rustica Carpio: A Repository of Philippine Theatre
An archive of Filipino theatre
Matute, a UST BS Education graduate, is well known for her piece “Kuwento ni Mabuti,” which received the first ever grand award for Tagalog short story category at the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature in 1951.
https://varsitarian.net/news/20090416/matute_tagalog_writer_teacher_and_first_palanca_winner_94
Patron, a prolific writer and local publishing icon, was a writer and columnist for Liwayway Magazine’s movie and women’s pages. Throughout her writing career, she had the opportunity to speak with some of Hollywood’s brightest stars, including American actor Jeffrey Hunter, who played Christopher Pike in Star Trek’s pilot episode in 1965, and Paul Anka, the American singer behind the songs “Diana,” “Lonely Boy,” and “Put Your Head On My Shoulder.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Patron
https://mb.com.ph/2021/01/15/philippine-comics-legend-elena-patron-dies/
Dode Cruz, commonly known as Richard Cruz, is a Filipino screenwriter for film and television. He is a GMA Network resident writer. The critically acclaimed Marimar and Kambal, Karibal is his most famous work. Dode Cruz is the GMA Network’s Creative Head for Afternoon Prime.
Denoy Navarro-Punio (also known as Denoy Punio) is a Filipino television writer. She works as a resident writer for the GMA Network. She is most recognized for her part in the Philippine adaption of the Korean drama My Name is Kim Sam Soon as Ako ni Kim Samsoon.
Chris D. Martinez is a screenwriter, director, producer, and playwright from the Philippines. For his plays, he has received the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. He has written the book Laugh Trip.
On February 27, 1929, Remedios Papa Dancel, also known as Bella Flores, was born. She is a Filipino actress best known as the original Primera Kontrabida in Philippine showbiz, and she earned the FAMAS Best Supporting Actress Award in 1967.
Aloy Adlawan is a multi-awarded Filipino filmmaker, writer, producer, director, and composer (also known as Alfred Aloysius L. Adlawan). He pursued filmmaking education at the New York Film Academy in New York City and the Mowelfund Film Institute in the Philippines.
The Philippines’ Allan B. Lopez is a playwright. He earned a BA in Speech Communication from the University of the Philippines at Diliman. Lopez has been a theater fellow at the 38th and 45th UP National Writers Workshops, and his pieces have been produced in a variety of settings and laboratory festivals (Cultural Center of the Philippines, UP, DLSU, CSB, UST, among others).
Alberto Florentino is a playwright and book publisher from the Philippines. His English plays are about the hardships that ordinary Filipinos face. The World Is an Apple, which won him his first Palanca Award in 1954 and is currently one of the most performed plays in the Philippines, is his most well-known work.
Aurelio Tolentino y Valenzuela was born on October 15, 1869 and died on July 5, 1915. He was a Filipino playwright, poet, journalist, and revolutionary. At the turn of the twentieth century, his works showed his desire to see the Philippines free of its occupiers. He was apprehended twice, once by Spaniards and secondly by American troops. After creating and directing the anti-imperialist play Kahapon, Ngayon at Bukas in 1903, he was jailed (Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow).