Tanghalang Ateneo
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== Notable players and awards == |
== Notable players and awards == |
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Since its founding in 1972 (and formally recognized five years later), Tanghalang Ateneo has grown from a fledgling band of student players to one of the country's leading school-based theater companies. Its repertoire of plays is daunting: from world classics to modern Filipino pieces. The languages used on stage are Filipino and English. The company prides itself in its students, who are skilled in producing and designing technical theater on a professional level. |
Since its founding in 1972 (and formally recognized five years later), Tanghalang Ateneo has grown from a fledgling band of student players to one of the country's leading school-based theater companies. Its repertoire of plays is daunting: from world classics to modern Filipino pieces. The languages used on stage are Filipino and English. The company prides itself in its [[Student|students]], who are skilled in producing and designing technical theater on a professional level. |
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Its members come from diverse academic fields. In fact, many have pursued careers in theater, television, and film; many more use their theater experience to excel in management, law, teaching, media, and cultural work.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} |
Its members come from diverse academic fields. In fact, many have pursued careers in theater, television, and film; many more use their theater experience to excel in management, law, teaching, media, and cultural work.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} |
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Acclaimed professional actors have graced its shows, and several outstanding designers and choreographers have served as members of its artistic staff. Possibly the best known actor-alumnus is [[Nonie Buencamino]], who joined as a college student and decades later fondly remembered his start with the company.{{cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/businessmirror/20240924/281981792989756|work=Press Reader (Manila)|title=Nonie Buencamino in a league of his own |date=24 September 2024|access-date=24 November 2024}} Manila City Council member [[Alfred Vargas]] got his acting career started with the company, later calling it his "refuge" when he was a student at Ateneo.{{cite news|url=https://tribune.net.ph/2024/06/07/alfred-vargas-time-is-now|title=Alfred Vargas' time is now|work=Daily Tribune (Manila)|first=Danny |last=Vibas|date=7 June 2024|access-date=25 November 2024}} |
Acclaimed professional actors have graced its shows, and several outstanding designers and choreographers have served as members of its artistic staff. Possibly the best known actor-alumnus is [[Nonie Buencamino]], who joined as a college student and decades later fondly remembered his start with the company.{{cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/businessmirror/20240924/281981792989756|work=Press Reader (Manila)|title=Nonie Buencamino in a league of his own |date=24 September 2024|access-date=24 November 2024}} Manila City Council member [[Alfred Vargas]] got his acting career started with the company, later calling it his "refuge" when he was a student at Ateneo.{{cite news|url=https://tribune.net.ph/2024/06/07/alfred-vargas-time-is-now|title=Alfred Vargas' time is now|work=Daily Tribune (Manila)|first=Danny |last=Vibas|date=7 June 2024|access-date=25 November 2024}} |
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Other notable actors [[Naty Crame-Rogers]], [[Irma Adlawan]], |
Other notable actors [[Naty Crame-Rogers]], [[Irma Adlawan]], Teroy Guzman, [[Bodjie Pascua]], [[Frances Makil-Ignacio]], Floy Quintos, Myra Beltran, [[Leeroy New]], and Gino Gonzales have worked with the company in previous seasons. |
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Tanghalang Ateneo has won two [[Aliw Awards]] for Best Production and another two for Best Direction for its 2008 and 2011 productions of Glenn Sevilla Mas's "The Death of Memory" (Direction: Ricardo G. Abad) and "Sintang Dalisay" (Direction: Ricardo G. Abad). Last year, the company received several citations, including two for the year's 10 Best Productions, in the Philippine Daily Inquirer's Best of Theater 2014 for its productions of Han Ong's "Middle Finger" (Direction: Ed Lacson, Jr.) and Glenn Sevilla Mas's "Rite of Passage: Sa Pagtubu kang Tahud" (Direction: Ron Capinding). |
Tanghalang Ateneo has won two [[Aliw Awards]] for Best Production and another two for Best Direction for its 2008 and 2011 productions of Glenn Sevilla Mas's "The Death of Memory" (Direction: Ricardo G. Abad) and "Sintang Dalisay" (Direction: Ricardo G. Abad). Last year, the company received several citations, including two for the year's 10 Best Productions, in the Philippine Daily Inquirer's Best of Theater 2014 for its productions of Han Ong's "Middle Finger" (Direction: Ed Lacson, Jr.) and Glenn Sevilla Mas's "Rite of Passage: Sa Pagtubu kang Tahud" (Direction: Ron Capinding). |
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== Artistic directors == |
== Artistic directors == |
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[[Ricardo Saludo]] became the first artistic director and Moderator when Tanghalang Ateneo gained university recognition in 1979. Ricardo G. Abad (Ricky Abad) succeeded him and became the company's longest-serving Artistic Director and Moderator (1984-2013). In 2014, |
[[Ricardo Saludo]] became the first artistic director and Moderator when Tanghalang Ateneo gained university recognition in 1979. Ricardo G. Abad (Ricky Abad) succeeded him and became the company's longest-serving Artistic Director and Moderator (1984-2013). In 2014, Glenn Sevilla Mas became the company's new artistic director and Moderator. In 2017, Guelan Luarca succeeded Mas as Artistic Director. Jenny Jamora became the company's Artistic Director in 2025, Tanghalang Ateneo's first female Artistic Director. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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