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The document provides an overview of theater as a performing art that involves live performers and an audience, detailing its various types and essential elements such as performers, audience, director, theater space, and text. It highlights notable Filipino theater artists, including Daisy Avellana, Rolando S. Tinio, Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero, Atang de la Rama, Salvador F. Bernal, and Amelia Lapeña Bonifacio, along with their contributions to the field. Additionally, it mentions the historical evolution of theater from Greek origins to contemporary practices.

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CPAR 5th R- THEATER

The document provides an overview of theater as a performing art that involves live performers and an audience, detailing its various types and essential elements such as performers, audience, director, theater space, and text. It highlights notable Filipino theater artists, including Daisy Avellana, Rolando S. Tinio, Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero, Atang de la Rama, Salvador F. Bernal, and Amelia Lapeña Bonifacio, along with their contributions to the field. Additionally, it mentions the historical evolution of theater from Greek origins to contemporary practices.

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THEATER

WHAT IS THEATER?

Theatre or theater is a collaborative


form of performing art that uses live
performers, usually actors or actresses,
to present the experience of a real or
imagined event before a live audience in
a specific place, often a stage.
TYPES OF THEATER

• Puppet • Tragedy
shows
• Improvisation
• Mime • Fantasy

• Musical • Action

Theatre
ELEMENTS OF THEATER
Performers - People onstage presenting characters
in dramatic action.
Audience - The essence of theater is the interaction
between the performer and audience, Theater needs
to be experienced live.
Director - The director makes certain that the
performers understand the text and deliver the script
excitingly and appropriately.
ELEMENTS OF THEATER
Theater Space - Another necessary element of
theater is the space in which performers or
audiences come together.
Text - A final element essential to theater is the text
that is performed, and it must be present for theater
to occur.
EVOLUTION OF THEATER
Background
Highlight and shadow
Makeup and lighting
Light’s effect on makeup
Straight makeup
• Training/Education
THEATRE ARTISTS

A theater artist, also known as a


theatrical artist, is an individual who is
involved in the creation and
performance of theater productions.
They are skilled professionals who
contribute their talents and expertise to
bring stories to life on stage.
6 National Artist of
Theatre in the
Philippines
DAISY AVELLANA
(January 26, 1917 - May 12, 2013).

Was a Filipino stage actress


and theater director. Avellana
was honored as a National
Artist of the Philippines for
Theater and Film in 1999.
Avellana was born Lourdes Genoveva
Dolores Pardo Hotiveros on January 26,
1917, in Capiz, Capiz, (now Roxas City).
She was the eldest child of Jose
Hontiveros and Vicenta Ruiz Pardo.
Avellana was one of the first graduates of
the UST Graduate School with Master of
Arts (MA) in English.

She starred in plays like Othello (1953),


Macbeth in Black (1959), Casa de
SHE IS THE BEST REMEMBERED FOR HER
POTRAYAL OF CANDIDA MARASIGAN IN
THE STAGE AND FILM VERSIONS OF NICK
JOAQUIN'S PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST
AS FILIPINO. (1950).

The theme focuses on family


conflict and the amalgamation of
old Filipino identity and cultural
character with the arrival of
contemporary and Western ideals
ROLANDO S. TINIO
(MARCH 5, 1937- JULY 7, 1997)

Rolando Tinio is a Philippine


National Artist for Theater
and Literature. He was born
in Gagalangin, Tondo, Manila
on March 5, 1937
Rolando Santos Tinio was director,
actor, educator, critic, translator, poet
and a dramatist.
This national artist was also known for
translating western classics into
Tagalog, including works of
Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice),
Arthur Miller (Death of a Salesman),
Samuel Beckett (Waiting for Godot)
The highlight of Tinio's colorful career was
when he became the artistic director of the
CCP's resident theater company, Tanghalang
Pilipino.
His famous artwork is "Sitsit sa Kuliglig"
(Whistling at Cicadas) or (Shussing Cicadas)
(1972) "Dunung-Dunungan" (Pedantry)
(1975) "Kristal na Uniberso" (Crystal
Universe) (1989) "Trick of Mirrors" (1993)
"Ang Burgis sa Kanyang Almusal" (1970)
"Makbet" is a Theatrical adaption of
shakespeare's famous play
"Macbeth", translated into Filipino
by Rolando Tinio.

Hamlet is a play
written by William
Shakespeare translated
by Rolando S. Tinio
WILFRIDO MA.
GUERRERO
(JANUARY 22, 1910 - APRIL 28, 1995)

Was a Filipino playwright, director, teacher


and theater artist. He wrote over 100 plays,
41 of which have been published. His
unpublished plays have either been broadcast
on the radio or staged in various parts of the
Philippines
He was considered as a talented writer,
director, educator, and an artist who wrote a
number of outstanding plays, 41 of which were
circulated. Guerrero was born in Ermita, Manila.
He wrote his first play at the age of 14 in
Spanish, entitled No Todo Es Risa. This play
was produced at the Ateneo de Manila
Guerrero received three national awards: the Rizal
University when
Pro-Patria Award in he was
1961, 15.
the Araw ng Maynila
Award in 1969, and the Republic Cultural Heritage
Award in 1972.
The U.P. Mobile Theater received two awards when
he was director: the Citizen's Council for Mass
Media Trophy (1966) and the Balagtas Award
"Forever" is a play
written by Wilfrido Ma.
Guerrero, a prominent
Filipino playwright.

"Condemned" is
another play written
by Wilfrido Ma.
Guerrero
HONOROTA "ATANG DELA RAMA
(JANUARY 11, 1902- JULY 11, 1991)

Commonly known as
Atang de la Rama, was a
singer and bodabil
performer who became
the first Filipina film
actress
Atang del Rama was born in Pandacan,
Manila on January 11, 1902. By the age of 7,
she was already starring in Spanish zarzuelas
such as Mascota, Sueño de un Vals, and
Marina. At the age of 15, she starred in the
sarsuela Dalagang Bukid, where she became
She has also been a theatrical producer, writer
known for singing the song "Nabasag na
and talent manager. She was the producer and
Banga".
the writer of plays such as Anak ni Eva and
Bulaklak ng Kabundukan. For her achievements
and contributions to the art form, she was
hailed Queen of the Kundiman and of the
Sarsuela in 1997, at the age of 74.
"Pantik ng Kababaihan"
is a term used to refer
to literature written by
and about women.

"Dalagang Bukid" is a
popular Filipino folk
song composed by
Atang Dela Rama.
 She starred in zarzuelas such as
Marina Mascota, and Sueno de
Un Vals.

 For Atang, the zarzuela and


kundiman "express the best
Filipino soul"
SALVADOR F.
BERNAL
(JANUARY 7, 1945- OCTOBER 26,
2011)

Bernal's career began in 1969. His


output included over 300
productions in art, film and music,
and earned him the award of
National Artist for Theater and
Design in 2003
Bernal organized the Philippine Association
of Theatre Designers and Technicians
(Patdat) in 1995, through which he
introduced Philippine theater design to the
world.

Bernal's style is known for maximizing the


use of raw materials in theater production.
He uses native Filipino materials in theater
Bernal organized the Philippine
Association of Theatre Designers
and Technicians (Patdat) in 1995,
through which he introduced
Philippine theater design to the
world.

ABANIKO- The term


"abaniko" is derived from the
tagalog word "abanico",
which means "fan"
AMELIA LAPEÑA
BONIFACIO
(4 APRIL 1930 - 29 DECEMBER
2020)

A playwright, puppeteer and an


educator, she was the founding artistic
director of Teatrong Mulat ng Pilipinas,
a children's theater and puppet theater
company established in 1977. She was
recognized in 2018 as a National Artist
of the Philippines for Theater.
The puppet play is
proposed to be an
entanglement of three
cultural forms, the literary
form of the pasyon, the
theatre form of the
sinakulo, and the art of
puppetry.
 Among her works were 10 books, 16
plays, 30 plays for children and more
than 130 short stories for children
published by the Philippine Journal of
Education. She has also produced a
number of poems, short stories and
essays.

 Among her most notable works, were 6


na Dulang Filipino Para sa Mga Bata,
1976, Tat-lu-ham (Three Plays), 1975,
THE GREEKS

Although the Greeks


invented theater, it has
continued to evolve
throughout history. The
Romans took much from
Greek theater but inserted
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