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• The Philippines has a rich and thriving theater industry
• Types of Philippine theater productions


  • Original plays with Philippine themes and settings
  • Renowned theater classics from past centuries
  • Contemporary musicals from Broadway or London's West End
• PETA


  Philippine Educational Theater Association, founded in 1967 by Cecile Guidote-Alvarez
• Tanghalang Pilipino


  Resident theater company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, founded in 1987
• The productions of PETA and Tanghalang Pilipino 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
• Repertory Philippines


  Theater company founded in 1967 by theater director Zenaida Amador and actress Baby Barredo, that staged English-language plays and musicals year-round and trained actors and actresses
• Repertory Philippines productions


  • Staging of the international hit musical Les Miserables in Manila with an all-Filipino cast and production team
  • A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, by National Artist Nick Joaquin
• Trumpets


  Philippine theater group that began mounting grand productions of originally written musicals with a slant towards good values for children and the whole family
• Trumpets productions


  • Joseph the Dreamer
  • First Name
  • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
  • Little Mermaid
  • Honk
  • N.O.A.H.
  • The Bluebird of Happiness
• New Voice Company


  Philippine theater company established in 1994 by Monique Wilson, known for staging thought-provoking productions on daring and deep topics
• Philippine Opera Company (POC)


  Founded in 1999 by a group of dedicated classically trained singers, led by soprano Karla Gutierrez as artistic directress, to develop performers and audiences for classical music performances, both foreign and Filipino
• Theater Down South


  Founded in 2007 with Philippine theater mainstay Michael Williams as artistic director, to widen the reach of stage productions beyond the traditional centers within Metro Manila and develop a broader audience base
• Theater is a major art form that brings together all the other art forms—from painting and sculpture to installation art, to music, to dance, to literature, even to computer arts—in a single production