Philippine Theater and Performing Groups

• Makeup Designer - brought to plan the hairstyles and makeup to complement the costumes.
• Technical Driector - carefully notes how each actor and every member of the stage, sound, lighting, and costume crews need to be coordinated to bring the director's vision to life.

• Choreographer - he or she not only plans out all the dance steps to suit the music, but also rehearses the actors until they are able to perform the dance skilfully.
• Production Manager - he or she is tasked with overseeing the crews for the sets and props, the sound and music, the lighting, and the costumes.

• Technical Director - shadows the plays director throughout the entire production process.
• Lighting Designer and Sound Designer - vital role in creating and enhancing the mood or atmosphere of each scene in the play.

• Production Manager - coordinating all the complex behind-the-scenes details of staging a play.
• Sound Designer - he or she adds detailed notes to the script to serve as a guide for the sound crew during rehearsals and the actual performance.

• Sound Designer- adds special sound effects like thunder, birds chirping, rushing water, etc.
• Costume Designer - he or she studies tue general setting that the play is meant to take place in , as well as each character in the script.
• Costume Designer - he or she decides what attire will not only give the audience a clear sense of the setting, but will also express each character's personality and distinct qualities
• Lighting Director - plans colored lights or filters may be used, as well as special effects such as gradual dimming or brightening.

• Lighting - critical in creating mood of each scene in the play, highlighting a dramatic moment.
• Set Designer - he or she builds the set that will stimulate the world that the plays characters are supposed to living in.
• Set Designer - ensures that the set will enable the actors to move about easily and naturally to make their roles believable.
• Playwright - the writer of the script is more specifically called.

• Script - contains exact lines of dialouge that each character will memeoriz and deliver on stage
• Producer - he or she chooses all the team members and assigns them there function, and oversees the casting of the actors and actresses for the different roles.
• Director - the overall artistic coordinator of the entire production.
• Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) – founded in 1967 by Cecile Guidoe-Alvarez
• Tanghalang Pilipino – the resident company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines founded in 1987
• PETA and Tanghalang Pilipino – the productions of these groups 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 – 1967, theater director Zenaida Amador
• Baby Barredo and Zenaida Amador - established repertory philippines
• Repertory Philippines - a company that not only staged English-language plays and musicals year-round but trained actors and actresses as well
• Lea Salonga - multi-awarded theater actress and ainger. began her career as a child lead in productions of Repertory Philippines.
• Lea Salonga - international stage superstar in the lead role of Kim in Miss Saigon
• Les Miserables - Repertory's many notable achievements was the 1993 staging of the international hit musicial with an all-Filipino cast and production team.
• Trumpets - began mounting grand productions of originally written musicals with a slant towards good values for children and the whole family.
• New Voice Comapny ‐ established in 1994 by Monique Wilson. Has earned a reputation for staging thought-provoking productions on "controversial" and profound topics.

• Philippine Opera Company (POC) - founded in 1999 by a group of dedicated classically-trained singers, led by soprano Karla Guitierrez.
• Philippine Opera Company - seeks to develop performers as well as audiences for classical music performances, both foreign and Filipino
• Theater Down South - founded, with Philippine theater mainstay Michael Williams as artistic director.
• Theater Down South - the vision was to widen the reach of stage productions beyond the traditional centers in Metro Manila, and therefore develo a broader audience base.

• Producer - the person who takes the play from a mere concept to an actual finished presentation