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Repertory Philippines was established in March 1967 by five actors: Zenaida Amador, Carmen Barredo, Leo Martinez, Tony Mercado, and Monina Mercado. [2] Its first production was a Tagalog-language adaptation of Miss Julie by August Strindberg, directed by Rolando Tinio. [3]
Carla Guevara-Laforteza (born December 26, 1975) is a Filipino musical theater actress of performances in both local and international productions. [1] She is known for her role as Kim/Gigi in Miss Saigon in West End in the 1990s. [2]
She made her professional debut on stage in the 1978 Repertory Philippines production of The King and I. [1] She went on to appear and star in productions such as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1978), Fiddler on the Roof (1978), Annie (1980), The Sound of Music (1980), The Rose Tattoo (1980), and The Bad Seed (1981) in Manila. [2]
Carmen "Baby" Johnson Barredo (April 28, 1941 – May 23, 2021) [1] was a Filipino theater actress and producer known for co-founding Repertory Philippines, a major English-language theater company in the Philippines. [2]
Ernesto Cloma Briones Jr., [1] known as Jon Jon Briones (born August 7, 1965), [2] is a Filipino-American actor best known for his work in musical theatre.He played the Engineer in the original casts in the West End revival of Miss Saigon in 2014, for which he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical, and reprised the part on Broadway in 2017.
Amador is the niece of the late Zenaida Amador, the founder of Repertory Philippines. [2] She is the youngest of three children from a Spanish Filipino family. [ 3 ] She also graduated Master's Degree in Theater Arts Bristol Old Vic Theater School.
Santos joined Repertory Philippines [1] as well as Teatro Pilipino, Musical Theater Philippines, and SRO Philippines. At twenty, he was awarded "Most Outstanding Youth" in Theatre. He was professionally involved, either as actor, coach, assistant director or director in more than a hundred stage plays and musicales.
He hosted Miss World Philippines in 2011. On January 21, 2013, The Tim Yap Show premiered on GMA Network , with Yap as the host of the self-titled celebrity talk show. [ 2 ] It is currently in its third season, which premiered Oct. 28, 2013. [ 19 ]