Amelia Lapeña

Bonifacio
Known as the Grand Dame of Southeast
Asian Children's Theatre.

National artist for theatre

(2018)
Amelia Lapeña Bonifacio,
Amelia Lapeña Bonifacio was a
known as Tita Amel to her
Filipino playwright, puppeteer,
students, was born on April 4,
and educator known as the
1930 in Binondo, Manila and
''Grande Dame of Southeast
attended Arellano North High
Asian Children's Theatre''. In
School.
1977, she founded a children's
theatre troupe, Teatrong Mulat
ng Pilipinas (Mulat Theatre), the
official theater company and
puppetry troupe of the University
of the Philippines.

trivia: trivia:
She was married to Manuel F. She served s the President pf the
Bonifacio, a professor of International Association of
sociology. They had a Theatre for Children and Young
daughter, Amihan Bonifacio- People-Philippines (ASSITEJ-
Ramolete. Philippines).

Among her notable plays were

''Sita & Rama: Papet Ramayana,''
Known for: Award:
staged at the 2006 Kaohsiung
Country International Puppet
Festival in Taiwan, at the 2017 UP Founder of National Artist
Diliman Minth and ''Papet Pasyon Teatrong of the
(The Passion Play In Puppetry)"
Mulat Philippines for
which was first presented at the
ng Pilipinas. Theater 2018
Cultural Center of the Philippines
in 1985.

quotes
“The puppets are like dolls, which are the first
few toys that the child sees as he or she grows
up, and they are non-threatening''.

References
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