PETA Theater
Philippine Educational Theater Association, Inc.
Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
About
Founded in 1967, PETA Theater is a non-governmental organisation based in Quezon City, Philippines working on arts & culture, education, community development +2 more.
The Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) is a non-stock, non-profit, non-governmental organisation founded in 1967 by Cecile Guidote-Alvarez and based in Quezon City, Philippines. It is a registered donee institution and an association of artist-teachers who use theater for social change, justice and community empowerment. PETA stages original Filipino-language plays, musicals and educational productions, including tours across the Philippines, and runs workshops, courses and community programmes through its School of Peoples Theater, Kalinangan Ensemble and PETA Plus. It operates the PETA Theater Center, which houses the PETA-PHINMA Theater and studio spaces.
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PETA Lingap Sining Program
Mental health · Philippines
Uses theater and the creative arts for narrative change, social and behaviour change, and community-based mental health and psychosocial support, through performances and participatory workshops in schools and communities.
PETA ARTS Zone Project
Children & Youth · Philippines
Creative campaign promoting children's rights to safety and protection from violence and abuse, and positive discipline as an alternative to corporal punishment, with a youth advocacy arm called Lunsad Kabataan.
BITAW (Basic Integrated Theater Arts Workshop)
Education · Philippines
PETA's flagship workshop using theater for expression, collaboration and empowerment, offered to schools, communities, companies and youth groups.
Theater for Artistic Development (TAD)
Arts & Culture · Philippines
Intensive theater curriculum for children, young people and adults covering theater arts, acting, writing, musical theater, dance and visual arts.
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Ramon Magsaysay Award
Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. Award for Social Artistry
Lifetime Achievement Award
Japan Foundation Species Prize for Arts and Culture
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PHINMA, Metrobank
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