Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Archives

Actress, painter, writer, designer–Renaissance woman

A casual look at Celia Diaz-Laurel’s resume reveals a storied, active life punctuated by awards and recognition for her humanitarian work (The Community Chest

How I remember Philippine theater through the decades

The old animosities are gone, and live and let live seems to be the motto of the industry today

Daisy Hontiveros Avellana–Why she will always be the ‘First Lady of Philippine Theater’

When I first worked with Daisy Hontiveros Avellana, she was all of 88. By then she had survived five heart attacks, was suffering from crippling arthritis, had seen the loss of a baby, her husband, and even of her house to fire. I was asked by her daughter Ivi Avellana-Cosio to join a staged reading of Ladislas Fodor’s “The Vigil” to be performed at Far Eastern University (FEU). We rehearsed in the garage of their Pasig home and she sat there, script on her lap with an impish grin puffing up her cheeks.

Naty Crame-Rogers at 90– ‘Never think that you are an accomplished artist’

Way back in 1947, a young and newly-married Naty Crame-Rogers was sheltering herself from the rains when a stranger materialized from nowhere and asked politely, “May I share your umbrella?”