Tony Mabesa Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Tony Mabesa Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Antonio "Tony" Mabesa (January 27, 1935 â€" October 4, 2019) was a

Filipino stage director, film and television actor, and professor.

With a career spanning over 70 years, he is considered one of the

founding fathers of Philippine university theater[1] and one of the

most prominent theater directors in the country. For his work, he was

called "Lion of the Theater".[2]He founded the theater groups Dulaang

UP and the UP Playwright’s Theater. [3]Mabesa was born in Los

Baños, Laguna. He entered high school at the University of the

Philippines Rural High School, where he first directed a school

production. He finished his degree in Agriculture at the University of

the Philippines Los Baños, where he was mentored by National Artist

for Theater Wilfredo Ma. Guerrero.[3] He was a member of the Upsilon

Sigma Phi.[1] [4][5]He pursued a master's degree in theater arts at

the University of California, Los Angeles in 1965, and a master’s

degree in education at the University of Delaware in 1969.[1][6] He

took further studies in dramatic literature at the University of

Minnesota.[7] While in the US, worked as a stage manager to Sir Tyrone

Guthrie, where he "observed up close how a campus-based theater

organization should be run and could work."[7]
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