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Photo of Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio (source: https://bit.ly/3rFHKhy)
Best known for her work with puppets and childrenâs theater, National Artist for Theater Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio died on Dec. 29. This was announced by Teatrong Mulat ng Pilipinas, the theater group she had founded, through a Facebook post.
âIt is with great sadness that we announce the passing of National Artist Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio, University of the Philippines Professor Emeritus and Founding Artistic Director of Teatrong Mulat ng Pilipinas at 7 a.m. today, Dec. 29, 2020 at the age of 90,â said the post. Lapeña-Bonifacio founded Teatrong Mulat in 1977 as a childrenâs theater and puppet theater company.
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Published December 29, 2020, 4:57 PM
Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio (Photo from Teatrong Mulat ng Pilipinas)
Filipino artists are mourning today as they bid farewell to one of Philippine theater’s greatest pillars. Teatrong Mulat ng Pilipinas announced through a Facebook post the unfortunate passing of its founding artistic director, National Artist
Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio. According to the theater company, the University of the Philippines Professor Emeritus died early morning of Dec. 29, Tuesday. She was 90.
Born on April 4, 1930 in Binondo, Manila, the Filipina artist was a well-known playwright and theater director for children’s theater. In 1959, Lapeña-Bonifacio helped build the Speech and Drama Department in the University of the Philippines in Diliman where she taught theater history and speech subjects.