Teatro Angeleno joins the Historic Filipinotown Anniversary celebration on August 5, Saturday, 4 p.m. at Remy's On Temple, An Art Gallery at 2126 W. Temple St., L.A. 90026, with a repeat of Isagani R. Cruz's Kuwadro.  It will be part of an all-day festival, with a bus tour and installation ceremony of the Historic Filipinotown freeway sign.

Originally set in a café in 1935, Kuwadro is reset on a theatre stage during the Japanese Occupation in Manila of the early 40s by artistic director Johnny Jose Cruz, with the faded zarzuela star Katerina Alonzo, portrayed by Corazon Ugalde-Yellen, on the verge of losing her sanity. 
Corazon played major roles in Manila Actors Studio-LA productions Balikbayan, Tea and Sympathy, Regina R. of Greenwich Village, Ramona Reyes of Forbes Park, Paraisong Parisukat, Larawan and New Yorker in Tondo.  She's currently rehearsing Alberto Florentino's The World is an Apple opening next month.

Playwright Isagani R. Cruz clinched the Palanca Hall of Fame award for The Lovely Bienvenido N. Santos, now out as a book.  His popular plays are Josephine, Marjorie, Halimaw, Ms. Philippines and adaptations Alamang, Tao and Ang Tatay Mong Kalbo which was performed at La Mama, New York.

Artistic director Johnny Jose Cruz founded Manila Actors Studio-LA  His New Yorker in Tondo won a favorable review from the LA Times.  A Regal Films and Viva TV director, he won grant awards from the LA County and City and a scholarship in film at NYU and USC.  For inquiries, please call (213) 736-7332 or email teatroangeleno@gmail.com.

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