
Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio
Amelia Lirag Lapeña-Bonifacio (4 April 1930 – 29 December 2020) was a Filipino playwright, puppeteer, and educator known as the “Grande Dame of Southeast Asian Children’s Theatre”. In 1977, she founded a children’s theater troupe, Teatrong Mulat ng Pilipinas (Mulat Theater), the official theater company and puppetry troupe of the University of the Philippines. Lapeña-Bonifacio served as the President of the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People-Philippines (ASSITEJ-Philippines) and Union Internationale de la Marionnette-Philippines (UNIMA-Philippines). She was recognized in 2018 as a National Artist of the Philippines for Theater.
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- Other Names :Amelia Lapena Bonifacio,Amelia Lapeña Bonifacio,Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio,اميليا لاپينا بونيفاسيو,アメリア・ラペーニャ=ボニファシオ
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- Country : Philippines
- Born on 29 December