For the comedian also known as Rodolfo Vera Quizon, see Dolphy.
Rody Vera
Born
Rodolfo C. Vera
(1960-12-05) December 5, 1960 (age 63)
Nationality
Filipino
Occupation(s)
Playwright, theater actor, and director.
Rodolfo C. Vera (born December 5, 1960[1]), commonly known as Rody Vera, is a Filipino playwright, theater actor, and director.
Vera was affiliated with the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) as a theater actor and artistic director.[2]
As a playwright, Vera wrote more than 25 original plays, 10 of which have won Palanca Awards. He has also adopted and translated 20 foreign-language plays into Filipino such as Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children, William Shakespeare's Macbeth, Jean Genet's The Maids, and Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard[3] He is also a Palanca Awards Hall of Fame inductee.[4]
He also wrote lyrics of various liturgical protest songs.[4]
He was awarded the Gawad Tanglaw ng Lahi in 2015 by the Ateneo de Manila University.[3] In 2019, he was conferred the Dangal ni Balagtas award by the Commission on the Filipino Language for his contribution to Philippine literature.[4]
^"Rodolfo C. Vera - Gawad Tanglaw ng Lahi 2015". Ateneo de Manila University. September 23, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
^de Jesus, Totel V. (November 27, 2020). "PETA's musical '1896,' other productions to stream online". ABS-CBN News (in English and Filipino). Retrieved October 26, 2021.
^ ab"Ateneo honors playwright Rody Vera with Gawad Tanglaw ng Lahi". Philippine Daily Inquirer. October 3, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
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