Today, Dec. 12, is the 37th death anniversary of National Artist for Theater Severino Montano
A playwright, director, actor and theater organizer, Montano organized the Arena Theater to bring drama to the masses when he was the Dean of Instruction at Philippine Normal College.
He also established a graduate program in the same college to train playwrights, directors, technicians, actors and designers.
He received the Presidential Award for Merit in Drama and Theater in 1961 and the Patnubay ng Kalinangan Award from the City of Manila in 1968.
He died in 1980 and was named a National Artist in 2001. —Marielle Medina
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