Backgrounder on the newest CCP theater venue: the Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez

By Ibarra C. Mateo

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Former Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero scholar donates new theater to CCP

First Published at GMA News Online on January 25, 2016

By IBARRA C. MATEO

Businessman Ignacio B. Gimenez, a scholar of influential playwright, director, and actor Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero, has donated a new theater to the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) to honor his mentor, “to give back” to the Filipino people, and to encourage local business community leaders to engage more in Philippine theater.

Informally called “the new CCP Black Box,” the theater is expected to be unveiled in January or February 2017 with an inaugural season featuring new and original Filipino works.