TOWNS Awardees

Amihan Bonifacio-Ramolete has been exposed to the world of the theatre at a very young age. She is senior puppeteer and recently appointed Artistic Director of Teatrong Mulat ng Pilipinas (a children’s theater and puppet theater company founded by her mother, the late National Artist Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio). Bonifacio-Ramolete has participated in numerous international and national conferences and puppet festivals and published articles in the Asian Theatre Journal and Humanities Diliman. She served as Dean of the College of Arts and Letters from June 2015 to May 2021. She continues to promote the importance of creative expression and learning and healing through puppets through talks and workshops, .