Theater heavyweights come out on top at Philstage Gawad Buhay Awards

Philippine theater's best and brightest were honored Saturday at Philstage's Gawad Buhay Awards, with theater and ballet companies Actors' Actors, Inc. (AAI), Tanghalang Pilipino (TP), Ballet Philippines (BP), Ballet Manila (BM), Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA), Repertory Philippines (Rep) and Trumpets taking home multiple awards for their productions.

Below, the winners:

Male Lead Performance in a Play - Bart Guingona, “Red” (AAI)

Read: Bart Guingona: Theater centaur explores the unknown

Female Lead Performance in a Play - Regina De Vera, “Der Kauffmann” (TP)

Male Featured Performance in a Play - Joaquin Valdes, “Red”

Female Featured Performance in a Play - Raquel Pareño, “Der Kaufmann”

Male Lead Performance in Classical Dance - Jean Marc Cordero, “Giselle” (BP)

Read: Dance review: The romance and relevance of ‘Giselle’

Female Lead Performance in Classical Dance - Lisa Macuja-Elizalde, “The Nutcracker” (BM)

Male Featured Performance in Classical Dance - Gerardo Francisco, Jr., “Le Corsaire” (BM)

Female Featured Performance in Classical Dance - Rita Winder, “Giselle”

Male Lead Performance in Modern Dance - Cyril Fallar, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (BP)

Female Lead Performance in Modern Dance - Carissa Adea, “Rock Supremo” (BP)

Read: Dance review: The revolution continues in 'Rock Supremo'

Male Featured Performance in Modern Dance - Earl John Arisola, “Rock Supremo”

Female Featured Performance in Modern Dance - Guia Gequinto, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Male Lead Performance in a Musical - Robbie Zialcita, “The Producers” (Rep)

Female Lead Performance in a Musical - Cris Villonco, “D’Wonder Twins of Boac” (PETA)

Read: Theater Review: In the golden age of Pinoy cinema with 'D' Wonder Twins of Boac'

Male Featured Performance in a Musical - Audie Gemora, “The Producers”

Female Featured Performance in a Musical - Shamaine Centenera Buencamino, “D’Wonder Twins of Boac”

Classical Dance Production - “The Nutcracker”

Original Libretto - Rody Vera, “D’Wonder Twins of Boac”

Translation or Adaptation - Rody Vera, “Der Kaufmann”

Musical Direction - Josefino “Chino” Toledo, “San Andres B” (TP)

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Original Musical Composition - Josefino “Chino” Toledo, “San Andres B”

Choreography for a Play or Musical - Alden Lugnasin, “Ibalong” (TP)

Read: Theater review: ‘Ibalong’’s imagination

Costume Design - Leeroy New, “Ibalong”

Sound Design - TJ Ramos, “Der Kaufmann”

Stage Direction for a Play or Musical - Tuxqs Rutaquio and Rody Vera, “Der Kaufmann”

Ensemble Performance for a Play - “Der Kauffmann”

Production of Existing Material for a Play - “Der Kauffmann”

Set Design - Mio Infante, “The Bluebird of Happiness” (Trumpets)

Read: Theater review: Solving the ‘poverty of happiness’ in ‘The Bluebird of Happiness’

Ensemble Performance for a Musical - “The Bluebird of Happiness”

Production for Children, Play, Musical or Dance - “The Bluebird of Happiness”

Original Musical - “The Bluebird of Happiness”

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