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Daisy
Baad
St. Theresa's College
Director / Playwright
Endowed with
versatility and youthful dynamism, Daisy Baad could be well recognized
as one of Cebu’s top stage artists whether directing or script writing. She has the manner of
conveying the message to the right audience penetrating even the hardest
of heart.
She started her involvement in
theater arts at St. Theresa’s College, Cebu where she graduated with a
degree in Mass Communication. Her love for acting and directing led her
to pursue a career even in other fields of communication like radio,
television, film, advertising and teaching.
In 1987, she went to Manila and
worked for the Actor’s Workshop Foundation (AWF) headed by Laurice
Guillen and Johnny Delgado. AWF is a non-profit organization that offers
various acting courses for professionals and non-professionals. After
being trained by Mr. Guillen and Gina Alajar, she eventually became a
teacher of different acting courses at AWF.
Daisy Baad directed a wide-range of
production from concerts to musical plays. Among her directorial jobs
are road tours of "Earthlings" ( an ecological concert ),
"Fiddlers on the Roof", "Les Miserables", "Leon
Kilat" ( co-directorship with Raje Palanca ), "Romancing the
Rock of Ages", and "Binhi Sa Sinulog".
Her script also varies from comical
dula-tula to adaptation to original full-length plays. Some of her works
include Teatro Aninag . "Ang Pagbabalik ni Teresa", "Haaay....Tawo",
"Forever Friends", "Bantay Labay", "Teresa
Pag-asa".
Miss Baad also handles workshop on
acting total quality management, self – awareness, and team building.
Through her workshops, she has established a variety of clientele
industrial companies, youth groups, and schools.
At present, she is the only person in
Cebu qualified to conduct the BEING exercises of Eric Morris.
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Saint
Theresa's College Teatro Aninag Organization together with Daisy
Baad, right after their performance of an environmental concert "Help
Save Mother Earth" at the SM Entertainment Plaza.
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Aside from being a director
and playwright, she is currently teaching Play Production at St.
Theresa’s College, Cebu City. With her unprecedented achievements and
ingenuity, she has, for the most part, remained down to earth and
"accessible" as a director, scriptwriter, workshop
facilitator, managing director of Teatro Aninag Organization, STC’s
official performing arts group, and most of all a friend.
Lendio, Ma. Christine
STC Masscom Intern
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