Theater is the one major art form that brings together all the other art forms—from paintingand

sculpture, to installation art,

to music, to dance, to literature, even to computer arts—inasingle production.A story is acted out on stage (or other
performance area) by actors portrayingthe characters, bringing them to life anddeveloping the plot through dialogue and
actions, and sometimes through song and/or dance.

*Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) , founded in 1967 by Cecile GuidoteAlvarez, and Tanghalang
Pilipino , the resident theater company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines , founded in 1987.