2020 Gawad CCP Para Sa Sining: Felix "Nonon" Padilla, Theater
The Gawad CCP Para sa Sining in the field of Theater is bestowed on Nonon Padilla. Felix “Nonon” Padilla Jr. is a theater director whose works have become important additions to the Philippine theater canon, providing important insights into the Filipino psyche, culture, and history, and inspiring succeeding generations of Filipino theater artists. His vision of true Philippine national theater helps to shape the Filipino national identity, and his exceptional leadership in pursuing that identity is demonstrated when he served as artistic director of Tanghalang Pilipino and the Philippine Educational Theater Association.