Lopez, 

Maria Stella Rossa M. 

BA (Theatre Arts), UP Diliman
MA (Theatre Arts: Practice), UP Diliman (ongoing)

Issa Manalo Lopez is an independent performance-maker, theatre director, actor and educator. She pursues socially-engaged work and examines women’s narratives as part of her research on female identity and social history. She has been involved in inter-cultural collaborations with Asian Artist participants of APAF, an American solo performer and a British interactive theatre-maker. Her practice involves creating solo works, documentary theatre performances and
devised work. She is a Level 5 Improviser under Third World Improv and, currently, has been active in devising online Improv formats. She teaches theatre classes under the Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts in University of the Philippines, Diliman.