Giovanni Ortega (SDC, Dramatists Guild, AEA, SAG-AFTRA) is honoured to be back at HCAC, his artistic home in Asia for the last decade, where he directed The Body Series, Evolution, Kabaret Singapura I & II. His body of work on camera as a performer include film, tv, commercials, voice over, dubbing and news correspondent. Recent Directing Credits (Los Angeles) Cowgirl Katarungan’s Recipe for Adobo as well as Something Old, Something New, Something Tesla, Something True (Curtis Theatre), Foil (Circle X), Where did We Sit on the Bus, Bright Room Called Day, Smash, Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them as well as Nicky (Chekhov’s Ivanov adaptation) at Art of Acting Studio; Quentos, The Secret Sharer (DNA Works), Lola’s Banig (Center Theatre Group), Halo Halo (Third Culture Theatre), Angel from Manila (Echo Theater), Lena Passes (Pasadena Playhouse) Scrimmage (East West Players), The House of the Spirits, Cabaret, Spring Awakening – The Musical, Urinetown. Giovanni has performed & directed all over the world including Austria, Germany, Philippines, Thailand, Colombia, Uganda, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Canada, and was the National Guest Scholar at the National Play Festival in Australia. Faculty at AMDA College of Performing Arts, Stella Adler Art of Acting, and Visiting Professor at Colorado College. He is represented by Infin8 Artists and is the Creative Director of Prizm Haus. For more info: www.giovanniortega.com