USA wanted a new bio, so here’s mine:
Conrad A. Panganiban
Conrad has been active in the Arts for the last 20 years. Beginning with Music, he has played the trumpet in front of a sold out stadium with the UC, Berkeley Bear Band, with the Northern California Youth Symphony in Stockton, CA, and the Monterery Jazz Festival’s Youth Orchestra. He has also been honored to have played with the California Central Coast Section’s High School Honors Concert Band for three consecutive years. In 1995, Conrad released a compilation CD of his orginal compositions where he sings vocals and plays all the instruments including piano and guitar.
He has also had his artwork displayed for the Filipino Community in Vallejo as well as in Maganda Magazine published in Berkeley, CA.
He began his artistic endeavors in Theater when he began college in 1990. As an actor, Conrad has appeared on stage with the Sinag-tala Filipino Theater and Performing Arts Association (SFTPAA) of Sacramento, with San Jose State University’s Akbayan Club’s Pilipino Culture Night, with Inter-ACT in Peter Mellencamp’s STRUGGLING TRUTHS, Sacramento City College’s production of Jeannie Barroga’s WALLS. He has also filled the director’s chair with CSU, Sacramento’s Samahang Pilipino 1994 Pilipino Culture Night and Academy of Art University’s Pinoy And Pinay Artists. He has also been honored to have directed segments for the Sinag-tala Theatrical Revue. As a playwright, Conrad has written for Samahang Pilipino of CSUS Pilipino Culture Night, Bindlestiff Studio of San Francisco’s STORIES HIGH PRODUCTION OF ONE ACTS, and again for the Sinag-tala Theatrical Revue. Using his technical savvy, he has also worked as the Digital Visual Designer for Sinag-tala, Parlance Production’s SEPIA RESERVATIONS, and most recently with the Visual Theater Troupe of San Francisco.
Recently, he was found on stage as one of the lead characters as a puppeteer with Bindlestiff Studio’s Visual Theater Troupe’s production of PROGRESS IN WORK/WORK IN PROGRESS. His next production will be found behind the scenes controlling puppets and projections with the Filipino-American troupe of perfomance artists called The Movement. He plans to produce and direct a collection of his plays in Sacramento and in San Francisco in 2008.
While not creating artwork for the stage, Conrad spends his day as the Sr. Technical Designer for Gap.com in San Francisco, CA. He also works as the Webmaster and Designer for www.sinagtala.org.