The UP Repertory Company

In 1972, Director Behn Cervantes, a distinguished Filipino thespian here and abroad, established the University of the Philippines Repertory Company or UP Rep as an answer to the University's need for a socially responsible performing group. Because of the deteriorating social conditions prevalent during the Martial Law period, the company staged productions that mirrored the lives of the Filipino masses, thus, Repleksyon ng Pangangailangan ng Nakararami (RPN).

UP Rep's wide repertoire of plays were written by highly acclaimed Filipino artists and playwrights. It has mounted plays of National Artists and writers such as Joi Barrios, Romulo Baquiran, Jr., Amelia Lapena-Bonifacio, Rogelio Sicat, Alberto Florentino, Domingo Landicho and Nick Joaquin so as to develop the members in the artistic and technical aspects of theatre.