Sir Anril Pineda TIATCO <sptiatco@up.edu.ph> earned his PhD in Theatre Studies from the National University of Singapore. He was a visiting scholar at the Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures, the University of Manchester.
His essays have appeared in Journal of Homosexuality, Tourism Management Perspectives, Asian Theatre Journal, TDR: The Drama Review, JATI: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Kritika Kultura, Social Science Diliman, Philippine Humanities Review, Modern Drama, Contemporary Theatre Review, Comunicazioni Sociali and Humanities Diliman. He is the author of Buhol-Buhol/Entanglement: Contemporary Theatre in Metropolitan Manila (Peter Lang, 2017), Entablado: Theatres and Performances in the Philippines (University of the Philippines Press, 2015), the National Book Award 2017 Finalist for Best Book on Art Performing Catholicism: Faith and Theatre in a Philippine Province (also from the University of the Philippines Press, 2016), and the National Book Award 2019 Winner (Best Book on Art) Cosmopolitanism, Theatre, and the Philippines: Performing Community in a World of Strangers (University of the Philippines Press, 2018).
Tiatco is an associate editor of Humanities Diliman (Scopus), a contributing editor of Theatre Research International (Scopus and Clarivate), and one of the editors of Contemporary Theatre Review (Scopus and Clarivate).
A professor (Professor 6) of theatre and performance studies from the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts and conferred upon him the title University Artist (UP Artist II) under the UP Artist Productivity System Award (2014–present), Tiatco was recognized by the Department of Science and Technology - National Research Council of the Philippines as its 2021 Achievement Awardee in the Humanities.
He was Director of the UP Diliman Information Office, Director of the UP Diliman Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts, and the Chairperson of the Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts, and the immediate past Assistant VP for Public Affairs of the University of the Philippines System. He is currently Assistant University Registrar.