Ramon Abad

Teaching Artist

He/Him

Ramon Abad is a Filipino American puppeteer, artist, and teacher based in San Francisco, unceded Ramaytush Ohlone land. Since the mid 90s to present day he has performed solo puppet shows at Bay Area Filipino American festivals. His current puppet booth project “Tito Ramon’s Pop-Up Puppet Show” was the first puppet show performed at Kapwa Gardens in 2021. Since ‘21, he has been one of the resident artists at Balay Kreative Studio in SOMA Pilipinas.

He was a shadow puppeteer and maker with Larry Reed’s ShadowLight Productions and was in Wayang Listrik that toured in the Jim Henson International Puppetry Festival. As a company member of the premier Filipino American sketch comedy troupe tongue in A mood, Ramon has made and performed with puppets on countless skits at Bindlestiff Studio.

He has directed in-person stage plays and online shows using puppetry. Ramon has led puppetry residencies in the US and the UK. As a workshop leader, he seeks to engage all communities to explore modern puppetry regardless of age, background and skill set.

Ramon is currently working on a solo art installation funded by a Visual Arts grant 2022-2023 from the San Francisco Arts Commission. “Mabuhay, Friend!” will premiere in Fall 2023 at the gallery of the San Francisco Arts Education Project at the Minnesota Street Project.

More info: https://www.ramon-puppetry.com/