Esperanza catubig biography

Esperanza Catubig has been acting professionally for over twenty years, appearing extensively in stage productions, educational theatre, commercials, industrials, a one-woman show, TV and film.

Born and raised in San Francisco, she studied dance, music, and theatre at San Francisco’s Ruth Asawa School of the Arts, and went on to graduate with a BFA in Acting at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. As an actor, she has travelled and worked throughout the U.S., parts of Europe, as well as China.

Having lived and worked in Los Angeles for eight years, she came to terms that she wanted to tell more Filipino-American women’s stories, to celebrate “home,” and since then, co-wrote, starred, and produced her first short film, Nico’s Sampaguita directed by Aaron Woolfolk.

Currently in the film festival circuit, she stars in a feature film, Acts of God, directed by Shane Sooter.

She has worked with stage directors: Jon Lawrence Rivera (LA production of Jessica Hagedorn’s Dog