Career
Recent directing credits include Lloyd Suh"s "The Wong Kids in the Secret of the Space Chupacabra Go! (Children"s Theater Company, Minnesota, and New York), Michael Lew"s Microcrisis, Lloyd Suh"s Children of Vonderly, Nicky Paraiso"s House/Boy for LaMama ETC, and the Singapore and Dublin Theater Festivals, and Nicolas Pichay"s "Macho Dancer: A Musical."
Ralph was born in Manila, the Philippines, to Alfonso South. Peña, and Josephine Doctorate. Bayron. He spent his younger years in Manila, and California, before moving permanently to the United States. in 1984. During his time in the Philippine, Ralph helped found a street performance company called Bodabil, later renamed Peryante.
The group, led by Chris Millado, used vaudeville as a form of protest theater against the Marcos dictatorship.
His experiences in performing and organizing would serve him well after founding Ma-Yi Theater Company in New York City, in the summer of 1989, along with colleagues from the Philippines. He became Ma-Yi Theater’s Artistic Director in 1996.
He resides in New York City.
