Abi Padilla

Abi Padilla is a first generation Filipino-Canadian playwright, actor and filmmaker. A graduate of the Studio 58 acting program, her co-written plays The Banyan Tree and How to F*ck Up a Funeral were staged at the Six of One: New Play Festival. Her short film directorial debut Thank You Mila was showcased at the 2020 MAMM Film Festival.
Grandma.Gangsta.Guerrilla., her first full length play where she also played the titular character, world premiered under Ruby Slippers Theatre in 2025. She has performed in numerous festivals and has worked with various theatre companies based in Vancouver such as rice and beans theatre, Upintheair theatre, Theatre Replacement, Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre to name a few. She is also one of the producers of the annual Sapin-Sapin Filipino Arts Festival. Abi’s works are rooted in cultural collaborations and community reconciliation.