To the generations of artists who had grown up and spread their wings in Repertory Philippines (Rep), the country’s foremost English-language theater company, the death of company cofounder and mentor Carmen “Baby” Johnson Barredo came as a shock. The community had mourned the death of another Rep elder statesman, Freddie Santos, only in December last year.
But Barredo’s daughter, Charlie, posted on social media that her mother had indeed passed away due to multiple organ failure caused by sepsis.
During the next few days, Barredo’s extended family, blood and artistic, attended virtually or in person the necrological services at Santuario de San Antonio Parish Church …
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