https://www.reginaaquino.com/home daily 1.0 2026-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e693f3cecdc8f7b0b885d5c/296592a9-8054-4b98-8f7c-dc29e643e9de/IMG-0181.JPG Regina Aquino she/her/siya Actor, producer, director, founder of Origin Stories Productions. Born in MD, raised between DC and Manila, her first professional theatrical production was in Manila in 2000. She has since performed on nearly all of DC’s stages, the Kennedy Center, and at Lincoln Center in NYC. Nominated for multiple Helen Hayes Awards, in 2019 she earned the Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play Award for her work in THE EVENTS, playing the sole survivor of a mass shooting. To date, she is the first and only Filipino to have received the distinction. Washingtonian Magazine proclaimed her one of "DC's 10 Biggest Theater Stars.” Regina wrote, directed, and produced her first feature documentary film, FAITH HEALERS, which world premiered at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood as an official selection of the Manila International Film Festival in March 2025. FAITH HEALERS was so well recieved at the MIFF that she was given a Trailblazer Award for documenting Filipino American history. FAITH HEALERS has been an official selection in 13 film festivals in 2025, won the Audience Choice AWARD at the SOHO International Film Festival and from Richmond Film Network Indie Fest, Best Documentary from the Washington DC International Cinema Awards, and Regina was nominated for Best New Filmmaker by the LA Independent Women In Film Awards. Regina is an artist advocate for Filipino and LGBTQ culture and is deeply committed to intersectional solidarity. Fluent in both English and Tagalog, she founded Origin Stories to create Filipino forward art and has multiple film and TV series projects in development. Her work is dedicated to ensuring marginalized communities, stories, and histories are uplifted and honored. https://www.reginaaquino.com/photos-1 daily 0.75 2026-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e693f3cecdc8f7b0b885d5c/51f92259-44e3-40c4-9433-8e51e782c77c/IMG_3525.jpeg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e693f3cecdc8f7b0b885d5c/1770323693617-ZCOHKRTZWXLP5D9IJG8T/VietgoneMarcdelaCruz.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e693f3cecdc8f7b0b885d5c/1584130862357-C8X63831IHE7XI3X45OM/Describe+The+Night+Yev+Isa.jpeg Gallery Yevgenia and Jonathan David Martin as Isaac in DESCRIBE THE NIGHT. 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Serge Seiden The Age of Innocence (World Premiere) Mrs. Archer/Regina Arena Stage / Dir. Hana S. Sharif Holiday Susan Potter Arena Stage / Dir. Anita Maynard-Losh We’re Gonna Die Singer Round House / Dir. Paige Hernandez The Merry Wives of Windsor Mistress Page Folger Theatre / Dir. Aaron Posner Vietgone Tong Studio Theatre / Dir. Natsu Onoda The Events Claire [Helen Hayes Award Outstanding Lead Actor] Theater Alliance / Dir. Colin Hovde Where Words Once Were Alli/Eila Lincoln Center / Dir. Colin Hovde Nell Gwynn [two Helen Hayes Award nominations] Barbara/Louise Folger Theatre / Dir. Robert Richmond Describe the Night Yevgenia Woolly Mammoth / Dir. John Vreeke The Arsonists Anna Woolly Mammoth / Dir. Michael J. Garcés The Mortification of Fovea Munson(World Premiere) Mom/Lola Van Kennedy Center / Dir. M. Graham Smith Tiger Style! Jennifer Olney Theatre Center / Dir. Natsu Onoda Red Light Winter Christina Studio Theatre / Dir. Joy Zinoman Birds of North America Caitlyn Mosaic Theatre / Dir. Serge Seiden brownsville song (b-side for tray) Merrell Theater Alliance / Dir. Paige Hernandez Where Words Once Were (World Premiere) Alli/Eila Kennedy Center TYA / Dir. Colin Hovde Nancy (World Premiere) Joan Mosaic Theatre / Dir. Ken-Matt Martin Dog Sees God Van’s Sister [Helen Hayes Award nomination] Studio Theatre 2ndstage / Dir. KA Baker Polaroid Stories Eurydice Studio Theatre 2ndstage / Dir. KA Baker https://www.reginaaquino.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-08-19 https://www.reginaaquino.com/press daily 0.75 2025-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e693f3cecdc8f7b0b885d5c/1584831422701-64TTDMUNFE3AWA1TTKL4/WASHINGTONIANgroup.jpg Press - Meet 10 of DC’s Biggest Theater Stars — WASHINGTONIAN MAGAZINE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e693f3cecdc8f7b0b885d5c/1584832456201-7C29S5DLRUYEHQN63BCA/DCModernLuxuryInterview.jpg Press - Patrons and Players — DC MODERN LUXURY By Michael McCarthy and Alice Cisternino Photography by Greg Powers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e693f3cecdc8f7b0b885d5c/1584849124931-PSMY4KZ0PW2JCLSQ4VML/HHA+Winner.jpg Press - Fil-Am Regina Aquino wins ‘19 Helen Hayes Best Actress Award — THE PHILIPPINE INQUIRER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e693f3cecdc8f7b0b885d5c/1584832803991-WA0FGYN7Q0OX56DLWI2P/Nell+Gwynn+Production+Stills-073.jpg Press - A Day In The Life With Regina Aquino — DISTRICT FRAY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e693f3cecdc8f7b0b885d5c/1584853519077-JGSE1ZBU06N14BC4L7SX/44758696_10156532873060856_7525639144840626176_o.jpg Press - Istorya-DC Honors the Capital’s Fil-Am Actors — THE PHILIPPINE INQUIRER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e693f3cecdc8f7b0b885d5c/1584851452472-OIWZYDW4MVOF960VFS0J/CityPaper.jpg Press - The People Issue 2018 Meet 21 Washingtonians who give D.C. its distinct character. — The Washington City Paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e693f3cecdc8f7b0b885d5c/1584845376145-GM9V66CSUQ08FG8JKIEV/EmbracingArlingtonArtsInterview.jpg Press - Radio Interview with Janet Kopenhaver — EMBRACING ARLINGTON ARTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e693f3cecdc8f7b0b885d5c/1584846068562-9SG3W2OTL7XV0PEVRWTQ/ReginaAquino+Headshot.jpg Press - Take Ten: 10 Questions — THEATRE WASHINGTON https://www.reginaaquino.com/originstoriesllc daily 0.75 2026-02-05