Reb Atadero is rewriting his voice from curtain call to a digital stage

MAYBE I CAN MAKE LEARNING FUN.I HAVE YEARS OF TRAINING AS AN ACTOR AND AS A HOST, SO WHY NOT COMBINE IT WITH SOMETHING I REALLY LOVE, WHICH IS HISTORY?'

- By BEA ALAMIS

A seasoned theater actor who once brought stories to life under the spotlight is bringing them to your screens, with history as his creative script.

Reb Atadero reimagines his role as a storyteller, now becoming known as a digital educator. In this era of regeneration, Reb bridges both past and present, showing that creativity can take on new forms.

When live performances halted during the pandemic, the theater actor found himself, like many artists, in a creative limbo. "I was bored out of my mind," he recalls. What began as a series of fun livestreams in March 2021 instantly shifted in tone when he asked students joining his livestream, "How was school?" and, overwhelmed as they were by online learning, they said, "Sana hindi na lang kami nag-enroll." That answer hit him like a truck.

"Maybe I can make learning fun. I have years of training as an actor and as a host, so why not combine it with something I really love, which is history?" he thought. So began his pivot into content creation. "I'm a really big nerd for that stuff. So I combined it with storytelling, and the rest is history," he laughs.