Ramon Abad (he/his) is a Filipino American puppeteer, artist, and teacher. Since the mid 90s to present day he has written puppet plays, hand-made puppets and performed solo shows throughout the Bay Area, the US and the UK. Since the beginning of 2021, Ramon has been a resident artist of Balay Kreative Studio: a collective of Filipinx American artists based in SOMA Pilipinas, a downtown San Francisco neighborhood designated as a Filipino cultural district.

Ramon was a company member of Larry Reed’s ShadowLight Productions as a puppeteer and maker and was in a show that toured in the Jim Henson International Puppetry Festival. He was performer, director and writer in the Filipino American sketch comedy troupe tongue in A mood. He has collaborated with many art and theater organizations on puppetry projects at Bindlestiff Studio, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SOMArts Cultural Center and the Children’s Creativity Museum.

He has directed live, in-person stage and on-line productions using modern puppetry. Ramon has led residencies and workshops that engage young children, college students and professional adults in exploring a variety of puppetry mediums.