Organized by actor-director Prof. Sarah Kabigting-Joaquin in the 1930s, the FEU Dramatic Guild as it was first called used to rehearse and produce plays under the direction of its founder in an old building on Azcarraga Street, now Claro M. Recto, which was then already awaiting demolition to give way to the construction of Quezon Boulevard.

    With no place to go to after the building’s demolition, Prof. Joaquin, the ever-zealous drama mentor, approached Far Eastern University’s founder and first president, Dr. Nicanor Reyes, and convinced him that they were ready to stage a play before a mature audience.

    Meld academics with the appreciation of things beautiful---this was what Dr. Reyes, the art lover, did.  He talked his brother-in-law Don Rafael Roces into getting a venue for the FEU Theater Guild.  The latter succeeded in obtaining a place---a room in one of the theaters in Rizal Avenue owned by the Rufinos.

    Issuing a memorandum to the faculty members, Dr. Reyes urged the teachers to watch the theater group’s maiden performance, Call Me, Kate.  The successful presentation was to augur well for the theater group; for President Reyes promised Mrs. Joaquin that he would build a big beautiful theater for her and her theater guild.

    On muddy grounds rose the Administration Building on Nicanor Reyes Street, then Morayta, and this edifice became home to the FEU Auditorium which became the center of culture and the arts in the Philippines.  

    The FEU Drama Guild became the FEU Theater Guild. Among its members Eddie Ilarde who became a senator, Frankie Evangelista now a top ABS-CBN executive, Johnny Wilson who was elected Makati vice mayor, Nick Agudo, Justo Montemayor, Rustica Carpio, Butch Josue, Bert “Tawa” Marcelo, Odette Kanaan, who is now popular in movie and television circles as Odette Khan, Isabel Sevilla- Soriano, Danilo Lacuna who was Manila’s vice-mayor, Ginnie Sobrino, Pete and Dado Roa, Chito Avelino, Tony Joaquin, Joey Ang and more.

      Among the FEU Theater Guild’s projects were Once on This Island, The King and I by Rodgers and Hammerstein II and a Ricky Abad translation of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night under the new title Ika-Labindalawang Gabi.  Other memorable productions include Dagundong sa Alabok by Azucena Grajo Oranza staged as part of the Transitions XIII literary celebrations, Waiting for Godot for the University’s first Fete Francaise and Inday, for the Pinoy Media Congress and later re-staged for the 1st Quisumbing Film Festival sponsored by the University of the Philippines. The FEU Theater Guild won 3rd place, the Viewers’ Choice Award and Best Playwright in the UP Curtain Call, an annual theater festival organized by University of the Philippines Theater Council.

     The FEU Theater Guild yearly presents a theater performance to introduce its neophyte members under the direction of its artistic director, Mr. Edward “Dudz’ Teraña. Every month, the FEU Theater Guild presents a performance in outdoor venues such as the Freedom Plaza. These mini-productions have come to be known as Teatro sa Parke.