Fil-Am theater artists involved in “House Rules” include playwright A. Rey Pamatmat, director Ralph Peña, sound designer Fabian Obispo, and actors Jojo Gonzalez, Mia Katigbak, Tiffany Villarin and Tina Chilip.

Peña, who is also Ma-Yi’s artistic director, recently directed “Macho Dancer: A Musical” at the 2015 Virgin Labfest in Manila.

Chilip was in Ma-Yi’s revival of Peña’s play “Flipzoids” and is thrilled to be working with the theater group again.

“Ma-Yi does amazing work,” she said. “In this production, I get to collaborate with these insanely talented people whose work I’ve admired. I’m really proud to work alongside them. On a personal level, it makes me very happy to see Filipinos portrayed in mainstream theater, whether I’m the one playing them or not.”

Born and raised in Manila, Chilip said her mother nurtured her love of theater.

“She was a season subscriber of Repertory Philippines and she used take our family to see all its plays,” Chilip recalled. “I absolutely loved it. It was such a treat and I’d always look forward to the shows.”

She was already working at a consulting firm in the US when she began taking acting lessons for fun and getting professional work. She pursued a master’s degree in acting at Brown University.

Chilip has since acted with theater groups across the US in productions like “Our Town” and “Chinglish” for Portland Center Stage; “The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures” for Berkeley Repertory Theatre; and “A Dream Play” for National Asian American Theatre Company. She’s also been on TV shows such as “Mysteries of Laura” and “Royal Pains.”

Chilip was also in “Golden Child” in Manila for Tanghalang Pilipino, for which she received a Philstage Gawad Buhay! citation for Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role.