▁where ▁the ▁focus ▁was ▁on ▁dinner ▁the ater ▁and ▁where ▁he ▁found ▁the ▁freedom ▁to ▁further ▁develop ▁his ▁other ▁skills . ▁Here , ▁Santos ▁wrote ▁an ▁original ▁play ▁adapted ▁from ▁the ▁book ▁P aper ▁Moon ▁and ▁head lined ▁by ▁a ▁very ▁young ▁Le a ▁Sal ong a ▁during ▁its ▁premi ere ▁run . ▁He ▁also ▁n urt ured ▁his ▁skill ▁in ▁stage ▁light ing , ▁make - up ▁and ▁ch ore ography . ▁ ▁A ▁major ▁highlight ▁of ▁his ▁the ater ▁career ▁came ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 8 0 ' s ▁where ▁he ▁tou red ▁the ▁musical ▁Wal ang ▁Sug at ▁( No ▁W ound ) ▁through ▁ 1 0 ▁cities ▁in ▁America ▁as ▁Techn ical ▁Director , ▁hon ing ▁his ▁craft ▁as ▁he ▁worked ▁the ▁technical ▁controls ▁of ▁places ▁like ▁the ▁San ▁Francisco ▁Opera ▁House , ▁the ▁Chicago ▁C iv ic ▁Opera ▁House , ▁and ▁A very ▁Fish er ▁Hall ▁at ▁the ▁Lincoln ▁Center , ▁among ▁others . ▁ ▁All ▁told , ▁Fred die ▁Santos ▁has ▁been ▁involved ▁with ▁the ▁performing ▁arts ▁for ▁over ▁forty ▁years ▁now , ▁winning ▁thr ice ▁the ▁Ali w ▁Award ▁for ▁Best ▁Stage ▁Director ▁in ▁the ▁country , ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁award ▁in ▁both ▁categories ▁of ▁Stage ▁Musical ▁(' 8 7 , ▁' 0 0 ) ▁and ▁Con cert ▁(' 0 8 ). ▁ ▁He ▁has ▁written ▁and ▁st aged ▁the ▁musical ▁plays ▁First ▁Name , ▁Joseph ▁the ▁Dream er , ▁So ▁David ..., ▁W id ows , ▁Or ph ans , ▁and ▁Wil de