Orlando Nadres (November 1938, in Tayabas, Quezon – July 14, 1991) was a stage, film, television writer, director and actor.
In the 1960s, he worked for G. Miranda and Sons Publishing Co. which later inspired him to write Masikip, Maluwang... Paraisong Parisukat.
After martial law was declared, he helped sustain PETA, as an actor, playwright and trainer in CITASA.
In the 1970s, Nadres wrote Hanggang Dito na Lamang at Maraming Salamat, a stage play about homosexual love.
[1] In the late 1980s, when he decided to stay in his hometown Tayabas, Nadres formed the theater group Sanayan at Ugnayan sa Sining (SUSI), which revived the traditional performances of Carillo, Santacruzan, and Sarswela.