He was a former scholar and company actor of Tanghalang Pilipino (1991–1997), the in-house theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). He is an acting scholar under the Eric Morris Being Workshops of the Actors Workshop Foundation (1989–1991).

Arcilla was a resident actor and senior member of Tangahalang Pilipino’s Actor Company, the resident theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) from 1991–1997.  He played lead roles in several plays, including Orosman and Zafira, Walang Sugat, and Ryan Cayabyab's Rizal musical trilogy: El Filibusterismo (1993), Noli Me Tángere (1995), and Illustrado (1996). Home