BIOGRAPHY
Brisa Areli Muñoz
Brisa Areli Muñoz (she/her) is an theater director, healing practitioner, and cultural worker based out of New York City. She was the Associate Director of the A.R.T./Roundabout revival of 1776 and is the Artistic Director of Musical Theatre Factory, an organization that develops changemaking new musicals in a joyous, collaborative community free from commercial pressures. She is also the Artistic Director of One Nation/One Project’s (ONOP) collaboration with the city of Edinburg, Texas. ONOP is a national arts and wellness initiative designed to activate the power of the arts to repair the social fabric of our nation and heal our communities. Brisa has served as Manager of Community Partnerships for The Public Theater’s Public Works program, a major initiative that invites community members to take classes, attend performances and join in the creation of ambitious works of participatory theater. She is an adjunct professor for Brooklyn College’s MFA in Performing Arts Management program, and is teaching a course at Harvard University entitled Theater and Migration: Building Belonging through Participatory Public Arts, which is inspired by Little Amal’s walk.
Muñoz has directed and facilitated work on Broadway, across the world, and in communities in partnership with A.R.T., Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Kennedy Center, The Public Theater, Carnegie Hall, REDCAT, ArtsEmerson, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, BRIC, Sojourn Theatre, Oye Group, CUNY Creative Arts Team, Hi-ARTS, CO/LAB, and Actionplay.