BIOGRAPHY
Tatiana Isabel Gil
Tatiana Isabel Gil (she/her) is a queer Panamanian and Colombian writer, dramaturg, and actor with a passion for new work development, art that moves people to take action, and decolonization as a form of healing and empowerment. All of the work Tatiana engages in across disciplines is in service of her vision of artivism in this world. This vision includes thousands of nuanced stories about LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and disabled folks sitting at every intersection being told consistently all over the world in an entertainment and cultural sector that is built on community and solidarity economy. It also includes art and political activism having a deep interdependent relationship, where theatrical experiences are being used to inspire, radicalize, incite action, and be the action in fighting for an anti-racist world. Systemically, it looks like a world that centers and deeply integrates decolonized artistic modalities into the fabric of society (education, justice systems, popular culture, food, workplaces, etc.) with a restorative justice approach to cultivating community, communication, and anti-racist work. Recently, her play, Lithosphere Heart was a semi-finalist at Playwrights Realm. She is currently at the University of New Mexico working on her MFA in Dramatic writing and is a City of Albuquerque Resident Artist creating a community centered project and play about Latine people’s relationship to their indigenous ancestors/