“subsé pehlé, en la oscuridad, the animal left the sea, found the shore, loved the cave, and became song, tree, stone dance” (from ‘the good manners of colonized subjects’)

originally from India, currently in New Mexico. My solo plays are made of poetry and dance. I really believe in the power of our collective imaginations. Which is why I love to facilitate workshops to create together. In what I create, there is a reckoning - of all we have lost to oppressive systems and beliefs - and a reclaiming - of memories, myths, fire, voice. So we can create new worlds of nuance and empathy, one by one, all together. 

Plays presented at the Pan Asian Repertory Theatre's NuWorks festival (New York), The Arts at Marks (Honolulu, Hawaii), University of Cadíz (Spain), American Samoa Community College, A:shiwi Tribal College (New Mexico) and Kenmare Butter Market (Ireland). Read more at shebanacoelho.com