Nat\xe9rcia Napole\xe3o is a multifaceted Brazilian theatre artist and community advocate.
\nOver the past eighteen years, she has had a wide influence within the Albertan theatre community, with experience in site-specific theatre, dance theatre, multimedia performance, television, musicals, and a wide range of classical and contemporary theatre. Performance highlights include the acclaimed Fado: The Saddest Music in the World (JAYMAC Outstanding Production Award) at the Firehall Arts Centre in Vancouver.
\nRecent directing credits include Hummm (Climate Change Theatre Action/ New Harlem Productions); Orange Skies (Tarragon Theatre\u2019s Young Playwright's Unit); and the multidisciplinary theatre piece, Threshold (The Lobbyists collective/2021 Chinook Series).
\nNat\xe9rcia is an associate producer with Dora Award nominated manidoons collective having recently supported the sold-out production of esteemed playwright Yolanda Bonnell\u2019s White Girls in Moccasins, in co-production with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre.
\nNat\xe9rcia is currently developing her first full-length play, Michener Park, alongside renowned Chilean author, playwright and activist, Carmen Aguirre.
\nAs a community advocate, Nat\xe9rcia spearheads and contributes to grassroots initiatives regularly. She is a strategic planner working with institutions and companies exploring equitable practices, such as Musical Stage Co. and Outside the March.
\nNat\xe9rcia is the incoming CAEA representative for the Alberta North/N.W.T region.
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