Annalisa Dias

Writing for Theatre

Visit my New Play Exchange page to download some of my work. 

​THE WELDERS : a playwright's collective

I was a Welder between 2015-2019. My Welders project was called the earth, that is sufficient.

Digital Publications

Decomposition Instead of Collapse - Dear Theatre, Be Like Soil - co-published on Rescripted and Nothing for the Group

TO WITNESS (a proposal to build radical trust across difference in the arts) - co-written with Ronee Penoi for HowlRound

DECOLONIZING THEATRE: AN INTRODUCTION - co-written with Madeline Sayet for HowlRound

THE POSSIBILITY OF GENERATIVE FUTURES THROUGH EMBODIED PRACTICE - part of HowlRound's Theatre in the Age of Climate Change Series, curated by Chantal Bilodeau
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RESPONDING TO THE MIGRATION SERIES - part of the Phillips Collection Blog

THE INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS NOTEBOOK - Annalisa's collaborative blog for HowlRound
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A GREAT ADVENTURE OR NOTHING ​-Annalisa's AmeriCorps blog (2010-11)

Print Publications

"Decolonizing 'equity, diversity, and inclusion': strategies for resisting white supremacy" in Diversity, Inclusion, and Representation in Contemporary Dramaturgy. Ed. Philippa Kelly. Published by Routledge: New York, 2020. 

 "Decolonizing 'Diversity' On Campus Using Applied Improvisation" in Applied Improvisation, Leading, Collaborating & Creating Beyond the Theatre. Eds. Theresa Robbins Dudeck and Caitlin McClure. Published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama: London, 2018.

"Remembering My Grandfather" in The Journal of the Core Curriculum anthology of student, alum, and faculty academic and creative writing.  Published by Boston University: Boston, 2014.

“Staging the American West: Liminality and Identity in David Belasco’s 1905 Production of The Girl of the Golden West” in Text & Presentation 2013.  Published by McFarland: Baltimore, MD, 2013.

"The Slave Ship" and "Valley of the Dry Bones, New Mexico" in The Journal of the Core Curriculum anthology of student, alum, and faculty academic and creative writing.  Published by Boston University: Boston, 2012.

“Orphé” (translation from French). For online English language edition of Les Dieux Antiques by Stephen Mallarmé. Contracted by The Pen & Anvil Press, Boston, MA.

“Starry Night,” “EMPIRE,” and “Waking Up.” In The Journal of the Core Curriculum anthology of student, alum, and faculty academic and creative writing. Published by Boston University: Boston, 2008.
Annalisa Dias