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Natércia Napoleão

Natércia Napoleão

Directing Fellow

Based in: Edmonton, Alberta

Natércia Napoleão is a multifaceted Brazilian theatre artist.

 

Over 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 (Puente Theatre/ Firehall Arts Centre) in Vancouver.

 

Directing credits include Hummm (Climate Change Theatre Action/ New Harlem Productions); Orange Skies (Tarragon Theatre’s Young Playwright’s Unit); and the multidisciplinary theatre piece, Threshold (The Lobbyists collective/2021 Chinook Series). 

 

Natércia is an associate producer with Dora Award nominated manidoons collective supporting the premiere production of esteemed playwright Yolanda Bonnell’s newest play, White Girls in Moccasins, in co-production with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. 

 

Natércia is currently developing her first full-length play, Michener Park, alongside renowned Chilean author, playwright and activist, Carmen Aguirre.