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TLDR:

Talia Paulette Oliveras is a Blk Latinx artist, ritual maker, community builder, theory hoe, budding herbalist, mundane afro-futurist...

Photo by Andina Marie

What’s Ta-Nia?

Alongside their artistic soulmate, Nia Farrell, Talia also makes mork as Ta-Nia: a theatremaking duo dedicated to making Blk spaces in an Anti-Blk society.

Ta-Nia has presented work through Ars Nova’s ANT Fest, Soho Rep’s Writer/Director Lab, and Theatretreffen Stückemarkt; as the winners of that Stückemarkt, they recently premiered an original commission at Schauspiel Dortmund; they were Jerome Hill finalists as well as Space on Ryder Farm finalists; and more.

Photo by Adriel Michelle

Talia likes...
lines, synchronicity, dissonance, loop pedals...
octavia butler, josé muñoz, franz fanon...
nick hakim, hiatus kaiyote, sade...


Tell me more...

Talia (she/they) is an artist of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent who cultivates interdisciplinary, experiential, and ritualistic community spaces through the medium of theatre.

For Talia, theatre is a space of potential -- an ever-evolving “now” space -- and its presence can activate portals to connect with their (our) ancestors. Their artistic practice is grounded in challenging theatre’s limits by unpacking its institutional and systemic history/present while (re)discovering its roots in magic, storytelling, imagination, and more.





Talia’s Credits

Individually, Talia has worked on productions in various roles with Musical Theatre Factory, Theatre Mitu (Hybrid Arts Lab), JACK, 13EXP, Mabou Mines (Suite/Space), Bushwick Starr (Big Green Theatre), BAM (Next Wave Festival), Ars Nova (ANT Fest/Makers Lab), The Public (Under the Radar), The Shed (Open Call), and more.







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free palestine
free congo
free sudan
free hawaii
free puerto rico...
end imperialism.
 

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