Manifiesta

As part of Aluna Theatre’s 25th Anniversary, RUTAS presents Manifiesta, a gathering to celebrate Latine artists and stories within the Canadian performing arts landscape while looking ahead to the next 25 years. In conversation with Mariló Núñez and Beatriz Pizano, we begin the process of reclaiming our repertoire as we look to the future of Latinx/e theatre in Canada.

Join us for tamales after our conversatorio.

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produced by Aluna Theatre & Hemispheric Encounters + Sensorium: Centre for Digital Arts & Technology, School of the Arts, Media, Performance, and Design at York University

September 26, 2026 at 10:00 AM

About the artist

Panelists
Mariló Núñez

Marilo Nuñez is a Chilean-Canadian director, dramaturge, playwright, and theatre scholar. She is a recipient of the Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Award in Theatre and the Hamilton Arts Award in Theatre for Established Artists. She was McMaster University’s first Playwright-in-Residence in 2018. She has been a Guest Director at the University of Winnipeg, Director/Dramaturge as part of the Tarragon Theatre/ TMU collaboration Project X, Dramaturge-in-Residence as part of the Polyphonic Playwright Residency with Rice & Beans Theatre, and Dramaturge-in-Residence as part of the PARC Playwright Residency. Her collaboration with Hamilton-based performance artist and musician Tor Lukasik-Foss has included New Wave Your Behaviour (Hamilton, Victoria, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Kingston Fringes) and, most recently, Yodelling Ranger. She teaches playwriting at theatres and universities across the country using the Fornes Method. She was the founding Artistic Director of Alameda Theatre Company, a company dedicated to developing the new work of Latinx Canadian playwrights. She is excited to direct Alexandra Lainfiesta’s Chula at Citadel Theatre in 2027.

Beatriz Pizano

Beatriz Pizano is an actor/director/playwright and the founder and Artistic Director of Aluna Theatre. Over the last two decades, she has built Aluna into an international company recognized for its unique approach to creation, its daring political work, and its experimentation with multiple-language productions. Her bold creations, in English and Spanish, are marked by a distinct theatrical language drawing from the heritages, cultures, and languages from across the Americas.
She has been the recipient of numerous awards including the John Hirsch Prize, the Chalmers Fellowship, K.M. Hunter award, 100 Colombianos and Colombiano Estrella. She is the first Colombian actress to win the Toronto Critics award and a Dora for her performance in Blood Wedding.
She has written and directed a number of award winning and touring productions for Aluna, including: For Sale, Madre, La Comunión and has co-created touring productions such as What I learned from a Decade of Fear, The Refuge of Freidel, and The Solitudes. Her TYA play, La Maleta, has been produced by Roseneath Theatre touring extensively across Canada and the US, and earning numerous accolades each time. In 2022 Playwrights Canada Press published her one woman show Dividing Lines | Líneas Divisorias.