Salazar, J. Isabel

A Tejana playwright, dramaturg, and photographer. My theatrical language comes from rusty dirt and technicolor skies, complex women disrupting time, communities wrestling with impossible dreams, and the unpredictability in witnessing and memory. Creating new mythologies and narratives for BIPOC women and LGBTQIA+ communities empowers us to be masters or destroyers of our own destiny, where we can challenge and question our own roles in society and history. As a dramaturg, I am passionate about discovery through process and devising, facilitating productive and constructive dialogue and collaboration, and getting to the heart of connection. Within my photography, I use tension, heighten realism, and my own body to create stories of mystery, danger, and connection to personal trauma and a search for self.