María Escolán

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Bio

María Escolán is a theatre artist and producer from El Salvador living in Toronto. Recent workshop showings of her work in development Mujer en Fragmentos have taken place in Toronto with Aluna Theatre’s CAMINOS Festival, in San Salvador with Asociación Cultural del Azoro,in Victoria BC with Intrepid Theatre’s UNO Fest, and in Vancouver, BC with rice & beans theatre. Past collaborations include live translation performance in Pequeños Territorios en Reconstrucción with Teatro Linea de Sombra, Assistant Directing/Performance with Nightwood Theatre’s Children of Fire at Aluna Theatre’s Rutas Festival 2022 in Toronto, and Assistant Directing Peace Country with rice & beans theatre. María holds a BFA Degree in Theatre Performance from the School for Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University and a BA Degree in Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice from the University of British Columbia.