| ISPA 2025 New York Congress– Shoshana Polanco |
 Shoshana PolancoHead of Culture and Science outreach Shoshana Polanco is a curator, connector, mentor and creative producer with international exposure and work experience in Buenos Aires, New York, Mexico City and Saudi Arabia. She has worked for major festivals such as the Cervantino in Mexico, FIBA in Buenos Aires, and TeatroStageFest and Lincoln Center Festival in NYC. As a consultant, she collaborated with Southern Exposure (Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation), Made in Scotland (Creative Scotland), Music Theatre Now (ITI Germany), Rolex Mentor and Protege Program (Rolex Foundation), CAPACOA (The Canadian Association for the Performing Arts), and The Fringe Society (Edinburgh) among others. In NYC she worked at BAM, PS122, Under the Radar, and The Builders Association. In Mexico, she worked for La Teatrería developing new productions and long-term strategies for the company, she was part of the curatorial committee of festival ESCENICA in Mexico 2019 and she is currently a member of the curatorial committee for the Festival Internacional Cervantino. She just started a new position as the head of culture and science outreach in FES Iztacala UNAM. She was a mentor to young artists and producers in Buenos Aires at Incubadora / DGEART and just launched a mentorship space, TEATRA, for Spanish speaking women producers in the Americas. In Saudi Arabia, she worked for 10 months in AlUla developing new cultural programs. Ms Polanco is vice chair of ISPA and fellow grad. She holds a Magna Cum Laude BA from the CUNY Baccalaureate Program in Women in Performance.
Facilitator and Speaker Opening Ceremony and Welcome, Tuesday, January 14, 13:00 - 13:30 EST |
