DIRECTOR

Tanaquil Márquez is a bilingual theater artist, educator, and director dedicated to amplifying LatinX voices through original work in English and Spanish. As Director of Education and a member of the Artistic Core at 1812 Productions, Tanaquil develops innovative performances that bridge cultures and communities. She received a 2022 Pew Project Grant for Nichos, a multidisciplinary theater work created in collaboration with Philadelphia’s Mexican migrant community. Tanaquil co-founded La Fábrica, a company devoted to producing work by LatinX artists, and has held artistic leadership roles with Teatro del Sol and Teatro Esperanza. Her work centers cultural memory, storytelling, and community voice.

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Videographer/Filmmaker

Anula Shetty is an award-winning filmmaker, media artist, and educator whose work has been broadcast on PBS and screened internationally at venues including the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. A producer and co-director of Termite TV Collective, she creates experimental, activist, and interactive media that explore place, memory, and community stories. Anula is a recipient of three Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Media Arts Fellowships, along with numerous other grants and awards. She has taught film and video production throughout the Philadelphia region and currently serves on the board of the National Alliance of Media Arts and Culture.

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Lighting Designer

Su Güzey is a multidisciplinary dance artist, producer, designer, and educator whose work spans performance, choreography, lighting design, and production. A Fulbright Scholar, Su earned an MFA in Dance from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and has taught in the School of Dance as an Adjunct Assistant Professor. They have worked with leading festivals and artists in the U.S. and internationally, including Cannonball Festival, Philadelphia Contemporary Circus Festival, jaamil olawale kosoko, and Aakash Odedra Company. As a choreographer and collaborator, Su’s work has been presented across Europe, Turkey, and the United States. Su cherishes the inter/multi disciplinary approach to keep on re-discovering, asking and searching in/within/through/towards wonder, creating and re-finding her perspective and language in movement, listening, sensing.

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Exhibition Installation and Assistant Curation

José Ortiz-Pagán is a Puerto Rican multidisciplinary artist, curator, and organizer based in Philadelphia. His work uses ritual as a tool for healing, collective action, and imagining hopeful futures, often centering community participation and cultural memory. José’s work has been featured in major exhibitions including the Trienal Poligráfica de Puerto Rico, the International Printmaking Biennial in Taiwan, the Bronx Latin American Biennial, and the solo exhibition Umbral at the Berman Museum. He has developed influential community-based projects throughout Philadelphia and was recognized with an Artworks grant from the Philadelphia Foundation and Forman Arts Initiative for his contributions to community-engaged art.

IG: @joseortizpagan

Sound Designer and Audio Technician

Rick Rein is a musician, sound engineer, and educator based in Philadelphia, PA. His work revolves around live performances, whether in theaters or concert halls or clubs or recording studios. Until recently, he taught classes related to sound engineering at the University of the Arts. He has performed or mixed every genre of music that exists.

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IG: @usernamegenius

Lead Musician

Andrés Daniel Cisneros Birnbaum is a Philadelphia-based musician, composer, hand drummer, vocalist, and educator from Caracas, Venezuela. Shaped by his immigrant experience in the United States and a multicultural upbringing, his work explores themes of migration, identity, memory, and belonging through rhythm and song. Drawing from Afro-Caribbean traditions and contemporary urban life, he creates performances that foster connection, participation, and cultural exchange. Andrés has built a career as both an artist and educator, creating spaces where communities can gather, learn, and celebrate their stories through music and film.

Production and Stage Manager

Tania “t” Saiz Perez is a queer immigrant dance artist and production stage manager currently based in Brooklyn, NY. They hold a BFA in Dance from the University of the Arts, where they served as Production Coordinator and Stage Manager for the School of Dance from 2022-2024. In their freelance work, Tania has had the pleasure of working with BigKid Dance, Cannonball Festival, HIVEWILD, Kayla Farrish, Marguerite Hemmings, MICHIYAYA Dance, Niall Jones, Ninth Planet Productions, Ogemdi Ude, Shayla-Vie Jenkins, Sidra Bell, and waheedworks. t is thrilled to be back working with Journey Arts, bringing TO BE HERE to life.