Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and raised in the vibrant immigrant community of South Florida, Gabriela Furtado Coutinho is a US-based actor, playwright, poet, director, cultural strategist, and proud graduate of Northwestern University (Theatre/English Creative Writing BA). She is excited to serve as Chicago Associate Editor of TCG’s American Theatre magazine and strives to honor the city’s inventive storytelling. Grateful for previous work with The Kennedy Center, Emmy's/Television Academy, and various Chicago collectives, she holds experience in developing both new work and tangible care practices. 

 

Favorite projects include Blood Wedding (actor - The Mother), The Bloody Bricks and Blows of American Dream High (playwright), and Much Ado About Nothing: A Miami Party to Joy (director). She loves uplifting Latiné stories, reimagining classics, taking creative risks in her writing, developing healing pedagogies in art education, advocating for people with severe disabilities like her brother Miguel, daily wearing the color yellow, and dreaming up kinder futurisms with friends whose language is laughter. 

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Please feel free to contact her at gabriela.furtado.coutinho.us@gmail.com. For American Theatre / Theatre Communications Group-related correspondence, please contact gcoutinho@tcg.org.

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She looks forward to being in community with you!