Anita Gonzalez directs, devises and writes theatrical works that focus on telling women’s stories and histories. She has written works for American Opera Project, Washington National Opera, Atlanta Opera, Boston Opera Collaborative, Chicago Dramatists, The Vagrancy, Brooklyn Tavern Theatre, and Houston Grand Opera’s Songs of Houston series. Her innovative stagings of cross-cultural experiences have appeared on PBS national television and at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, The Working Theatre, Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, New York Live Arts, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, and other national and international venues. Gonzalez believes the art of storytelling connects people to their cultures. Over 60,000 students have taken her massive open online courses Storytelling for Social Change and Black Performance as Social Protest.

Musicals: Kumanana (Gala Hispanic Theater), Ybor City (Brooklyn Tavern Theater), Zora on My Mind (The Woodshed), Ayanna Kelly. Plays& Librettos: Mickey Dee and the Eclipse (Washington National Opera), Forever Entwined and Brathwaite’s Mecca (American Opera Project) Faces in the Flames (Atlanta Opera and Opera America) Courthouse Bells (Boston Opera Collaborative), Finding the Light (Louise Toppin and Opera Ebony), Sunset Dreams (The Vagrancy), Home of My Ancestors (HGOCo). Books: Performance, Dance and Political Economy, Black Performance Theory, Afro-Mexico. Gonzalez is a Professor at Georgetown University and Co-Founding Lead of the Racial Justice Institute. She is a Fellow at the American Opera Project, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Lincoln Center Director’s Lab and sits on the Board of Directors of the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. Gonzalez advocates for beautiful art crafted for social activism and consciousness raising.