The beginning of a green dream: PhD in Theater

Support the payment of tuition fees for the 1st year of the PhD in Theatre.

The Beginning of a Green Dream

I've been accepted into the PhD program in Theater and Performance Studies at the Faculty of Arts, University of Lisbon. My objective is clear: to continue developing my critical reflection on ecology and theater, a path I began during my postgraduate studies in Cultural Management and Sustainability at the University of Coimbra.

This campaign aims to cover the tuition fees for the first year of the PhD program. In the following years, I will apply for a scholarship.

Do you want to be part of this journey and help me deepen the connection between art and sustainability?

Support me in this crucial phase. Your contribution is fundamental to taking this first step in my doctorate.

Thank you!

About the author

Maria Gil (Lisbon, 1978) Graduated in Actor/Director Training from the Lisbon School of Theatre and Cinema (2003); Master in Autobiographical Performances and Intimacy (MPhil) from the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies, University of Glasgow (2009); Postgraduate in Cultural Management and Sustainability from the Faculty of Arts, University of Coimbra (2024). Her informal education includes completing the Directing for Theatre course with Alexander Kelly, created by the Creativity and Artistic Creation Programme of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2007); and a Performance workshop with the North American theatre company, Goat Island (2008). Founder and artistic director of Teatro do Silêncio, where she creates, coordinates and produces various artistic projects, including shows, performances, performance walks, guided tours and publications. At Teatro do Silêncio, she highlights the co-creation, with artist Miguel Bonneville, of the trilogy of lectures and performances, *The Personal is Political: Fear and Feminisms* (2013); *Love and Politics* (2015); and *Religion and Morality* (2019); published by Douda Correria, having received, together with Miguel Bonneville, the Ex Aequo Network award for *Medo e Feminismos* (2015). In 2018, she stumbled upon journalist and writer Maria Lamas's book, *As Mulheres do Meu País* (Women of My Country) , at an online auction, beginning an ethnographic and artistic research on the role of women in different communities linked to the sea and fishing. Based on these conversations, she creates fictional identities, which she presents in performance format: *Mulheres em Terra*, Homens no Mar* (2018) and *Avieiras, Viagem de Lamas * (2022). In 2023, she received an Artistic Creation Grant in the area of writing from the Funchal Government for her project, *Mulheres do Mar* (Women of the Sea*).

Budget and due dates

The campaign funds are entirely used to pay the first year's tuition fees.