Lisa Virginia || Theatre

making mundanity magical.

making mundanity magical.

Lisa Virginia is a Theatre Maker who creates collaborative rooms and theatrical worlds with strong foundations upon which they and their peers can create vibrant and impactful art. With each piece that Lisa creates, they aim, always, to find the magical within the mundane. How much life is to be found in one silk scarf? Can you tell an entire story about uneven tension in a knitted textile? What about a pile of rice? They center spectacle inasmuch as the small in-between moments of our lives are spectacular in and of themselves. Their goal is to pull meaning to the forefront where before it may have been buried.

Lisa is especially interested in telling stories about racial minorities. They, themself, are Filipino-American and were born and raised in Flushing, Queens where they still reside. Flushing is a vibrant community filled with people of all walks of life, and it is within those ‘burbs (just a 50 minute 7-train ride from the city!) that they learned how important it is to know your neighbors, and eat at the hole in the wall Pho spot down the street, and traverse deep into mini-malls to find crochet flower shops filled to the brim with handmade fiber arts. By which they mean, they generate their joy and inspiration in the people around them—the real people around them. The people that they rub shoulders with during rush hour and make similarly annoyed eye contact with when the bus is delayed. These are the people who Lisa wants to tell stories with and about. 

Fundamentally, Lisa’s care belongs first and foremost to the people in front of them. They are of the belief that good, intellectually stimulating, processes more often than not lead to good, intellectually stimulating products. So, why not cultivate one for the benefit of the other?

Lisa Virginia is a Theatre Maker who creates collaborative rooms and theatrical worlds with strong foundations upon which they and their peers can create vibrant and impactful art. With each piece that Lisa creates, they aim, always, to find the magical within the mundane. How much life is to be found in one silk scarf? Can you tell an entire story about uneven tension in a knitted textile? What about a pile of rice? They center spectacle inasmuch as the small in-between moments of our lives are spectacular in and of themselves. Their goal is to pull meaning to the forefront where before it may have been buried.

Lisa is especially interested in telling stories about racial minorities. They, themself, are Filipino-American and were born and raised in Flushing, Queens where they still reside. Flushing is a vibrant community filled with people of all walks of life, and it is within those ‘burbs (just a 50 minute 7-train ride from the city!) that they learned how important it is to know your neighbors, and eat at the hole in the wall Pho spot down the street, and traverse deep into mini-malls to find crochet flower shops filled to the brim with handmade fiber arts. By which they mean, they generate their joy and inspiration in the people around them—the real people around them. The people that they rub shoulders with during rush hour and make similarly annoyed eye contact with when the bus is delayed. These are the people who Lisa wants to tell stories with and about. 

Fundamentally, Lisa’s care belongs first and foremost to the people in front of them. They are of the belief that good, intellectually stimulating, processes more often than not lead to good, intellectually stimulating products. So, why not cultivate one for the benefit of the other?

Lisa Virginia is a Theatre Maker who creates collaborative rooms and theatrical worlds with strong foundations upon which they and their peers can create vibrant and impactful art. With each piece that Lisa creates, they aim, always, to find the magical within the mundane. How much life is to be found in one silk scarf? Can you tell an entire story about uneven tension in a knitted textile? What about a pile of rice? They center spectacle inasmuch as the small in-between moments of our lives are spectacular in and of themselves. Their goal is to pull meaning to the forefront where before it may have been buried.

Lisa is especially interested in telling stories about racial minorities. They, themself, are Filipino-American and were born and raised in Flushing, Queens where they still reside. Flushing is a vibrant community filled with people of all walks of life, and it is within those ‘burbs (just a 50 minute 7-train ride from the city!) that they learned how important it is to know your neighbors, and eat at the hole in the wall Pho spot down the street, and traverse deep into mini-malls to find crochet flower shops filled to the brim with handmade fiber arts. By which they mean, they generate their joy and inspiration in the people around them—the real people around them. The people that they rub shoulders with during rush hour and make similarly annoyed eye contact with when the bus is delayed. These are the people who Lisa wants to tell stories with and about.

Fundamentally, Lisa’s care belongs first and foremost to the people in front of them. They are of the belief that good, intellectually stimulating, processes more often than not lead to good, intellectually stimulating products. So, why not cultivate one for the benefit of the other?

Lisa Virginia is a Theatre Maker who creates collaborative rooms and theatrical worlds with strong foundations upon which they and their peers can create vibrant and impactful art. With each piece that Lisa creates, they aim, always, to find the magical within the mundane. How much life is to be found in one silk scarf? Can you tell an entire story about uneven tension in a knitted textile? What about a pile of rice? They center spectacle inasmuch as the small in-between moments of our lives are spectacular in and of themselves. Their goal is to pull meaning to the forefront where before it may have been buried.

Lisa is especially interested in telling stories about racial minorities. They, themself, are Filipino-American and were born and raised in Flushing, Queens where they still reside. Flushing is a vibrant community filled with people of all walks of life, and it is within those ‘burbs (just a 50 minute 7-train ride from the city!) that they learned how important it is to know your neighbors, and eat at the hole in the wall Pho spot down the street, and traverse deep into mini-malls to find crochet flower shops filled to the brim with handmade fiber arts. By which they mean, they generate their joy and inspiration in the people around them—the real people around them. The people that they rub shoulders with during rush hour and make similarly annoyed eye contact with when the bus is delayed. These are the people who Lisa wants to tell stories with and about. 

Fundamentally, Lisa’s care belongs first and foremost to the people in front of them. They are of the belief that good, intellectually stimulating, processes more often than not lead to good, intellectually stimulating products. So, why not cultivate one for the benefit of the other?

Lisa Virginia is a Theatre Maker who creates collaborative rooms and theatrical worlds with strong foundations upon which they and their peers can create vibrant and impactful art. With each piece that Lisa creates, they aim, always, to find the magical within the mundane. How much life is to be found in one silk scarf? Can you tell an entire story about uneven tension in a knitted textile? What about a pile of rice? They center spectacle inasmuch as the small in-between moments of our lives are spectacular in and of themselves. Their goal is to pull meaning to the forefront where before it may have been buried.

Lisa is especially interested in telling stories about racial minorities. They, themself, are Filipino-American and were born and raised in Flushing, Queens where they still reside. Flushing is a vibrant community filled with people of all walks of life, and it is within those ‘burbs (just a 50 minute 7-train ride from the city!) that they learned how important it is to know your neighbors, and eat at the hole in the wall Pho spot down the street, and traverse deep into mini-malls to find crochet flower shops filled to the brim with handmade fiber arts. By which they mean, they generate their joy and inspiration in the people around them—the real people around them. The people that they rub shoulders with during rush hour and make similarly annoyed eye contact with when the bus is delayed. These are the people who Lisa wants to tell stories with and about. 

Fundamentally, Lisa’s care belongs first and foremost to the people in front of them. They are of the belief that good, intellectually stimulating, processes more often than not lead to good, intellectually stimulating products. So, why not cultivate one for the benefit of the other?