Analola Santana

Analola Santana is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theater at Dartmouth College and serves as Chair of the department. She is also affiliated with the Latin American, Latino & Caribbean Studies program. Her teaching and research focus on Latin American and Latinx theater, performance studies, and political critique through artistic expression.

She holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine. Her scholarly work examines intersections of theater with mass culture, colonialism, neoliberalism, and gender politics. Key publications include Freak Performances: Dissidence in Latin American Theatre (2018), co-edited volumes like Theatre and Cartographies of Power (2018), and articles in journals such as Theatre Journal and Latin American Theatre Review.

Her recent articles analyze themes like affective labor in performance, neoliberalism's impact on Mexican identity, and invisibility in Latin American political theater. These works span keywords such as Performance Art, Gender Studies, and Postcolonial Studies, with sub-fields like Affective Theory and Intersectionality.

As a professional dramaturg, she collaborates with Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes in Mexico, contributing to productions such as El último sueño de Frida y Diego (2022) and Del mago al loco: una revelación del tarot (2022). Her work bridges academic scholarship with practical theater creation.