Galia Backal (she/her/ella)
Beyond Shakespeare & Acting the Monologue
Galia Backal is a first generation Mexican-American director, choreographer, and collaborator. She is drawn to work that supports themes of diversity, inclusion, and intersectionality, specifically pieces that center women and Latiné stories.
Galia received her BA in Directing from Pace University and is currently the Associate Director of SIX the Musical North America which includes Broadway, the National Tours, and the Canadian production. She has worked with New Georges as one of the 2022 Audrey Residents, The Civilians as a part of the 2020 – 2021 R&D Group, and was a part of the 2020 – 2022 Roundabout Directors Group Cohort. Galia has also collaborated with Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, The Drama League, Samuel French, Atlantic Theater Company, The Broadway League, Theatre for a New Audience, The Sol Project, The Tank, LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, and TADA Theatre.
Recent directing credits include Leviticus (Ensemble Studio Theatre: Asking for Trouble Series), Ride the Cyclone (Queens College), El Cóndor Mágico Workshop (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company); El Huracán by Charise Castro Smith (Brooklyn College; Into the Woods (Prima Theatre); MODS by Lauren Wimmer, Blue Moon by Lyra Nalan, The Creature by Alexa Derman (Circle’s Emerging Writers Residency); English Made Simple, Ms. Placed, The Precious Effect, Gruesome Playground Injuries, Does the Title Matter?, Macbeth (Circle in the Square Theatre School); How Do We Want to Do This? By Alisha Espinosa (New Georges Audrey Residency); The Archive by Alisha Espinosa (Pace University); In the End (Pace University Devised Piece); EVERYBODY by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (LIU Post Theatre Company); El Cóndor Mágico by Noelle Viñas (The Civilians R&D Group); Untitled Puppet Show by Daniella De Jesús (San Diego Repertory Theater); INÚTIL by Alisha Espinosa (Teatro LATEA); Canciones Project Workshop by Beto O’Byrne (The Sol Project); The Sound of Music, West Side Story (Bay View Music Festival); Latch by Tom Mularz (Samuel French OOB Festival). www.galiabackal.com