Glenda Y. Nieto-Cuebas is a Professor and the George and Louise Peters Professor of World Languages and Cultures at Ohio Wesleyan University. Her current research focuses on contemporary productions of 17th century texts, with special emphasis on performance and social issues. She is also working on several pedagogical projects & publications focused on how experiential learning can help students better analyze the Spanish comedia through non-traditional means. She co-edited the volume Social Justice in Spanish Golden Age Theater (University of Toronto Press).  

Erin Alice Cowling is an Associate Professor at MacEwan University in Canada. Her research focus is on modern adaptations of early modern Spanish texts, particularly as they can speak to twenty-first-century issues of social justice and characters of the Other. She is the winner of the 2022 Matthew Stroud Comedia Article Prize for her article “Representing the Unrepresentable: A One-Man Retelling of Cervantes’s Entremeses.” She is a co-editor of Social Justice in Spanish Golden Age Theater, and author of Chocolate: How a New World Commodity Conquered Spanish Literature, both available from University of Toronto Press.

Natalia Soracipa is a Colombian actress pursuing her Ph.D. in Language, Literature, and Culture from the University of Calgary, Canada. Her research focuses on implementing theatre techniques in the teaching of Spanish as a second language and on studying Spanish Golden Age literature.

During her doctoral studies at the University of Calgary, she developed the Theatre Techniques for the Teaching of Spanish and Culture (TTSC) model, a pedagogical framework consisting of three stages: theatre games, the study of physical actions based on Stanislavski's System, and creative writing. Through this model, she integrates performance-based methodologies with language and cultural learning, creating engaging and meaningful educational experiences.

Natalia's goal is to create inclusive spaces in Canada where Hispanic language and culture can be explored through theatre and literature. Since 2023, she has collaborated with the Siglo Latinx project as a social media manager and research assistant. Her passion for collaborative and creative research continues to inspire her work with Siglo Latinx, where she seeks to strengthen the dialogue between academic scholarship and artistic practice while expanding opportunities for community engagement.