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The Maleducadas theater collective emerged in 2012 out of the members’ deep necessity to tell stories to represent and identify themselves. Comprised of women who’ve trained as performing artists, the collective aims to bring theater closer to many more people, especially women, trans and gender dissident people and also women with disabilities. Therefore, they have given workshops and put on plays with these populations.

During 2023, they faced a new request, deaf women asked them to make their plays accessible to them, which made visible the need for resources to make this possible. They applied for a grant from UAF that would allow them to transform their art.

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