Annalisa Dias is a Goan-American transdisciplinary artist, community organizer, and award-winning theater-maker working at the intersection of racial justice and care for the earth. She is a co-founder of Groundwater Arts and a co-director of HERE Arts Center. Prior to joining HERE, Annalisa was director of artistic partnerships and innovation at Baltimore Center Stage.

Previously, she has been acting creative producer and a producing playwright with The Welders, a DC playwright's collective; and a co-founder of the DC Coalition for Theatre & Social Justice.

Annalisa's work has been produced or developed by arts institutions across the US and UK, and her artistic work has taken her to South Africa, India, Malawi, Arctic Norway, and more. Annalisa frequently teaches theatre of the oppressed and decolonization workshops and is a sought-after speaker about race, identity, and performance.