Jacinta Yelland

Jacinta Yelland is an Australian theatre performer, creator and teacher based in Philadelphia. Jacinta has collaborated with companies across Australia and America including David Gordon, Quintessence Theatre Group, Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists, Philadelphia Artists’ Collective, Tribe of Fools, Almanac Dance Circus Theatre, and Visual Expressions. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Devised Performance from University of the Arts/Pig Iron Theatre Company, a Bachelor of Creative Industries: Drama from Queensland University of Technology, and was supported by Arts Queensland to study at École Philippe Gaulier, Paris. Jacinta is co-artistic director of inFLUX Theatre Collective, whose debut show, The Choice, won the Philly Fringies Award for Theatre at the 2021 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Her projects have been supported by Australia Council for the Arts, Network of Ensemble Theaters, City of Philadelphia, and American Australian Association.