Alina Rios is a multidisciplinary artist and maker of immersive experiences that bridge physical theatre and art installation. She works with text, spatial audio, and movement.
Her writing has been published in places like On the Seawall, Camroc Press Review, Apex Magazine, and Interfictions, set to music by Nicole Truesdell, and performed on stages both sides of the Atlantic.
Alina is the founder of Bracken literary magazine was the Editor-in-Chief and then Art Editor through 2022.
In 2023, she was a Dramatist Guild Foundation National Fellowship Finalist and a quarterfinalist in the ScreenCraft Stage Play Competition.
She was the writer and collaborator with Anastasia Vorotnikova on short film pressed/bluebells which premiered in Cannes in 2022 as part of Straight8 competition. In 2022, she was the writer and executive producer on short film Soot Darlings, which was an official selection at Video Art & Experimental Film Festival (VAEFF) 2024.
In 2023, Alina trained with Frantic Assembly in London. Later that year, she started Verbooom physical theatre company in Seattle.
In 2024, she wrote, directed, produced, and was a voice actor in URGE, Verbooom’s inaugural production. She also wrote for Dragonslayer, an immersive experience directed by Audrey Rachelle (Punchdrunk International) and Alex Oliva (The McKittrick) and directed Strange, Fucked Up, Kind of Beautiful for 12 Minutes Max at The Base.
In 2025, she created Cabinet of Fathers, an interactive installation at CoCA Seattle, as part of the Byproduct & Prototype show.
She edits other people’s work and helps them get unstuck. See Creative Check-ins.
She’s a member of Writers Guild of Great Britain.
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