Gloria Miguel
actor and Westbeth’s newest Icon

Gloria Miguel actor, and co-founder of the celebrated Spiderwoman Theater which introduced the Native American experience to audiences in America and all over the world.

Gloria Miguel started out in show business at an early age in circus sideshows with her family. Decades later, in the mid-’70s, Gloria and her sister Elizabeth (Lisa Mayo) joined up with their sister Muriel in forming Spiderwoman Theater. Spiderwoman has been delighting and educating audiences with plays about women’s issues and indigenous matters ever since, both in North America and overseas. Their productions include Women in Violence, Lysistrata Numbah!, Sun, Moon and Feather, Reverb-ber-ber-rations, Power Pipes, and Winnetou’s Snake Oil Show from Wigwam City. In addition to her work in theatre and film, Gloria Miguel has taught drama, led workshops, and served as a drama consultant. She and her sisters each received an honorary doctorate of fine arts from Miami University in 1997. Gloria continues to perform.

More info on Gloria at: Profile in Art

The Westbeth Artists Residents Council created the Icons Project to honor the Westbeth artists who continue to work in the arts and are an inspiration to others.