Antonia Pereira Bezerra is an actress, playwright, associate professor III at UFBA. She has been Coordinator of the Arts/Music Area at CAPES. She participates in the research groups DRAMATIS and GIPE-CIT. She holds an MA (DEA) in French Literature from the Université de Toulouse II, Le Mirail (1994); PhD in Lettres Modernes from the University of Toulouse II, Le Mirail (1999) and Postdoctoral in Dramaturgy from Université du Québec à Montréal/UQAM (2006). She coordinated the Graduate Program in Performing Arts – PPGAC/UFBA (2007-2009 and 2009-2011). She was also the second secretary elected for the 2000/2002 biennium of the Brazilian Association of Research and Graduate Studies in Performing Arts (ABRACE). With experience in Theater and Dramaturgy, especially in Comparative Literature, she works with the following topics: drama, actor, art research and creation.