Isabella Madrigal

Isabella Dionne Madrigal (Cahuilla/Turtle Mountain Ojibwe) is a writer, director, and actor. She is a 2025 Sundance Native Lab Fellow and co-leads the Luke Madrigal Indigenous Storytelling Nonprofit. A graduate of Harvard College, she is a recipient of the Yale Young Native Playwrights Contest, the Center for Native American Youth’s Champion for Change Award, and the First Peoples Fund’s Native Performing Arts Fellowship. Her play MENIL AND HER HEART was recently included on Native Theater Project’s list of 15 recommended #MMIR plays. Her work often centers ancestral wisdom, healing, and Indigenous futurisms. 

Courses and Content

Insider Session

Insider Session: Applying to the Sundance Institute Native Lab

With: Isabella Madrigal and 3 more

Insider Session: Applying to the Sundance Institute Native Lab

With: Isabella Madrigal, Jared Lank, Adam Piron and Erica Elson