Our Team

A team built around process, trust, and shared responsibility.

Diego Pileggi

Diego Pileggi is an Italian theatre director, actor and pedagogue, and the founder and artistic director of Jubilo Foundation, an international theatre company dedicated to physical theatre, ensemble-based practices and socially engaged performance.

He obtained an MA in Acting from Manchester Metropolitan University (2011) and a degree in Communication Sciences (Theatre) from Università degli Studi di Milano (2007). His artistic path developed at the intersection of physical theatre, theatre-dance and performance research through encounters with influential artists and pedagogues such as Eugenio Barba, Roberta Carreri, Iben Nagel Rasmussen, Marcello Magni and Danio Manfredini, as well as through collaboration with the ensemble of Song of the Goat Theatre. These experiences shaped an approach rooted in the deep connection between body, voice and presence, with particular attention to the psychophysical training of the actor and the creative process within the ensemble.

Since 2013 he has collaborated with the Grotowski Institute in Wrocław, where he developed research and training activities focused on physical theatre and ensemble practices. Between 2012 and 2022 he worked there as a collaborator and resident artist, participating in international research and artistic projects.

In 2011 he founded Jubilo Foundation, through which he develops artistic and educational projects across Europe, combining performance creation with cultural research and social engagement. The company’s work often involves marginalized communities, including inmates, refugees, ethnic minorities and people with disabilities.

In 2014 he co-founded the theatre project Unlocking, developed in collaboration with the Grotowski Institute and dedicated to inmates of the prisons of Wrocław and Świdnica in Poland. Within this framework he directed performances and performative installations such as Reflection (2015), Cain (2019), Cain in Absentia (2019–2020) and Odgrodzenie (2021), while also developing theatre training programmes for inmates, academic research collaborations and international exchanges. The project also led to the creation of Granice/Borders, the first European Festival of Theatre in Prison (2021).

As a director with Jubilo he created works including On the Other Side (2021), On the Other Side / Passage (2020), On the Other Side: Concert for Piano and Silences (2019), Reflection (2015), Black Night White Day (2015) and Hidden Cities – Concert of Traditional Songs (2015). His work has been supported by European cultural programmes such as Creative Europe and Erasmus+, and presented in collaboration with theatres, universities and cultural institutions across Europe.

Alongside his artistic work, Pileggi regularly leads workshops, laboratories and advanced training programmes for actors and performers internationally, sharing his research on ensemble work, embodied knowledge and the integration of voice, movement and music in contemporary performance.

Kasia Pieniawska

Visual artist, graphic designer, space architect. She collaborates with Jubilo Foundation as a scenographer, designing and building scenographies for performances as well as the visual identity of the company. She is the author of the scenic and graphic design of the award-winning performance ”Cain” and of the trilogy of the ”On the other side” project. Author of the graphic design and visual identity of the Festival Borders, held inWroclaw in 2021. She designed and collaborated on the creation of Scena na Kleczkowskiej, a theatre space situated in Prison n.1 of Wroclaw, transformed from a cell into a theater venue. Since 2022 she lives in Italy where she is developing projects of land art, expanding her work in the research and construction of spacial installations deeply connected with the environment and the landscape of the territory.

Lorenzo Volpi Lutteri

Lorenzo Volpi Lutteri is an internationally renowned director and actor, and a graduate of the prestigious Scuola del Piccolo Teatro in Milan. For more than twenty years he has conducted research in theatre, dance theatre, and the expressive potential of the performing body and voice, creating performances that bring together classical and avant-garde European traditions.His artistic development has been shaped by encounters and collaborations with some of the most outstanding European masters of theatre and dance, including Giorgio Strehler, Luca Ronconi, Peter Brook, and Carolyn Carlson, as well as through work under the guidance of Enrico D’Amato, Bruce Myers, Yoshi Oida, Marisa Flach, Michele Abbondanza, Antonella Bertoni, and Iva Formigoni.

His practice is rooted in the classical principles of European theatre pedagogy, particularly those of Jacques Copeau, Bertolt Brecht, and Horace Costa, giving his work both formal rigor and conceptual depth. As an actor, he has taken part in international and national productions directed, among others, by Giorgio Strehler, Luca Ronconi, Roberto Guicciardini, and Abbondanza/Bertoni.

Among his most recent significant works are the recital Shakespeare Memories and Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, directed by Christian Poggioni, both widely praised for their precision in acting, dramaturgical sensitivity, and innovative approach to stage form. In collaboration with the Jubilo Foundation, Lorenzo Volpi Lutteri directed the performances Bez Skrzydeł (“Wingless”) and ELEGIA, in which he combines the rigor of classical European theatre with stage experimentation, deep work with the body and voice, and the search for new languages of expression.

Joshua Doerksen

Joshua Doerksen is an actor and performer, as well as one of the founding members of the Jubilo Foundation. He completed his acting studies at the University of Vancouver and later obtained a Master’s degree in Acting at Song of the Goat Theatre in collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University (2007). He has collaborated with Studio Matejka and was one of the founders of the artistic group Odra Ensemble. In his artistic practice, he combines acting, composition, and sound design, which makes him a key creative contributor to Jubilo’s performances and workshops. As a performer, with Jubilo, he appeared in the performances: Black Night/White Day, Concert of traditional songs directed by Diego Pileggi and Wingless/Bez skrzydeł, ELEGIA directed by Lorenzo Volpi Lutteri. Within Jubilo, he leads educational activities, including vocal and performative workshops, exploring the interaction between individual and collective voice, notably in the project CHORÓS: Chorality, Polyphony, Relation. Doerksen also participated in the research program BodyConstitution at the Grotowski Institute, within the activities of the company. His experience in sound design and stage music supports the artistic mission of the Jubilo, contributing to the development of an inclusive, collective, and socially engaged theatre practice.

Aleksandra Gronowska

Graduate of the Academy of Theatre Practice at the Gardzienice Theatre in Lublin (PL) and the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław (PL) at the Faculty of Photography and Multimedia Art. As an actress and vocalist, over the years she has collaborated with theatres and groups such as: the Gardzienice Theatre Practice Centre (PL), Teatro Koreja (IT), the World Music Orchestra at the National Forum of Music in Wrocław (PL), the Jubilo Foundation (PL), the Clay Songs music project (PL), the Mercury Theatre (GB), Interkunst (DE), the Witkacy Theatre in Słupsk (PL), and many others.

Composer of theatre and film music. She has collaborated with theatres and collectives such as: the Wrocław Pantomime Theatre, the Wrocław Contemporary Theatre, the Maska Theatre in Rzeszów, the Polish Radio Theatre, the Witkacy Theatre in Słupsk, Helena Modrzejewska Theatre in Legnica, Baltic Dramatic Theatre in Koszalin, Wojciech Bogusławski Theatre in Kalisz, Academy of Theatre Arts, Dance Department in Bytom, The People’s Theatre in Krakow, and the Witold Gombrowicz Municipal Theatre in Gdynia, TESSEN Collective, and School of Combat Fans, Jubilo Foundation, Aurora Collective.

She also co-created music for short films by the Bui Film duo, and (together with the KOSY band) for the film “Day and Night” directed by Kasia Machałek and Łukasz Machowski. Founder, vocalist, and instrumentalist of the KOSY band. The band has won several awards at music festivals. KOSY were also part of the official selection of the most important world festival World Music WOMEX 2021, representing Wrocław as the first band from Lower Silesia in the history of this festival. After their success in Porto (Portugal), international stages also opened up for the band. They gave concerts in Switzerland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Scotland, and Austria, among others.

The band has released two albums so far: the debut “Siew” (2022), and the LP “Siew Symfonicznie” (2023), KOSY with the Sudecka Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Agnieszka Franków Żelazny, orchestrated by Łukasz Bzowski.

Pietro Rigamonti

Pietro Rigamonti is a composer and musician whose work arises from a deep sensitivity to art understood as a place of memory, symbol, and transformation. His research interweaves sound, matter, and image, developing an artistic language capable of evoking stories and memories through sensory experience. In his projects he has often explored the symbolic dimension of materials and space, creating scenic devices and performative environments in which visual and sonic elements become instruments of emotional and ritual experience.

Alongside his musical practice, he has developed a background in design: he graduated in Industrial Product Design from the Politecnico di Milano (2011–2018) and took part in the Samsung Maestros Academy at IED Milan (2014–2015).

His artistic path has also been enriched through experiences in performative research, including the Controcanto Laboratory of Jubilo Foundation (2022–2025) and the Seminario d’Azione Autunnale with Compagnia Abbondanza/Bertoni (2025). He is currently continuing his artistic training with Jubilo, deepening his research in vocal, musical, and performative work.

In 2025 he made his debut with Jubilo, taking part in the project Il loro grido è la mia voce, initiating an artistic collaboration that intertwines music, stage practice, and performative research.

Rafał Habel-Bloodgood

Rafał Habel-Bloodgood is a Polish actor, musician, vocalist, and theatre pedagogue with over twenty-five years of professional experience in ensemble-based physical music theatre. His work is grounded in long-term collaborative practice and in the exploration of the relationships between movement, voice, rhythm, and live music as a form of artistic research.

His artistic path developed through sustained ensemble work as an original member of the Polish theatre company Song of the Goat Theatre (1996–2018). This period shaped his approach to performance through collective creation, physical listening, and musical dramaturgy, and continues to influence his independent work, in which process and shared exploration remain central.

Since 2019 Rafał has focused on international collaborations that combine performance-making, research, and intercultural dialogue. Among these is Uninteresting Scream (2019–2022), developed in collaboration with Greek actors, which marked the beginning of his ongoing artistic relationship with the Greek performing arts community. He later participated in Body Without Body / Bacchae (2020), directed by Rinio Kyriazi as part of the International Laboratory of Ancient Drama. His most recent projects in Athens include AISO – Άϊζο (2023) and βαδιζοντας (Walking), premiered in 2025.

Alongside his performance work in Greece, Rafał shares his practice through workshops and training courses at Athenian institutions such as the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation and the Dilos Theatre School.

In parallel with his artistic work, Rafał maintains a consistent pedagogical practice. He taught in the MA Acting program organized in collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University (2004–2012) and has led workshops and masterclasses across Europe and the United States. His teaching focuses on ensemble awareness, attentive listening, improvisation, and the transmission of embodied knowledge.

Rafał is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist and composer who works with kora, birbyne, psalteries, flutes, and percussion. His practice connects traditional musical sources with contemporary performance processes, emphasizing artistic exchange between cultures. It also includes the creation of sound from scenographic and spatial elements, treating the performance space as a musical partner.

Martina Storani

Martina Storani is the scientific advisor of Jubilo Foundation and a researcher in contemporary and
social theater. She has been a steady collaborator with the foundation since 2018 through her
research activities and by providing organizational support for workshops and events.
She earned her PhD in Theatre Studies in 2021 with a thesis focused on theater in prison, and since 2022, she has been a lecturer in Theories and Techniques of Social Theater at Sapienza University of Rome. Alongside her ongoing research into theater in correctional facilities, she is a research fellow at Roma Tre University for 2025 as part of the project “Women, Theater, Fascism” (PRIN 2022).

In addition to various essays and monographs, she has published research findings regarding the Jubilo experience in the following works: Storia del teatro in carcere in Italia. Teorie ed esperienze (Bulzoni, Rome 2025); La formazione dell’attore nel teatro carcere: l’esperienza di Fundacja Jubilo, in G. Di Palma and I. Scaturro (eds.), Per-formare il sociale, Vol. III: La pedagogia nel teatro sociale (Bulzoni, Rome 2023); and La pedagogia nel teatro carcere. Metodi e strategie formative di Valentina Esposito e Diego Pileggi, in «Biblioteca Teatrale», no. 137, January-June 2022.