Jill Pangallo is an actor, writer, and producer. Her multidisciplinary body of work includes solo performance, stand-up, performance art, dance, digital content, theater, TV and film.

Rooted in a lineage of DIY, alt cabaret, and nightlife aesthetics, Jill Pangallo’s work values risk, resourcefulness, and an openness to imperfection. Across projects, she explores questions of identity, visibility, and belonging, using humor as both an entry point and an equalizer, transforming discomfort into connection and revealing truth through laughter.

Based in New York City, Pangallo has written, produced, and performed an extensive body of solo work at venues including Joe’s Pub, the wild project, and most recently La MaMa, where she premiered Swallows, a seven-actor play she wrote, fully fund-raised and co-produced. Her decades-long practice spans performance, video, and digital media, including web-based projects (Your Main Thing, JW Anderson’s JWA‑TV, forthcoming Blind Contour w/ Anni Rossi), long-running collaborations (The HoHos, Jane Johnson, Jason & Jill), curatorial projects (The Way We Were, Followspot) and a visual arts movement-duo with artist Alex P. White as SKOTE.

Pangallo holds an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin (Transmedia/Performance), a BFA from Parsons School of Design (Communication Design), and a BA from Eugene Lang College (Psychology). She has trained at UCB, Atlantic Acting School, and General Assembly. She is a NYSCA FY2025 grantee and has been awarded grants from The Idea Fund, City of Austin’s Art in Public Places, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and the University of Texas.