Pau Zabaleta Llauger is a Catalan performing artist, director, and teacher working across theater, movement, objects, and film.

He holds a BFA in acting from the Institut del Teatre (2002-06) in Barcelona and DAMU (2007) in Prague, and an MFA in Contemporary Theater and Performance from The New School (2026) in New York.  

His last work a director and performer is [el] LIVING (2026) performed at the stage of The School of Drama.

He performed across Europe and Moscow with the Czech-Finnish ensemble KREPSKO directed by Linnea Happonen from 2007 to 2019, appearing in Mad Cup of Tea (2007), Dronte (2009), Bistro Beyond (2012), Edgar’s Echo (2016), and Illuminium (2018), among other Krepsko productions and cabarets. While in Europe he collaborated with Martina Cabanas Collell, Centre de Titelles de Lleida, Carlota Subirós and others.

As a freelance artist, he later moved overseas, first to Oaxaca, Mexico, in 2021, where he continued performing, directing, and teaching. His projects there include Lo más cercano se aleja (2021), Hrusibani (2021), Te quiero, la casa está hecha un desastre (2022), and La lletjor (2022).

He mo
ved to New York in 2023 where he has collaborated as an actor in Subterranean Memories (2024) directed by Irina Kruzhilina and UNSAY (2025) directed by Moira Zhang.
As a choreographer associate on Terror Is the Order of the Day (2025)at The Flea Theater directed by Tea Alagić and as a devising asistant on SpaceBridge (2025) directed by Irina Kruzhilina at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. He worked as movement director alongside Irina Kruzhilina and as an actor in Notice to Appear (2025), first shown as a work in progress at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club.

He is a Teaching Artist with Pink Fang.

His work blends visual poetry with dark humor, crafting delicate yet unsettling stage worlds where the fragile, the playful, and the melancholic coexist.

He has dipped his toes in film making and has directed a few experimental films two short narrative films: Behind Closed Doors (2024) and Teto (2024) and as an actor can be seen in About the Beginning (2023) a feature film directed by Amulio Espinosa and produced by PineCone.


Interview at Bold Journey January 22, 2025




KREPSKO (2007 - 2019)

directed by Linnea Happonen

I was an invited artist with the International Theater Group Krepsko for over a decade from 2007 until 2019.

nternational theatre group 
KREPSKO 
was founded in 2001 in Prague.

Starting with outrageous and brave improvisations, 
KREPSKO has created their own unique theatrical language 
based on enchanting atmospheres, dark fairytales 
and absurd tragicomical moments. 

They use aspects of circus and puppet 
theatre to tell stories without words 
and to reach the deepest secrets 
and emotions of the audience. 

KREPSKO
has created more than 20 reprising shows,
performed all around the world 
and garnered numerous awards. 
Mad cup of Tea (2007)

Dronte (2007)

Bistro Beyond (2012)

Edgard’s Echo (2016)

Gertrude Will Nicht Tanzen (2018)

Illuminium (2019)