Ilion Troya is a member of The Living Theatre, the experimental theatre company founded by Judith Malina and Julian Beck in New York in 1947. As a company member, Troya  performed in many plays, provided design for multiple shows, and translated several of its works into other languages. His credits with The Living Theatre include: LEGACY OF CAIN (1971), STRIKE SUPPORT ORATORIUM (1973), SEVEN MEDITATIONS (1973), THE MONEY TOWER (1975), SIX PUBLIC ACTS (1975), WHERE DO WE COME FROM? WHERE DO WE GO? WHY ARE WE HERE? (1977), PROMETHEUS IN THE WINTER PALACE (1978), ANTIGONE (1979), MASSE MENSCH (THE ONE AND THE MANY) (1980), THE YELLOW METHUSELAH (1982), THE ARCHEOLOGY OF SLEEP(1983), THE LIVING THEATRE RETROSPECTACLE (1986), US (1987), POLAND 1931 (1988), THE TABLETS (1989), I AND I (1989), THE BODY OF GOD (1990), GERMAN REQUIEM (1990), RULES OF CIVILITY AND DECENT BEHAVIOR  IN COMPANY AND IN CONVERSATION (1991), WASTE (1991), THE ZERO METHOD (1992), ANARCHIA (1993), UTOPIA (1996), and RED NOIR (2010).

Troya was born in Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil. He wrote and staged plays as a child and attended theatre in nearby São Paulo, an important cultural center. In 1971, he became involved with The Living Theatre, which was then on tour in Brazil, after seeing their performance in Rio Claro. He worked with the Company in Pittsburgh in 1975 and from then on, toured Europe with the ensemble for ten years, playing a crucial role as a performer, activist, designer and translator. In 1984, the company moved to New York where they continued to produce works at several venues including The Joyce Theater, Theater for the New City, Charas Community Center, La MaMa E.T.C, and in its own spaces at East 3rd Street and Avenue C (1989-1992), and at Clinton Street (2007-2013). After the 1970’s The Living Theatre, often performed on the streets and alternative spaces, engaging members in conversation with the community around pressing political issues in Brazil, Europe and the US. Most recently, Troya was instrumental in the creation of the Exhibition Living Theatre, Present!, which ran from October 2017 to January 2018 at SESC Consolação, in São Paulo, and translated Judith Malina’s, “The Piscator Notebook” Into Portuguese, published by Edições SESC - São Paulo, on that occasion. He continues to serve on the International Board of The Living Theatre and to translate and write about the Company’s achievements.