Director, Quixote Nuevo
Lisa Portes is an award-winning director, leader, educator and advocate. She is a co-founder of the Latinx Theatre Commons and serves on the the executive board of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) and on the Directors Council of the Drama League. She is an alum of the Board of Theatre Communications Group (TCG). Her work has been seen regionally at Cal Shakes, Cincinnati Playhouse, Denver Center, Goodman Theatre, Guthrie Theatre, Olney Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Seattle Rep, South Coast Repertory Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, and Victory Gardens Theatre. In New York she has developed and/or directed new work for Soho Rep, Playwrights Horizons, the Public, and New York Theatre Workshop. In 2016 she was honored with the SDC Zelda Fichandler Award for Directors. She was the first freelance director to be so honored. She serves as Chair of the UCSD Department of Theatre & Dance and is a proud alum of UCSD’s MFA Directing program. lisaportes.com