Eddie Torres

Actor

Eddie Torres has directed The Old Globe’s El Borracho, Familiar, Native Gardens, Water by the Spoonful, and two readings for the Powers New Voices Festival: What You Are (2017) and El Borracho (2020). He also one of the most recent fellows of The Old Globe Classical Directing Fellowship. Torres directed the podcast of Macbeth for NEXT Podcast and the Play On Shakespeare series. He directed the world premiere of Kristoffer Diaz’s The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Victory Gardens Theater/Teatro Vista), named Best Play of 2009 by The Chicago Tribune and garnered Joseph Jefferson Awards for Best Production – Play and Best Director – Play. He has also directed at theatres Including Geffen Playhouse, Second Stage Theatre, Goodman Theatre, The Public Theater, Repertorio Español, and more. His other awards include Latin ACE Award for Best Musical and the Artistas de Teatro Independiente Award for Best Director. Torres serves as an Assistant Professor of Practice in Theater at Wesleyan University, and is Artistic Director Emeritus at Teatro Vista. As a performer, he was in Downstate, at both Steppenwolf Theatre Company and the National Theatre in London.

Appears in
Downstate