Lisa Portes

Director

LISA PORTES serves as the head of directing and the artistic director of Chicago Playworks for Young Audiences for The Theatre School. Primarily a director of new American work, her recent projects include: the world premieres of Ghostwritten by Naomi Iizuka (Goodman Theatre), After 100 Years by Naomi Iizuka (Guthrie Theatre), and Ski Dubai by Laura Jacqmin (Steppenwolf Theatre, First Look Repertory of New Work). New York credits include: Wilder by Erin Cressida Wilson and the Red Clay Ramblers (Playwrights Horizons), How to Write While You Sleep by Madeleine Olnek, Hurricane by Erin Wilson and Fur by Migdalia Cruz (Soho Rep). A director of new American plays and musicals, Lisa has directed numerous readings and workshops in such development programs as Sundance Summer Theatre Lab, Vineyard Arts Project, Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference, New Stages at Goodman Theatre, New Work Now at the Public Theatre, Mondays@3 at New York Theatre Workshop, the Cherry Lane Alternative, Hispanic Playwrights Project at South Coast Repertory Theatre, the McCarter Theatre Lab, and the Cape Cod Theatre Project. Lisa is an artistic associate at Next Theatre and Chicago Children’s Theatre. Awards include the NEA/TCG Career Development Grant, the Drama League Directing Fellowship and a Fulbright/Hays award. She received her M.F.A. in directing from the University of California, San Diego.

Appears in
Wilder