The Riverside Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

She heads the MFA Directing Program at The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago, where she lives with her husband, playwright Carlos Murillo and their teens Eva Rose and Carlos Alejandro.ĭanielle is a costume designer, artist, and curator. She is a founding member of the Latinx Theatre Commons and serves on the Director’s Circle of the Drama League. Portes serves on the board of Theatre Communications Group (TCG) and the Executive Board of the Stage Directors Society.

She is a proud recipient of the SDC Zelda Fichandler Award for Directors. Recent projects include the world premiere of Laughs in Spanish by Alexis Scheer (Denver Center), Quixote Nuevo by Octavio Solís (Roundhouse Theatre and Denver Center) and Clean/Espejos by Christine Quintana (South Coast Rep). New York credits include productions at Playwrights Horizons and Soho Rep and developmental work at the Flea, New York Theatre Workshop and The Public Theatre. In Chicago she has directed for American Blues, Goodman Theatre, Next Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Silk Road Rising, Steppenwolf Theatre, Timeline Theatre, and Teatro Vista. She has created work regionally for California Shakespeare Theatre, Children’s Theatre Company, Cincinnati Playhouse, Denver Center, Guthrie Theatre, the Kennedy Center, Olney Theatre, Round House Theatre and South Coast Repertory Theatre. Lisa Portes is an award-winning, Chicago-based director.

The Riverside Shakespeare by William Shakespeare