My next project is La Gringa by Carmen Rivera showing as an immersive theater experience at Experience Theatre Project in Aloha, OR. I’m so proud to be directing this landmark piece of Latine theatre during it’s 30th anniversary year. Tickets and more information can be found here.
November 13 - 22 -2026 La Gringa by Carmen Rivera
Carmen Rivera's celebrated play celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2026! La Gringa, follows a young Puerto Rican-American woman from New York on her journey to Puerto Rico to connect with her roots, only to realize that true belonging and cultural identity are matters of the heart and spirit rather than geography. Presented in Spanish with English subtitles.
I’ve accepted the role of Director of Community Engagement at El Centro Milagro in Portland, OR. You can find more information about the events I plan, coordinate and collaborate on to center Latino culture and community here.
Current Projects
Above: Photo Credit: Gracie Chavez. Lauren Gunderson, The Revolutionists Director: Leslie Stamoolis. Performance by Mia Torres. Gonzaga University, 2024.
Recent Projects
My hands appear in Dawn Jones Redstone’s new short film Hostile Work Environment.
I appeared in Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s Los Empeños de una Casa in February-March 2026.
In March 2026, I’ll directed staged readings of Las Mujeres by Erlina Ortiz, and Laughs in Spanish by Alexis Scheer.
I directed the world premiere of Carissa Atallah’s Brown Face in May 2026.
In Fall 2025, I portrayed Cassie in Sunstone Theatre’s production of The Grown-Ups, by Skylar Fox and Simon Henriques, directed by Roman Sanchez.
In the spring of 2025, I starred in Gonzaga University’s new advertising campaign: Lead the Way.
In Spring 2025, I appeared in SparkPlug Theatre’s “Moments of Reckoning” for the 2025 Fertile Ground Festival.
In the winter of 2025, I directed, translated and revived Dañel Malán’s play, FRIDA (un retablo) at Milagro Theatre in Portland, Oregon. The play was a record-breaking success, with more sold out shows during the production’s run than Milagro has had in over 10 years.
In Fall 2024, I Stage Managed the rolling world premiere of Bernardo Cubria’s new play The Hispanic/Latina/Latino/LatinX/Latine Vote!
With Sam Moorhouse, I co-directed a short film written by Lily Franklin centered around the character “Ismene” from Sophocles’s play Antigone. It won the first prize in the “Out of Chaos Playing Antigone” film contest. The film can be watched here, and more information about the film competition can be found here.
As part of my Theatre and Honors Capstone Project, I wrote a play and directed a workshop that culminated in a staged reading on April 27th 2024. The play is a modern adaptation inspired by William Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well. It’s concerned with queer representation, female empowerment, and making classic texts more welcoming and accessible to modern audiences. It’s intended for “younger” audiences as a way to introduce them to Shakespeare’s other, less popular side. Additionally, I created a dramaturgical document with analytical readings of the original play and created other materials to prepare my play for production.
For my English Literature Senior Project, in November 2023, I completed an article-length paper concerned with the reception ofLorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun and surveys the reception of contemporary Black plays such as: Ain’t No Mo, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, and A Strange Loop. It was published in the Gonzaga University Student Journal: Charter.
In December 2023, I directed Arthur Miller’s short play, Elegy for a Lady. It was presented at Gonzaga University’s Directing II Showcase.
I portrayed the character “Maria,” a ballerina “with a touch of the xiety” in a short student film directed by Claire Ianetta under the working title, “She’s Having Trouble.” You can see an early version of the film here.
I portrayed the character “Olympe de Gouge” in The Revolutionists in a staged reading of the play at Gonzaga University on February 29th-March 1st 2024.
I assistant directed and appeared as “Narrator” in Blake Anthony Edward’s TYA adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey at Gonzaga University on March 22nd-27th 2024.
Above Photo Credit: Rachel Gotvald. Arthur Miller, Elegy for a Lady. Director: Mia Torres. Performance by Chloe Olsen and Reese D’Ambrosio. Gonzaga University, 2023.