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Lisa Rothe

Lisa Rothe is a freelance theater director, coach and educator. She was nominated for SDC's Joe A. Callaway Award for Direction for Hold These Truths by Jeanne Sakata, starring Joel De La Fuente, which has toured the country andwon Theatre Bay Area Awards for Outstanding Direction, Performer and Production. Recent directing work includes:Belly of the Beast by Margaret Vandenburg (presented by TodayTix, 3AD & New York Theatre Workshop); Steel Magnolias (The Guthrie Theatre);Fun Home and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Kansas City Repertory Theater);Amber Waves (Indiana Repertory Theatre); Irish Repertory Theatre,  Cincinnati Playhouse, Theatreworks Silicon Valley (nominated for 8 Bay Area Critics Circle Awards), Two River Theater, People’s Light and Playmakers Repertory Theatre, among others. Future: Pericles (adaptation by Ellen McLaughlin) for Next Chapter Podcasts; The Names We Gave Him by Ellen McLaughlin and Peter Foley (Montclair State University); Hold These Truths  (Heritage Theatre); Another Revolution (Gulf Shore Playhouse). 

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Previously, Lisa was theDirector of New Works at Kansas City Repertory Theatre, co-Artistic Director of The Actor's Center in NYC, co-President of the League of Professional Theatre Women, a Usual Suspect with New York Theatre Workshop, member of the National Theater Conference, an Artistic Affiliate and former Audrey Fellow with New Georges, Drama League and Fox Fellow alum. She was also the Director of Global Exchange at The Lark for over five years, providing expanded opportunities for playwrights, aimed at advancing new work to production, both nationally and globally.