Elizabeth Herrera

Director
elizabethherrera1417@gmail.com​ / (817) 428 - 6200

Selected Theatre Experience ​(Play, Playwright, Position, Theatre, Date)

Select Poems and Short ScenesFestival of the Kid Director Stage West 2019
Coming Home* Devised Director Irving High School 2018
Patchwork* Devised Director,Self Produced the Distillery Theatre Co. 2018
Ping Pong!* Devised Director the Distillery Theatre Co. 2018
A Privilege Project* Devised Director ,Self Produced the Distillery Theatre Co. 2017
Dead Man’s Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl Director University of Dallas 2017
The Happy Journey to Trenton
and Camden by Thornton WIlder Director University of Dallas 2016
Vanities by Jack Heifner Director Grapevine High School 2017
Speed Date by Janet Allard Director Grapevine High School 2017
Are You Now or Have You Ever by Carlyle Brown Assistant Director Stage West 2019
Been
Reckless by Craig Lucas Assistant Director Grapevine High School 2017
Beauty and the Beast book Linda Woolverton Assistant Director Grapevine High School 2017
Shrek the Musical book ​David Lindsay-Abaire Tech. Director Irving High School 2018
Tracks by Peter Tarsi Tech. Director Irving High School 2018
The Drowsy Chaperone book B.Martin and D. McKellar​Tech. Director Irving High School 2017
Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman Tech. Director Irving High School 2017
Vigil in Gethsemane by Zeina Masri Tech. Director University of Dallas 2017
Titus Andronicus by Shakespeare Scenic Shakespeare Theatre of NJ 2018
The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni Scenic Shakespeare Theatre of NJ 2018
Edward V by Shakespeare Set Design Shakespeare Theatre of NJ 2018
The Liar ​ Dir. David Denson by David Ives Production SM University of Dallas 2017
A Measure for Measure by Shakespeare ASM University of Dallas 2016
Mary Stuart adap.Peter Oswald ASM University of Dallas 2015
The Bald Soprano by Ionesco ASM University of Dallas 2014
Wanda’s Visit by Durang Cost. Design University of Dallas 2015
A Marriage Has Been Arranged by Alfred Sufro Cost. Design University of Dallas 2016
Purgatorio by Ariel Dworfman Lighting Design University of Dallas 2017
The Bear by Chekhov Lighting Design University of Dallas 2016

Education and Training

Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, ​Madison NJ​ - ​Technical Direction Intern 2018
Children’s Theatre Company, ​Minneapolis, MN​ - ​Theatre Arts Training Education Intern 2016
University of Dallas,​ Irving, TX - B.A. in Drama, Concentration in Education, Cum Laude 2013-2017
Recipient: President’s Scholarship, Alumni Association Rome Scholarship, Education Senior Award
Study Abroad semester in Rome, Italy 2015
Northlake Community College, ​Irving TX ​-​ Stagecraft ​2017
Harvard Summer School Program​, ​Cambridge, MA - Musical Theatre 2011

Leadership
Auditorium Manager Irving High School 2017-Present
Technical Theatre Teacher Irving High School 2017-Present
The Distillery Theatre Co. Artistic Director 2017-Present

(* world premiere)