LISA DiFRANZA - Director
Selected Full Productions Directed
Leaner Than Light, by Lisa Schlesinger, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Over the Tavern, by Tom Dudzick, Portland Stage Company, Portland, ME
As You Like It, by William Shakespeare, Stage at Spring Point, Portland, ME
The Price, by Arthur Miller, Portland Stage Company, Portland, ME
The Miser, by Moliere, Stage at Spring Point, Portland, ME
The Foreigner, by Larry Shue, Portland Stage Company, Portland, ME
A Perfect Ganesh, by Terrence McNally, Portland Stage Company, Portland, ME
Jack and the Beanstalk, adaptation by Charles Ludlam, Children’s Theatre of Maine, Portland, ME
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, Children’s Theater of Maine High School Program, Portland, ME
Cool Cat, Nice Shoes, a musical retelling of Puss 'N Boots, Children’s Theater of Maine, Portland, ME
Selected New Plays Created in Collaboration
The Living News Project: SHELTER/CHICAGO; Director, Lead Playwright, Chicago, IL
Bullying: What We Weren’t Taught, Lead Playwright/Director, Dance Theater Projects, Portland, ME
Letters to the President, Director, created at Ocean Avenue Elementary School, Portland, ME
Tea, a Performance Project Playwright, Portland Arts & Technology High School, Portland, ME
Voices, Lead Playwright, created with students at New Dance Studio, Portland, ME
Selected Plays Directed in Developmental Readings
The Living News Project: SHELTER/CHICAGO, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago Cultural
Center, Cornerstone Community Outreach, Chicago, IL
Leaner than Light, by Lisa Schlesinger, University of Iowa, Iowa, IA
Celestial Bodies, by Lisa Schlesinger, Portland Stage Company, Portland, ME
The Good People of Nemus Gravida, by Micah Ariel James, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Dust Resonance, by Zan Rosenthal, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
SLAM! by Keith Sprewer, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Rooms for Breathing, by Akisha Al Amin, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Dog Act, by Liz Duffy Adams, Portland Stage Company, Portland, ME
Kidding Jane, by Gus Schulenburg, Portland Stage Company, Portland, ME
The View from Tall, by Caitlin Parish, Portland Stage Company, Portland, ME
House of Games, by Nihad Sirees (Syria), Portland Stage Company, Portland, ME
Melting Point, by Beatrice Kabow (Germany), Portland Stage Company, Portland, ME