Quixote Nuevo
Bracing in their theatricality…the skeletons, a.k.a. calacas, are amongst the pleasures of Lisa Portes’ vibrant and funny production.
-Celia Wren, Washington Post
Directed by Lisa Portes, this vivid respons to the persistent call of one of the great tales in listerature is as densely textured as it is often entertaining and touching.
-Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Directed by Lisa Portes, who has helmed the show around the country, this moveable feast is…fun, solid and silly.
-Gemma Wilson, Seattle Times
Quixote Nuevo is my favorite show of the 2023/24 season and the best show I’ve seen at Portland Center Stage in a long time.
-BroadwayWorld
Clean/Espejos
Factor in director Lisa Portes’ masterful hand in bringing Quintana’s words to life, and you have a striking new play that’s superbly written, acted and staged.
-Newport Beach Independent
Together, with fluid, yet focused direction from director Lisa Portes, these are crafted performances…
-Christopher Smith, Orange County Register
The Glass Menagerie
Portes’ “Menagerie” is more clear-eyed, more immediate than most other productions. That’s partly because her actors, all performers of color, look like the America of today.
-Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle
That this production is cast with actors of color and that Fico lives with a mobility disability works to underscore the sense of isolation the characters are feeling. Each of the Wingfields feels separated from the thing they most want or that elusive thing that will magically make life better and unlock happiness at last. The play being performed outside also emphasizes that sense of small, roiling lives at odds in an overwhelming world. The thing the Wingfields have is each other, but their triad is doomed to destruction from within by forces of the past, present and future.
-Chad Jones, TheaterDogs
I Come from Arizona
...one of the most powerful pieces of theater I've experienced this year.
-Rob Hubberd, Pioneer Press
The...production is a two-hour cry of pain and frustration at an immigration policy that threatens families like Gabi’s with separation or worse.
-Jay Gabbler, CityPages