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ROSE PORTILLO
SAG/AFTRA AEA
FILM:
RUBEN SALAZAR: MAN IN THE MIDDLE Narrator DIR – Philip Rodriguez
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mom/Co-star DIR – Richard Heredia-Arriaga
AND THE EARTH DID NOT SWALLOW HIM Flor/Lead DIR – Severo Perez
ALL POINTS BETWEEN Rock Star/Featured DIR – Jude Eberhard
MEAN SEASON Kathy Vasquez/Co-Star DIR – Phillip Borsos
ZOOT SUIT Della Barrios/Co-Star DIR – Luis Valdez
WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM “Maid”/Featured DIR – Art Linsom
THE HERETIC/EXORCIST II “Spanish Girl”/Featured DIR – John Boorman
TELEVISION:
MAJOR CRIMES Guest Star TNT/ DIR – Leo Geter
NUMBERS Guest Star CBS/ DIR – J. Miller Tobin
RESURRECTION BOULEVARD Guest Star, Recurring SHOWTIME
THE HUNTRESS Guest Star USA
FOTO-NOVELAS Guest Star PBS/ DIR –Carlos Avila
*More available upon request
THEATRE:
San Francisco Symphony:
PEER GYNT Mother Ase DIR – James Darrah
Disney Hall:
RAVEL’S MOTHER GOOSE Storyteller/Lead DIR – Debbie Divine
The Mark Taper Forum (CTG):
BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER by Luis Alfaro Alice/Lead DIR – John Michael Garces
THE WOOD DEMON by Chekov Sonia/Lead DIR – Frank Dwyer
THE TRAVELER by Jean Claude Van Itallie Multiple Roles DIR – Steven Kent
ZOOT SUIT by Luis Valdez Della/Lead DIR – Luis Valdez
THE DAY YOU’LL LOVE ME by Cabrujas Elvira/Lead DIR – Lillian Garrett Groag
L.A. REAL by Theresa Chavez Solo DIR – Theresa Chavez
The Mixed Blood Theatre, Mpls.:
MARIA,MARIA,MARIA,MARIA! By Lisa Loomer Maria/Lead DIR – Jon Donohue
OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY by Jerry Sterner Kate/Lead DIR – Michael Kissin
THE GRANNY by Roberto Cossas Maria/Lead DIR – Jon Donohue
CYRANO DE BERGERAC by Rostand Roxanne/Lead DIR – Steve Pierceson
San Diego Repertory Theatre:
DEATH AND THE MAIDEN by Ariel Dorfman Lead (English&Spanish) DIR – Doug Jacobs
The Old Globe, San Diego
THE GRANNY/LA NONNA Maria/Lead DIR – Lilian Garrett Groag
South Coast Repertory
MAN OF THE FLESH by Octavio Solis Mother/Maid/Death DIR – Jose Cruz Gonzales
The Actors Theatre of Louisville
CHILEAN HOLIDAY by Guillermo Reyes Cecilia/Lead DIR – Lilian Garrett Groag
Broadway
ZOOT SUIT Della/Lead DIR – Luis Valdez
N.Y. Public Theatre
L.A. REAL Solo DIR – Theresa Chavez
About Productions, L.A.
PROPERTIES OF SILENCE (co-author) Sor Juana/Lead DIR – Theresa Chavez
EVANGELINE, QUEEN OF MAKE-BELIEVE (co-author) Mom DIR(co-) – with Theresa Chavez
SHOWING OUR AGE (co-author) Lead DIR – Laurel Ollstein
THEY SHOOT MEXICANS, DON’T THEY? (co-author) Lead DIR – Theresa Chavez

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323.931.5555
6100
Wilshire
Boulevard
Suite
550
Los
Angeles,
CA
90048
BY THE HAND OF THE FATHER(co-author) Lead DIR – Theresa Chavez
ON EATH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN (co-author) Lead DIR – Theresa Chavez
PROPERTIES OF SILENCE (co-author) Lead DIR – B.J. Dodge
MEMORY RITES (co-author) Lead DIR – Theresa Chavez
VOX (co-author) Lead DIR – Tracy Young
CORRECT POSTURE OF A TRUE REOLUTIONARY Lead DIR – Ellen Sebastian
KNOW YOUR PLACE (author) Solo DIR – Silvia Morales
L.A. REAL Solo DIR – Theresa Chavez
TRAINING/OTHER:
Guest Lecturer/Professor of Theater - Performance/Writing/Directing (9 years) - Pomona College, Claremont CA;
Founder, About Productions’ Young Theaterworks - Playwriting/Performing - LAUSD Continuation High Schools;
Teaching Artist/Mentor - Acting/Writing - Shakespeare Center/Los Angeles and other orgs
Jeff Corey Studio Jeff Corey, Los Angeles
National Shakespeare Conservatory Phillip Meister, New York
Pomona College Andrew E. Doe, Leonard Pronko, David Flaten, Steven Kent
Playwrights Arena Lee Melville Award for outstanding contributions to L.A. Theater;
La Opiniôn’s Mujeres Descatadas Award in Arts and Culture
Latino Impact’s 100 Latinos on the Move”;
ALAMA AWARD "Foto-Novelas”
BRAVO AWARD Nominee "And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him"
BACKSTAGE AWARDS "Vox", "Man of the Flesh";
HBO NEW WRITERS PROGRAM "Know Your Place";
Associate Artistic Director, About Productions 1998-2015
Spanish-speaker; familiar with ASL (American sign language)