BIBIANA SOFÍA TORRES
is a director and arts administrator from Puerto Rico and Chicago. She started acting in commercials, radio, and theatre at five, then pivoted to stage management in high school. She felt more at home on that side of the rehearsal room, but quickly realized she had too many opinions. Clearly, directing was the right fit for her.
As an eldest daughter, she is (naturally) also an administrator/project manager/producer. Process matters just as much as product.
Bibiana is interested in work that plays with form, Puerto Rican/Latine history, magical realism, and stories that build empathy. (We're all stuck on this planet together; we might as well try and get to know each other.)
DIRECTING: Fuenteovejuna & La pasión según Antígona Pérez at Repertorio Espsañol; SDCF Directing Observer on SMASH Broadway under Susan Stroman (2025 Drama League Nominee for Outstanding Direction of a Musical); 54 Below; The 24HR Plays: Nationals & The 24HR Plays: Broadway; Alum, “Reasons to Go Places” Directing Seminar with Bartlett Sher at Theatre for a New Audience; Keen Company / Theatre Row; The Green Room 42; Emerging Artists' Theatre Spark Festival; Yale Theatre & Performance Studies; Yale Dramatic Association; Yale Playwrights' Festival
ADMINISTRATION: New York Theatre Workshop (Development Associate, Individual Giving & Special Events + Executive Fellow, 22/23 Season); Theatre Producers of Color, Producing 101 (Cohort 3); Yale Dramatic Association (President 2021, Mainstage Producer Spring 2020). Double major in Sociology + Theatre & Performance Studies, Yale University.
CURRENTLY: Member, Roundabout Directors Group Cohort 7 // Van Lier Directing Fellow at Repertorio Español
UP NEXT: i know why iris chang died by Esmé Maria Ng at IRT Theater, starring Kelly Marie Tran and Sagan Chen
September 4-7 (read more on BroadwayWorld)