Juliana Frey-Méndez

Juliana Frey-Méndez, DIRECTOR (she/her/ella) - is a proud Iowa-born Cuban American director dedicated to resurrecting forgotten histories that ignite the imagination. With a degree in Theatre for Social Change (Cornell University), she completed her M.F.A. in Theatre Directing (University of California: San Diego), and went on to experiment with hybrid performance as an Artist in Residence (Duke University). As a freelance director, she has collaborated with first-time and veteran playwrights on new work in bars, historic homes, universities, naval training camps, and at theaters around the country. Selected credits include Far From Canterbury (Winner of Best Musical: FringeNYC); La Hija del Pirata (The Flagship Brewery); Calafia at Liberty (La Jolla Playhouse’s WOW Festival); digital live production of Letters from Cuba (UCSD); Fefu and Her Friends (Riverside Theatre); The Exit Door (Test Flight, Cleveland Public Theater). She is proud member of The Fornés Institute, the Stage Directors & Choreographers Society, and an active participant in The Latinx Theatre Commons. She is thrilled to be an inaugural awardee of the Joan Yellen Horvitz Fellowship from Cleveland Public Theater. Recently, she joined the faculty at Oberlin College & Conservatory as an Assistant Professor of Theater where she teaches classes in directing, acting, and the integrated arts. www.julianafreymendez.com.