Edward Torres
Torres has directed multiple productions at the San Diego, Calif.-based Old Globe, including
Familiar,
Native Gardens, and
Water by the Spoonful, as well as two readings for the Powers New Voices Festivals. He recently directed a podcast version of
Macbeth for NEXT Podcast and Play On Shakespeare. Torres directed the premiere of Kristoffer Diaz’s
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity at Victory Gardens Theater and Teatro Vista, which won two Jeff Awards. He’s also the artistic director emeritus at Teatro Vista.
Led by artistic director Barry Edelstein, the Old Globe 2021 cohort includes Torres, Meg DeBoard, Yolanda Marie Franklin, and Awoye Timpo.