Rewrite Your Story: Nilsa Reyna, Actor/Writer/Director
I didn't think my story mattered. Writing helped me to confront my fears. Stop complaining, let it go and start writing, start acting. Admit it, accept and pursue that creative endeavor and honor yourself..
- Nilsa Reyna
Nilsa relocated to New York City in 2013 and spent many years working in the Chicago storefront theater scene. She founded and served as Chicago Fusion Theatre’s Artistic Director from 2007-2012 where she directed Big Love, 12 Hungry Men and Hugging the Shoulder.
New York acting credits: Indifference (John Chatterton/Midtown International Theatre Festival), Zapata! Tiger of Morelos (Moose Hall Theatre/Inwood Shakespeare Festival). Select Chicago acting credits include Las Hermanas Padilla, The Boy in Black, Proof and bobrauschenbergamerica (CFT), Lorca in a Green Dress and The Other Shore (Halcyon Theatre), The Mark of Zorro (Lifeline Theatre), Operation Infiltration (Factory Theater), Escanaba in da Moonlight (Circle Theatre) and understudied and went on in Anna in the Tropics (Victory Gardens Theater).
She also works as a Teaching Artist and is passionate about arts education and outreach.