Birth Place: Spain
Isabel Criado is a Spanish/Peruvian multidisciplinary theatre artist based in New York City who wants to tell diverse stories that voice the experiences of multicultural immigrants. A graduate of The New School’s School of Drama (BFA, with Honors), Isabel has developed a rich body of work spanning directing, stage managing, and performing across both classical and contemporary productions.
Committed to both craft and collaboration, Isabel has trained internationally with the Prague Shakespeare Company, in musical theatre intensives at Fordham University and Broadway Evolved, and in film with New York Film Academy. Their work continues to explore the intersections of movement, storytelling, and the human condition.
As a stage manager, Isabel has worked on a diverse range of productions including Blood Orange by Abigail Duclow (A.R.T. Gural Theatre), Alexandria by Markley Bortz (Dixon Place), Extra01dinary Aliens! by Carolina Dô (JACKS), The Edge of Nature by Josh Fox (La MaMa Experimental Theatre), and Clown Bar 2 by Adam Szymkowicz (Parkside Lounge).
As a performer, most recent credits include Anthony Y Cleopatra’s Cleopatra for Elsewhere Shakespeare (Art Barrio Space), Midsummer Night’s Dream’s Hermia (Under St. Marks) and Viola in Prague Shakespeare Company’s production of Twelfth Night. She also produced and starred in NY Theatre Festival’s winner of Best Production and Best Director, Archive of My Own by Annabel McConnacochie. She has taken part in various readings, such as What Will The Neighbors Say’s Queering The Archives, Et Alia Theater’s R.U.A.I and Naked Angels NYC’s Limited Liability.
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