Raul is excited to make his debut at Portland Center Stage. Theatrical credits include Quixote Nuevo at Seattle Repertory, South Coast Repertory, Denver Center for the Performing Arts & Round House, Zoot Suit at El Teatro Campesino, Center Theatre Group, and San Diego Repertory, Don Rayo in A Silvery Night at Frida Kahlo Theatre, Cancion Del Inmigrante; A Folk Opera with One Grain of Sand Puppet Theatre, August 29 at the Latino Theatre Company, Oscar Zeta Acosta in Brown Buffalo at Company of Angels, Corridos Remix, Mummified Deer, and Bandido at the San Diego Repertory. Other national tours: Veteranos, A Legacy of Valor, and Selena Forever. TV/Film: Mayans MC, Enlightened, Outlaw, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, and Shadow Kingdom with Bob Dylan.

He is thrilled to make his Portland Center Stage debut. South Coast Repertory: American Mariachi, A Christmas Carol, La Posada Mágica; Denver Center for the Performing Arts: Quixote Nuevo, Sunsets and Margaritas; Arizona Theatre Company: American Mariachi; Cal Shakes: Quixote Nuevo (world premiere); Pasadena Playhouse: Of Mice and Men; San Diego Repertory Theatre: Zoot Suit, The Imaginary Invalid; Los Angeles Theatre Company and national tour: Veteranos: A Legacy of Valor. He dedicates his performance to his loving family and to his friend, maestro and grand knight of Chicanos, Emilio Delgado. @elsolcastillo

Alicia is a 2018 theater arts graduate of the University of California, Davis. Coca’s work includes A Christmas Carol (2022 and 2023), the 2022 Pacific Playwrights Festival, She Loves Me (2020), and American Mariachi (2019 and 2021) at South Coast Repertory. She also appeared in Latino Theater Company’s 2020 virtual productions of Just Like Us directed by Fidel Gomez, and August 29 directed by Alberto Barboza. Coca made her Actors’ Equity debut in March 2019 in American Mariachi at Arizona Theatre Company. @alicia_coca

Laura is thrilled to debut at Portland Center Stage. Selected regional credits include: Under a Baseball Sky (The Old Globe), Mushroom (People´s Light), Quixote Nuevo (Denver Center for the Performing Arts, South Coast Repertory, Seattle Rep), On the Wings of Mariposa (First Stage). Selected Chicago credits include: La Ruta (Steppenwolf Theatre), Pedro Páramo, Yasmina’s Necklace, The Sins of Sor Juana, Mariela in the Desert, Electricidad, Esperanza Rising (Goodman Theatre), Into the Beautiful North (16th Street), Blind Mouth Singing, Another Part of the House (Teatro Vista). International tours: Cuarteto (La Havana), Pedro Páramo (Montreal), La Casa de Bernarda Alba (Cuzco, Buenos Aires). Selected credits in Mexico: Las Madres, Cuarteto, Se busca, Barbacoa, Aristofánica, Cuentos de Niebla. Film credits: Startled Faction, Maydays, and Out of Love. lauracrotte.org.

Viviana is delighted to make her debut at Portland Center Stage. Viviana is a queer, Brown multi-hyphenate performing artist, vocalist, dancer, and advocate for racial and social equity. They are excited to showcase their culture and share this story about grief, mental health, realismo mágico, and aging with Portland audiences. Recent highlights: Jess in Sound Theatre’s Cost of Living; Seattle Rep’s Public Works’ The Tempest; Maria in Showtunes Theatre Company's 9 to 5; Julius Caesar in Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Julius Caesar; Benvolio and Capulet in Seattle Shakespeare Company's Romeo and Juliet; Understudy for Minerva, Dede/American Woman, and Mate in Book-It Repertory Theatre’s In the Time of the Butterflies.

Select theater credits include Seattle Rep, South Coast Rep, Denver Center for Performing Arts, Round House Theatre, Milwaukee Rep, The Second City Chicago (BrownCo.), Porthouse Theatre, La MaMa (Off-Broadway), and Creative Place Theatre (Off-Broadway). As a company member of Ohio Shakespeare since '07, Ernie has played several Shakespearean Clowns; Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Touchstone in As You Like It, both Dromios in The Comedy of Errors, Costard in Love's Labour's Lost, and Lavatch in All's Well That Ends Well. Select TV credits include co-starring roles in Euphoria, Carol’s Second Act, indebted, One Day at a Time, Grace and Frankie, Alone Together, No Tomorrow, Training Day, American Crime, and national commercials for Sonic Drive-In, Rite Aid, Lowes, and Nopalina. When in doubt, visit AllAboutErnie.com. IG: @allabouternie

Maya is an ensemble member with Studio Luna and a lifelong member of Milagro. Stage credits: Quixote Nuevo (Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Seattle Rep & South Coast Repertory Theatre); Persuasion (San Jose Stage Company); Wolf at the Door & Lydia (Milagro); The Times, Generation Sex & LunaUnlaced (Studio Luna); Deferred Action & De Troya (Cara Mia Theatre). Screen credits: Lessons in Chemistry (Apple Original); Friends in High Places (Pocha Productions); My Friend Frida (Haze Grey Pictures). Voiceover work: Women of Fire (Audible Original) & her story “Down the Side of the Mountain” is featured in Talking While Female and Other Dangerous Acts (Audible Original). Maya received her B.F.A from The Theatre School at DePaul University. Visit mayamalangonzalez.com to learn more.

Tony is ecstatic to be making his debut at Portland Center Stage. Appearing as Quijano/Quixote makes is 5th collaboration with Octavio Solis, the others include: the World Premiers of Scenes With Cranes at the RedCat in Los Angeles and Mother Road at Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Arena Stage in DC; he played Rene in the co-pro of Lydia at Yale Rep and the Mark Taper Forum; and the Midwest Premier of Dreamlandia at Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theater. Other selected stage credits include: Juror 6 in Twelve Angry Men at Laguna Playhouse; Hephaistos in Prometheus Bound starring the late Ron Cepheus Jones at the Getty Villa, produced by CalArts; he starred as Jackie in West Coast Premier of The Motherf**Ker With The Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgis at South Coast Rep; and Mace in Pulitzer Prize-nominated play The Elaborate Entrance Of Chad Diety by playwright Kristoffer Diaz’ in Berkeley CA.

Lakin is thrilled to return to Portland Center Stage. His theatrical credits include Quixote Nuevo (Seattle Rep, South Coast Repertory Theatre, and Denver Center for the Performing Arts), Persuasion (San Jose Stage Company), Valley of the Heart (Mark Taper Forum), Mojada (Oregon Shakespeare Festival/Portland Center Stage), Between Riverside and Crazy (American Conservatory Theatre), Oedipus El Rey (San Diego Repertory) and El Henry (La Jolla Playhouse). TV/Film: Kimi (Warner Bros.), Licorice Pizza (MGM), Slice (A24), CSI: Vegas (CBS), Bosch: Legacy (Freevee), and The Brave (NBC).

Octavio is a playwright and director whose plays have been mounted at theaters across the country. Solis is a multi-award winner, including the 2019 Distinguished Achievement in the American Theater Award, the 2018 Imagen Award for his consultancy on Disney/Pixar’s Coco, and the 2015 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Texas State University Black and Latino Playwrights Conference. Solis was recently inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters. His book, Retablos: Stories From a Life Lived Along The Border, received the 2018 Silver Indies Award for Book of the Year.

Lisa is pleased to be making her Portland Center Stage debut. Recent credits: Quixote Nuevo (Seattle Rep, South Coast Repertory, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Round House Theatre) and the world premieres of Laughs in Spanish by Alexis Scheer (Denver Center) and Clean/Espejos by Christine Quintana (South Coast Repertory). Lisa is a co-founder of the Latinx Theatre Commons, serves on the Executive Board of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Union, and Chairs the Department of Theatre & Dance at UC San Diego. She is also the proud mama of Eva and Carlitos Murillo. Special thanks to her husband, the playwright, Carlos Murillo. lisaportes.com, @olisasilo

Marissa is a third-generation Chicana and LA native. Feature credits: Quixote Nuevo (Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Henry Award nominee), In the Heights (La Mirada Theater for the Performing Arts; Broadway World Regional Award nominee), The Composer is Dead (LA Phil at The Walt Disney Concert Hall), Selena Forever (national tour), 35th-anniversary production of Zoot Suit (national tour). TV/Film: You Got Served and Two Feet In (Executive Producer). She is also the Co-Founder and Executive Director of 4C LAB (501c3) and CEO of De Mi Alma Productions. marissaherrera.net, @marissacreates

Mexican-American Scenic Designer born and raised in East Los Angeles. Recipient of Henry Awards for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts productions of In The Upper Room and Quixote Nuevo. Recipient of a LA Weekly Theater Award for both Production Design and Lighting Design for Poor Dog Group’s Brewsie and Willie. Nominated for an Ovation Award in Best Scenic Design for Culture Clash’s Bordertown Now as well as a Barrymore Award in Outstanding Scenic Design for Bienvenidos Blancos with Team Sunshine Corporation and Mushroom at People’s Light. Head of Scenic Design at UC Irvine.

Helen is an award-winning costume designer whose credits include Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Alley Theatre, South Coast Repertory, Guthrie Theater, Arena Stage, Ford’s Theatre, Round House Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Children’s Theatre Company, Classic Stage Company, Disney Entertainment, and The Washington Ballet. Awards: Helen Hayes Award, Henry Award, Anderson Hopkins Award, and Ivey Award. Helen is a professor of Costume Design at University of Maryland, College Park. helenqhuang.com

Pablo is a multi-award-winning and nominated live performance and digital film lighting designer. His designs aim to find evocative images that embody the emotional moment of the show and create images that can spark the imagination of audiences to worlds beyond the stage. Santiago has worked at performance venues across the country and world, including The Kennedy Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Goodman Theater, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, South Coast Repertory, and Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, Brazil.

David returns to PCS, where he last worked on Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles (2017). He’s been with Quixote Nuevo since its inception in 2018. Recent credits: The XIXTH (The Old Globe), Hotter Than Egypt (Denver Center for the Performing Arts), Twelfth Night (St. Louis Shakespeare Festival),  touring with La Mezcla dance company, and his multimedia concert The Long Walk Home. Awards: LA Ovation, Creative Capital, St. Louis Theater Circle, Colorado Henry Award, MAP Fund, and San Francisco Arts Commission. Multimedia collaborations: SFMOMA, The Broad, Oakland Museum of California, McLoughlin Gallery. Bands: Impuritan, Ghosts and Strings, and Transient. drmsound.com

Music Director: Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional theater, including Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Hartford Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, Alley Theatre, and more. Recent collaborations as a composer-lyricist and librettist include the Jimmy Awards on Broadway, New York Theatre Barn, Cutting Ball Theater, Boston Lyric Opera, Long Beach Opera, Prospect Theater Company, 24 Hour Plays, Long Wharf, and the Johnny Mercer Writers Colony at Goodspeed Musicals. Jesse’s currently under commission with the Oregon Cabaret and Zach Theater. jessejsanchez.com

Shawna is so excited to make her Portland Center Stage debut with this incredible piece. Select stage management credits include: 2:22 – A Ghost Story, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (Center Theatre Group); King Lear, Witness Uganda, A Christmas Carol, UNMASKED: A Theatrical Celebration of Black Women’s Liberation (The Wallis); Paradise Blue (Geffen Playhouse); Medusa: The Musical (Deaf West Theatre); Pippin (North Coast Rep); The Window (WACO Theater Center); If I Forget, Citizen: An American Lyric, In The Red And Brown Water, The Brothers Size, The Ballad of Emmett Till [Digital Remount], Reborning (Fountain Theatre); 33 Variations, A Body of Water, Steel Magnolias (Actors Co-Op); Hocus Pocus: A Musical Cocktail Experience, A Christmas Carol Cocktail Spectacular (After Hours Theatre Company); Next to Normal (Triage Productions); and the acclaimed remount of Citizen: An American Lyric as part of CTG’s inaugural Block Party. Thank you for supporting live theatre!

Danny is excited to return back to Portland Center Stage for this production of Quixote Nuevo. Other credits include Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord, August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Frida …  A Self Portrait, The Magic Play, and Every Brilliant Thing here at Portland Center Stage. As well as True Story, American Fast, and The Children at Artists Repertory Theatre. When he’s not busy working on shows, you can usually find him playing with trash or baking too many pies. But silliness set aside; Danny would like to thank todos los chuchos chucos en su vida.

Jean is a theater and XR director originally from the Dominican Republic. Directing credits include Arkansas New Play Festival, Williamstown Theater Festival, San Diego Rep, and The Los Angeles Theater Center. Associate/Assistant Directing: Laughs in Spanish (Denver Center for the Performing Arts), The Most Happy in Concert (Williamstown), Destiny of Desire (Cincinnati Playhouse), and Macbeth (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). SDC Observership with the 2023 Broadway Revival of Sweeney Todd. M.F.A in directing, UCLA. jeancarloyunen.com

Kamilah is a playwright and dramaturg originally from North Carolina. She currently holds the position of literary manager at Portland Center Stage in Portland, OR. Kamilah has spent several years working in celebrated regional theaters across the country, including Triad Stage in Greensboro, NC, Asolo Repertory Theater in Sarasota, FL and Two River Theater in Red Bank, NJ.

Bernardo is a border brat from the San Diego South Bay. He has been teaching and working in the arts around the country for premier, prestigious companies as well as on grassroots, community-based projects. Bernardo has also organized for public health causes and voting campaigns in Hispanic communities throughout California. Bernardo is an all-around story-focused advocate and seeks to create spaces where different peoples intersect to listen, learn, labor, love, and play together.

Eduardo began his musical theater career at El Teatro Campesino (ETC) in 1969 as a teenage actor-musician and songwriter. In a lifelong association with ETC, he has written music for many of its shows. In 1987, he had the honor of accepting the Tony Award for Excellence in Regional Theatre on behalf of the San Francisco Mime Troupe. From 2015-2017, he wrote the music and lyrics to a new Pastorela by Joan Holden. Robledo currently performs in and composes for several bands in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Michael has choreographed stage violence for South Coast Repertory, La Mirada Theatre, North Coast Repertory, New Swan Shakespeare Festival, and others. As an actor, he has appeared at Mint Theatre Company, Pioneer Theatre Company, Ensemble Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and Playmakers Repertory Company, among others. His film and television credits include Mid-Century, 86 Melrose Avenue, “Bel-Air,” and numerous soaps, web series, and shorts. Polak received his M.F.A. from Pennsylvania State University and his B.A. from California State University, Fullerton. michaelpolakactorfd.com

Associate Professor of Acting at Yale Drama, certified in Knight-Thompson Speechwork and Fitzmaurice Voicework. Dialect credits: Quixote Nuevo (Seattle Rep, South Coast Repertory, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Round House Theatre); Wish You Were Here, Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, Today Is My Birthday, El Huracán (Yale Repertory Theatre); Laughs in Spanish (Denver Center); Queen of Basel (TheaterWorks Hartford); Scenes with Cranes (REDCAT); In the Heights (Phoenix Theater, Chance Theater); Orange is the New Black. SAG/AFTRA, AEA. Books: Latinx Actor Training and Scenes for Latinx Actors. cynthiadecure.com

A Los Angeles native theater artist. Garcia returned to South Coast Repertory with Quixote Nuevo after serving as puppetry director for The Long Road Today. Writer/creator of Remedios Varo: La Alquimista, which was presented at the 2018 LAX Performance Festival, and directed Hija de Mi Madre for the Short+Sweet Hollywood Latinx Festival, which won various awards. Garcia received an M.F.A. in ensemble-based physical theater from Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre, is on the faculty of CalArts, and is a resident teaching artist for Center Theatre Group. @estelag6