José Avilés
Director
José Avilés (he/him) has been an actor, director and theater arts educator for over 30 years. As an actor, he has worked at every major theatre company in Philadelphia in one capacity or another. José most recently directed Fuente Ovejuna at UArts, Anon(ymous) at Drexel University and Cinderella Eats Rice and Beans: A Salsa Fairytale Touring production for American Stage Theatre Company. He recently returned to acting in Oedipus el Rey directed by Tanaquil Marques and La Gringa which he also directed for Teatro del Sol’s inaugural production. Other most recent directing credits include: The world premiere of Iraisa Ann Reilly’s Good Cuban Girls, the Philadelphia Premier of Elliot a Soldier’s Fugue by Philadelphia’s own Quiara Alegria Hudes for the Walnut Street Theatre Independence Studio on 3 season and a professional public reading of the same play at the Arden Theatre Co. and just recently directed a workshop production reading of The Real Life Adventures of Jimmy de las Rosas by Ricardo Gamboa at Passage Theatre. José is currently the Director of Education at American Stage Theatre Company, formerly the Director of Education Outreach at The Arden Theatre Company and the Artistic Producing Director of Teatro del Sol in Philadelphia. José would love to thank the amazing cast and crew of All My Mothers Dream in Spanish for breathing life into these characters. And to the extraordinary AZ Espinoza thank you for bestowing your trust in me with this beautiful story. I hope our production makes you proud! teatrodelsol.org