Dena Martinez has over 40 years of national professional acting experience to her credits. She has toured nationally, with The San Francisco MimeTroupe, Culture Clash, and with the acclaimed El Teatro Campesino, where she was a company artist.
Her theater credits include: leading roles at California Shakespeare Theater, Arizona Theater Co. , Denver Center Theater Company, PCPA, Marin Theater Company, Berkeley Rep., Word for Word, Campo Santo, San Jose Rep., San Jose Stage, B Street, Capital Stage, Magic Theater, Theaterworks, Pacific Rep and Shotgun Players. She has workshopped and created many roles for national playwrights including: Richard Montoya, Karen Zacharias, Beth Henley, Octavio Solis, Marcus Gardley, Caridad Svich, and Josefina Lopez.
She has starred in two children's television series for PBS. Emmy award winning You Can Choose and Short Stories and Tall Tales. And her voice over work includes Pixar and Coppola/Zoetrope Productions.
Dena Martinez is a Board Member and Company Member of Capital Stage and has directed FADE, THE HOMBRES and THE ROOMATE and 2 seasons for the Playwrights Revolution for Capital Stage.
Directing credits elsewhere include: EL HENRY for Remote Theater, MARISOL for ARC, LA PASTORELLA, At the Crest Theater for Latino Center for Art and Culture, MANZI THE STORY OF CESAR CHAVEZ for The Bay Area Children’s Theater, THE PRAYING MANTIS for City Lights Theater, and directed over many years for The Marsh and Vector Theater Co. She was part of the Directing Team for LOVE IS A DREAM HOUSE IN LOREN with Shotgun Players.
She has also directed 20 years at the Sierra Institute for Arts and Music where she runs the theater arts program and was Artistic Director of Latina Theater Lab in San Francisco, which she founded. Dena Martinez is a national theater actress and is a Talent Agent and Actress with Cast Images Talent Agency.
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