Daniel Jáquez

Artistic Trustee at Diversionary Theatre

Daniel Jáquez [he/him/his] (Artistic Trustee) is a Director, Theater-Maker and Translator of plays. He is co-founder of San Diego’s TuYo Theatre and is one of the inaugural Classical Directing Fellows at The Old Globe, where he directed The Winter’s Tale. Jáquez serves on the Latinx Theatre Commons Advisory Committee, and is adviser and director for the Lark’s U.S./México Playwright Exchange. He is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. In New York City, Jáquez was Director and co-founder of Unit52, Intar Theatre’s acting company; Director of Intar/Jerome Foundation NewWorks Lab, a festival producing four new plays by emerging Latinx playwrights annually. Jáquez spent a year in Portland, Oregon serving as Interim Artistic Director of Milagro Theatre where he directed several productions in Spanish and English and received Portland’s DRAMMY award for outstanding direction. Jáquez earned an M.F.A. in Directing from Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University/Moscow Art Theatre, and a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Texas.

Timeline

  • Artistic Trustee

    Current role