LLisa Anne Porter has performed with numerous repertory companies and Shakespeare festivals throughout the country including the American Conservatory Theatre, California Shakespeare Theatre, Aurora Theatre Company, Marin Theatre Company, the Magic Theatre, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare/Santa Cruz, Shakespeare Festival/LA, Center Repertory Theatre, SF Playhouse, BRAVA Theatre Center, Shakespeare & Company, Syracuse Stage, Sacramento Theatre Company, GeVa Theatre Company, and Boston Theatreworks. In May, she will be understudying the role of Oskar’s Mom in John Tiffany’s production of Let the Right One In.  Previously this year, she played Tracey in Elizabeth Carter’s production of Sweat at Center Repertory Theatre, Gruach in Jasson Minadakis’ production of Dunsinane at Marin Theatre Company and  Julia in Pam MacKinnon’s production Fefu and Her Friends at the American Conservatory Theatre. She recently workshopped and originated the role of Suzanne in Eureka Day, Theresa in The Eva Trilogy and performed the role of Erica in the West Coast premiere of A Bright Half Life.   She has coached voice and dialect in over seventy productions nationwide, including the SF production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

Prior to the closing of the MFA program at the American Conservatory Theatre, Lisa served as the Head of Acting and Dialects and prior to that the Head of Voice, Text and Dialects. She was on full time faculty there for over ten years during which time it was considered one of the top training programs in the county. She has served on the faculties of Syracuse University, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Stanford University, San Francisco State University, Shakespeare & Company, The Tepper Center in NYC, Naropa University, California Shakespeare Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre and the Academy of Art University. She has a B.A. from Wesleyan University, an M.F.A. from the American Conservatory Theatre, a certificate in Diversity and Inclusion Leadership from Cornell University and is a designated Linklater Voice Teacher. 

In April, she will be the Resident Associate Director for John Tiffany’s production of Let the Right One In at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Prior to its closing in September 2022, she served as the Resident Director for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco. Other directing credits include A Will of One’s Own for Los Angeles Women’s Shakespeare Company, Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Syracuse University, Proof, Picasso at the  Lapin Agile and It’s a Wonderful Life for Town Hall Theatre and numerous projects in the MFA program at the American Conservatory Theatre.