Debra De Liso

Debra De Liso

Creator at Walk A Mile Works
Actor, Director and Screenwriter

Los Angeles, California

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February 2021
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About Debra

Debra De Liso - critically acclaimed actor, writer, director delights in the development of original solo plays/films with her students at USC and AADA. Debra is the recipient of the Rainbow Award from the LA Women’s Theatre Festival for her decades of work in forgotten communities including, artists with disabilities, institutionalized teens, and incarcerated women. She has guided the presentation of over 700 original solo plays which have garnered many awards in Los Angeles and NYC. She has also brought several plays to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Debra earned her M.F.A. at UCLA and wrote her Master’s Thesis “The Physicalization of a Role.” She teaches at AADA, for over 20 years and at USC since 2002. Debra created Walk A Mile Works—a theatre into film production community.

Unique traits: Debra has dramaturged and directed over 700 original solo plays!

Badges

Awards

  • Jack Nicholson Award - UCLA- MFA in Acting

  • Best Director Award NoHo Arts Festival

  • Rainbow Award LA Women's Theatre Festival

Education

  • UCLA
    (1994-1997)

  • CSULA
    (1989-1992)

  • Royal National Theatre
    (1990-1990)

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