Marissa Wolf [she/her] is artistic director of Portland Center Stage, the second largest theater company in Oregon, where she was named one of Portland’s “25 People Shaping the Arts in Portland,” by Willamette Week. She has developed work with playwrights including Beth Hyland, Lauren Yee, Larissa Fasthorse, Jonathan Spector, and Ty Defoe. Select directing credits include Fire in Dreamland by Rinne Groff (The Public Theater; world premiere at KCRep); Man in Love by Christina Anderson (KCRep, world premiere);  Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - Apt 2B by Kate Hamill (PCS, west coast premiere) and The Late Wedding by Christopher Chen (Crowded Fire Theater, world premiere). She’s been nominated for Best Director by BroadwayWorld San Francisco and the Bay Area Critics Circle. Marissa held the Bret C. Harte Directing Fellowship at Berkeley Rep, and has a degree in drama from Vassar College, with additional training from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.