Lorena Maza is a stage director, producer and translator for theatre, opera and television. She has directed more than 60 plays, 7 operas, 5 musicals, and 2 theatre/opera films. She studied dramatic literature at La Sorbonne, France, and at Mexico’s National University where she received a degree in stage direction in 1985. She was Director of Mexico´s National Theater Company and directed Teatro UNAM and Teatro Helenico, where she managed three venues and produced more than 40 plays a year. She has been an acting teacher and coach for more than 25 years and has been recognized with 12 awards for Best Direction and Best Play of the year. With her work, she has participated in 6 national and international festivals, and has translated more than 40 dramatic texts, including work for the National Theater LIVE project. In the private sector, she founded and directed the Ocesa Theater Department-CIE, producing their first musical: Disney´s Beauty and the Beast, with more than 650 thousand spectators. She wrote, directed and co-produced Bésame Mucho, Ocesa's first original all-Mexican musical, based on the popular genre, Bolero, with more than 500 performances. In 2017, she opened her own production company, 19TEATRO, together with other theater professionals. She has been bestowed twice with the most prestigious national grant for artists: Sistema Nacional de Creadores, recognizing her more than 35 years of professional career. She recently directed 2 feature films: El Paraíso de la Invención, a filmed theatre piece, with Marina de Tavira and Alfonso Herrera, and the Opera La Hija de Rappaccini, 2021, libretto by Octavio Paz and music by Daniel Catán; staged the Immersive Experience: La Casa de Papel, for NETFLIX, México City 2021; and directed the world premiere of The Last Dream of Frida and Diego, produced by San Diego Opera and San Francisco Opera. This opera has been presented in San Diego Opera, San Francisco Opera, will be in Los Angeles Opera (season 2023/2024) and Omaha Opera in 2024. She currently lives and works in Mexico City.