Artist Bio

LISANDRA TENA* (Amelia/Chorus, Mother Road) makes her Goodman debut. Chicago credits include Crime Scene: A Chicago Anthology and This Is Not a Cure for Cancer (Collaboraction Theater Company) and Augusta and Noble (Adventure Stage). Additional credits include her self-written one-woman show Güera (Collaboraction, MPAACT and Working Classroom) and Your Problem with Men (Los Angeles Theatre Center). She appeared as Lina Ochoa on the NBC television show Chicago P.D. She recently completed a residential fellowship at the Women’s International Study Center in preparation for a national tour of her one-woman show, Güera. Ms. Tena graduated magna cum laude with a BFA in acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University.