Lisa Benavides-Nelson, B.F.A.

Lecturer in Theatre Arts (part-time)
Acting Program
Conservatory of Theatre Arts & Film

Office: Dance Bldg., Rm. 1024
Phone: (914) 251-6684
Fax: (914) 251-6839
Email: lisa.benavides@purchase.edu

Lisa Benavides-Nelson’s acting credits include In the Summer House on Broadway; Off Broadway productions of I Am Yours, The Three Sisters, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream; regional productions of Oleanna, Two Into One, Romeo and Juliet, Mother of Invention, and Dreading Thekla; and the films An Upheaval, Eye of God, O, and The Grey Zone. She has taught at the Shakespeare Lab (Public Theater), National Theatre Institute, Stella Adler Studio, Lehman College, and the Actors Center.

Education
B.F.A., The Juilliard School
Graduate of the Actors Center’s Teacher Development Program