Andrew Borba

Honored to be working here in Detroit and for DPT, Andrew is in his fourth season as Artistic Director of the renowned Chautauqua Theater Company and Conservatory, one of the best summer theaters and most competitive summer training programs in the country. He’s directed over fifteen productions at CTC from new works, Shakespeare, and plays that for some reason all take place in 1939, as well as the interdisciplinary pieces Mango Suite, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, Ellis Island, and Go West! with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Chautauqua Dance Company and Chautauqua Opera in the 4,400-seat amphitheater. He has directed multiple productions in Los Angeles and New York, most notably the award-winning Hamlet, First Quarto at Theater of Note; as an educator, he has directed for and served on the faculty of some of the nation’s foremost actor training programs, including The Juilliard School (his alma mater) NYU’s Graduate Acting Program, University of Tennessee Knoxville, USC, UCLA, and UC Irvine. As an actor, Andrew has performed in theaters around the country, including South Coast Repertory, Pasadena Playhouse, The Globe Theatre, Berkeley Repertory, Oregon Shakespeare Festival (five​ seasons), Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis, Dallas Theater Center, Portland Stage Company, Long Wharf, and others. He has appeared in over fifty TV series as well as the films Straight Outta Compton, Interstellar, Taken 3, and Charlie Wilson’s War. Andrew is a graduate of Brown University and New York University. He lives in Los Angeles and is a professor of Acting in the MFA program at UC Irvine.

Previous DPT Work

The Beauty Queen of Leenane — Season Four
From Broadway to Obscurity — Season Six
No Child… — Season Six