Denise is a theatre practitioner and arts activist based in Chicago, Illinois. Credits include Carnaval 2018: ConeXion! (Latinx Theatre Commons), HIR (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), Earthquakes in London (Steep Theatre Company), The View Upstairs (Circle Theatre Chicago), For The Love Of (Pride Films & Plays), SPARK (20% Theatre Company), After Orlando (Pride Films & Plays), La Chingada (inappropriate theatre company), (the)forget_me\knot (inappropriate theatre company), Much Ado About Nothing (The Shaw Theatre), Om Swastyastu from London – The Wailing Woman (Institut Seni Indonesia Denpasar), and Heart’s Core (Refugee Women’s Theatre Programme). Denise holds an MFA in Theatre Directing and is co-founder of Global Hive Laboratories, a collective of international practitioners working toward a global theatre.