kris tori
Kris Tori was born in Pogradec, Albania and came to Chicago when she was 10. She started her acting training as part of the Nuestra Cultura Theater Program, conducted by Aguijón Theater in partnership with After School Matters. She has her BA from Columbia College Chicago and graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) with an MA in Latin American and Latino Studies.
Her thesis, Recreating Community through Theater (Memory and Place): What happens to memory when a place is gone?, was based on the play La Havana Madrid for which she served as the Research Assistant. She is currently an ensemble member with Aguijon Theatre and Theatre Y.
Her theater credits with Water People Theater include: North and Sur, Lorca: Living the Experience; with Theater Y: We Are Proud To Present…, Little Carl, The Emerald Camino Project, The Camino Project, Self Accusation, Stories of the Body, Macbeth; with Aguijón Theater: Yerma; Mano a Mano: Cervantes & Shakespeare, The House of Bernarda Alba, Blowout, Yerma, Las Soldaderas, Nocturnal Creatures, Tren Al Sur, Not For Sale; with Columbia College Chicago: Delirium, Hecuba, Marisol .
She is super excited to bring theatre and the arts in general to the communities so the youth can be exposed to many different stories.