Lisa Wolpe is an actress, director, writer, and producer. Her work has been seen at PlayMakers Rep, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Repertory Company, Cal Shakes, and more. She founded the all-female multicultural Los Angeles Women’s Shakespeare Company in 1993, where for 23 years she produced, directed, and performed many iconic roles including Hamlet, Richard III, Angelo, Leontes, Romeo, Shylock, and Iago.

She has been a leader in the movement for gender parity and inclusivity in the areas of Shakespeare and Gender for several decades. 
Her hit solo show Shakespeare & the Alchemy of Gender, directed by Laurie Woolery, has toured universities and Shakespeare Festivals around the U.S., and has played internationally at Prague Shakespeare Company; Bremen Shakespeare Company; in England at London's The Rose Theatre, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, & King’s College; Stratford U.K.; Warwick University, U.K.; Vancouver, B.C.; and Stratford, Ontario.