Ricardo Gutiérrez is the Executive Artistic Director of Teatro Vista where he recently directed the world premiere of Between You, Me and The Lampshade by Raul Castillo. Gutiérrez served as the Artistic Director of Nosotros in Los Angeles, The Canterbury Theatre in Indiana, and Absolute Shakespeare in Chicago. He is the co-founder and co-director of the Alliance of Latino Theatre Artists Chicago (ALTAchicago) a service organization dedicated to promoting and fostering Latino/a theatre artists. As an actor, Gutiérrez most recently appeared In The Heights at the Aurora Theatre and, the world premieres of Song For The Disappeared and Fish Men at The Goodman.