ISABEL

LEE RODEN

Hi! I’m Isabel (they/them). I’m a Filipino-Chinese, genderqueer actor / writer / model. I’m based in Chicago, IL. Proud campfire guitarist, oldest sibling, middle school spelling bee champ, skeptical tarot reader, expert suitcase packer, and lover of words. Let’s make art together.

What's new?

What's new?

SUMMER 2024

Playing Viola in Twelfth Night, Malcolm in Macbeth, and Margaret in Sense & Sensibility at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival!

Producing the first ever Foaming @ the Mouth Festival, featuring one of my original plays, THE ARTISTS.

may 2024

  • "Roden's vivacity and marvelous comedic bearing were exceptional - this was their debut with PrideArts and they're definitely a keeper!"

    Buzz Center Stage

  • "Roden is excellent as the Nurse, Tybalt, and Lord Capulet. Isabel is terrific at mastering both the verse and the vocabulary. [They] make Shakespeare's text crystal clear, something which is helpful to the 21st century theatergoer's ear."

    Chicago Theatre Review

  • "Isabel Lee Roden brings both comic energy and unabashed fury to the Nurse."

    Windy City Times