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I am a theater artist and educator who whose work is shaped by a life-long love of storytelling and a desire to make theatre that is intergenerational, accessible, and joyful. I specialize in new play development, interview-based theatre, and Shakespeare. 

 

As a director, I have worked most recently with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Fiasco Theater, Classical Theatre of Harlem, Classic Stage Company, NYU, Kinship Theatre Collective, and Andy’s Summer Playhouse. As an educator, I am on the faculty of BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Fiasco Theater, NYU’s Program in Educational Theatre, and Adelphi University’s Theatre Department. As a performer, I am a member of the performing ensembles of the Verbatim Performance Lab and Spellbound Theatre. My degrees are an MFA in Acting from Brooklyn College and a BA from NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized study, where my thesis was titled "Double Conscious Performance: Intersections in Acting, Dance, and Critical Race Theory." 

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Outside of my creating and teaching, I am nonprofit administrator, a parent, a spouse, a daughter, a baker, and lover of romance novels, (which you can learn all about through my work in progress Novel Moms: An Interview-Based Play about Moms who Read Romance).

 

I am lucky to call both Brooklyn, NY and Altadena, CA, home. ​

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Headshot Visual ID: 

Ashley, a light skinned, multiracial woman with a mass of curly dark brown hair, sits on the floor of a photo studio. She is wearing her signature black t shirt and maroon pants, and is barefoot. Ashley has black fine line tattoos on both her arms, gold rings on her fingers, and a wide open mouth smile while looking up in laughter.