EDUCATOR
-
BAX | Brooklyn Arts Exchange - Teaching Artist and Education Advisor (current)
-
Fiasco Theater - Community Engagement Coordinator & Curriculum Consultant (current)
-
BAX | Brooklyn Arts Exchange - Senior Manager of Education Programs (2018-2023)
-
Fiasco Theater Company - 9 Week Conservatory Curriculum Advisor & Faculty Member
-
Adelphi University, Department of Theater - Course Instructor (Performing Verse Drama)
-
NYU Department of Educational Theatre - Course Instructor (Directing Youth Theatre Productions, Character Study, Intro to Acting; Teaching Assistant (Drama & Youth II: Practical Implications)
-
Brooklyn College Department of Theatre - Course Instructor (The Actor's Voice, Intro to Theater), Graduate Teaching Fellow (Intro to Acting)
-
New York University, Looking for Shakespeare - Dramaturg and Vocal Coach
-
Teen Theater Summer Camp - Program Director
-
Lineage Performing Arts Center - Development and Education Programs Director, Teaching Artist
Adults & Universities ​
​
Available for course instruction, workshops, and trainings.
​
Areas of expertise:
-
Introductory Acting Courses for Non-Actors
-
Character Study & Scene Study
-
Shakespeare
-
Introductory Voice & Speech for Actors and Non-Actors
-
Devised Theater
-
Ensemble Based Theater Techniques
Youth Coaching & Instruction
​
Available for monologue and audition coaching for high school and college students.
​
Areas of expertise:
-
Shakespeare and classical texts
-
Finding age appropriate and identity affirming material for young actors
-
Acting for musical theater performers and song auditions
-
Voice and speech production for the young actor
​
Arts Organizations & Community Engagement​
​
-
Teaching Artist Trainings
-
Establishing Community Agreements & Guidelines
-
Community and Multigenerational Events
-
Study Guides & Resource Packets
-
Social Stories
-
Talkback Facilitation
-
Pre and Post Performance Workshops
Ashley's Training:
MFA in Acting, Brooklyn College
-
Acting - Mary Beth Easley, Mark Blum
-
Movement - Laura Smith, Ian Wen
-
Voice - Judylee Vivier, Kristi Dana
-
Acting for the Camera - Welker White
-
Auditioning - Heidi Griffiths
-
Shakespeare - Jim Jack
-
Speech & Dialects - Charlotte Fleck, Liz Hayes, Patrick Mulryan
​
​
BA, NYU Gallatin
-
Acting - Anna Deavere Smith, Joe Salvatore, Dr. Nan Smithner, Kristin Horton,
-
Musical Theater Performance - Ben Steinfeld, Jessie Austrian, Drew Wutke
-
Shakespeare - Fiasco Theatre Company
-
Directing - Joe Salvatore
​
Anti-Racism & Equity Building
-
Anti-Racist Theatre Workshop with Nicole Brewer
-
PSIAB Undoing Racism Workshop
-
Race Forward