ACTOR

Some of Ashley’s favorite performing credits include The Trojan Women (Hecuba), Cabaret (Lulu), Ubu Rex (Queen Rosamund/Ensemble) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania). She has performed sketch comedy at venues such as The PIT, Upright Citizens Brigade , Sketchprov and The Tank. Ashley also has numerous film, television and radio credits. In 2009, Ashley was a fellow with the Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics’ EMERGENYC program and a member of the American Theatre Wing’s SpringboardNYC Program. Her full performance resume can be viewed and downloaded below.

On Stage:

Headshots by Douglas Gorenstein

Excerpt of Resume

THEATRE

The Trojan Women                        Hecuba                                      Schimmel Center for the Arts                           

Do/Don’t Do                                   Crazy Woman                           Co-Op Theatre East/Kraine Theatre              

Erotic/Neurotic                                Rockette Wannabe                 Ace of Clubs/ACME Performance Space     

The Red Carpet                               Fan of Academia                     PS International/Tisch School of Arts         

Midsummer Night’s Dream           Titania                                       440 Studios/Tisch School of the Arts           

The Vagina Monologues              Angry Vagina                           Schimmel Center for the Arts                        

The Laramie Project                       Various Characters                   Schaeberlie Studio                             

Cabaret                                             Lulu                                            Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre       

Ubu Rex                                           Queen Rosamund                     Schaeberlie Studio                                             

Marat/Sade                                      Patient                                        Schaeberlie Studio         

The Tempest                                   Ceres                                          Schaeberlie Studio                 

Hoods and Hoofers                        Mazie (World Premiere)          Schaeberlie Studio                          

Camino Real                                     Market Woman                         Schimmel Center for the Arts       

Alice in Wonderland                      The Duchess                            Schimmel Center for the Arts        

You Can’t Take It With You          Essie Carmichael                      Red Bank Theatre Company              

Titanic                                               Madame Aubart                        Premier Theatre Company                  

FILM/TV

Sade’s Choice                                  Activist/Supporting                 NYU MFA Thesis                              

A Very Good Job                             Maria / Lead                              ZehlSteen Think Pound                   

Everybody France Now                 Wife/Lead                                  ZehlSteen Think Pound                                      

Super Freak!                                     Tracey / Lead                            NYU Short Film                                      

Mother                                              Aunt / Supporting                    Brooklyn College                                      

Brain Kramp (Pilot)                         Ashley / Lead                             Comcast Cable    

MTV Global Summer-Lebanon     Self / Documentary                    MTVU

Fight For Your Rights- AIDS        Self / Documentary                   MTV

RADIO/VOICE OVER

Wake Up Call                                   Associate Producer/News Reader               WBAI/Pacifica Network

WPUB Radio Station                      DJ / Show Host                                                Pace University

New York University - Tisch School of the Arts, MA Performance Studies. May 2008.  

Pace University, BA Theatre (Concentration in Directing), BA Sociology/Anthropology, Minors in Middle Eastern Studies and Women/Gender Studies. May 2007 (Cum Laude)

Lebanese American University, Intensive Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies. June-August 2006

TRAINING

PERFORMANCE TECHNIQUE: Anna Deavere Smith, Karen Finley, Eve Ensler, Guillermo Gomez Pena, George Sanchez, Theatre of the Oppressed, Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping

ACTING: Dani Super, Ruis Woertendyke, Anjali Vashi, Amy Rogers, Carol Morley, Sandy Roeser Joseph Russo

SHAKESPEARE: Joseph Russo, Ruis Woertendyke                                

COMEDY: Improv Jam, Pete Capella, Mike O’Keefe

SKETCH COMEDY: ZehlSteen Think Pound (Member); Regular performances at Upright Citizens Brigade, Rififi, New York Comedy Club, The Tank, Sketchprov at the PIT

DANCE: Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Lyrical, Modern, Competition Skills; Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Broadway Dance Center, New Dance Group, Movement Dance Company                                     

VOICE: Kristopher Zook, Tom Rexdale

FELLOWSHIPS/PERFORMANCE LABS:  Lincoln Center Directors Lab (2009), American Theatre Wing’s SpringboardNYC (2008), Hemispheric Institute’s EMERGENYC (2008)

SPECIAL SKILLS AND INTERESTS

Sketch Comedy, 16 Years of Dance Training, Improvisational Comedy, British/Irish/Southern Dialect, Arabic Language, Middle Eastern Studies, Director/Playwright, Social Justice Activism, Works well with animals/children, Valid Driver’s License/US Passport

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