About
Hello! I'm Alyssa, a Minneapolis based performer. Growing up in Minnesota I fell in love with the idea of performing after seeing the traveling Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast at the age of three.
When not performing I love reading, fishing, camping, spending time with friends and traveling. I am also up for any random activity or class I can find such as pottery or fencing. I also love to travel and have road tripped across the U.S an Canada as well as a trip Europe as part of the People to People Student Ambassador Program. Improv
Improv quickly became a love of mine after joining a group in college. First thing after moving to L.A I joined the L.A Connection Comedy Theater, becoming a member of one of the house improv groups a few months later. I have also performed with the Minnesota group 'Scenes From a Hat', was a performer at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, and have performed with a few different haunted houses. I am currently training at The Second City (Hollywood).
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ActingI started acting in school and community productions as a preteen before working in regional theater in Minnesota and attending Minnesota State University as part of their Theatre program. Some of my favorite productions include Romeo & Juliet, The Haunting of Hill House, & The Tragedy of Obi Wan Kenobi. I have also been fortunate to work on a number of short and independent films.
Producing & Directing
As someone who is infinitely curious about (everything) creating theater and film, I was constantly volunteering to do behind the scenes or sit in the booth and learn right from my early middle school shows. This continued through college and my early film work and brought me to taking classes on directing and screenwriting as well. I was lucky enough to be an intern on the feature film "The House of Tomorrow" and from there starting working as a PA, 2nd AD, and Coordinator.
Now I have directed a few plays for the MN Shorts Play Festival and wrote, produced, & directed 'The Graveyard' for MN (virtual) Fringe (2020). I am also co-owner of the production company 'Annex Productions'. We started in 2020 during the pandemic as a writing group where we wrote and ended up producing our first pilot "In Real Life", which I also Co-directed. We have a number of projects in the works and are excited for you to see them |