Alison Sacha Ross

Alison Sacha Ross is an actress, writer, performance artist and director.

 

Alison performs in classical, experimental and movement-based theatre. She has appeared in Paris, the San Francisco Bay Area, and New York City, including several productions Off-Broadway.

 

Her work has varied from new plays, to the premiere of a long-lost Noel Coward play, to Shakespeare performances: Hamlet, Macbeth (3 times), Romeo & Juliet, The Tempest (twice), Two Gentlemen, Midsummer, Shrew, King John, and Measure for Measure.

She has also worked in ensemble creations, improv (Action Theater, BATS), clown theatre, contact improvisation, mask, puppetry (bunraku, shadow, giant rod), street theatre and site specific installations, film and television.  She is featured in David Allen's GhostLight: Portraits of Bay Area Performers.

 

Favorite roles performed are Ariel in The Tempest; Puck in Midsummer; Euripedes' and Aeschylus' Cassandra; "Aunt V" in Charles Busch's Theodora She-Bitch of Byzantium; and Pirate Jenny in the premiere of Mary Overlie's Skies Over America.

 

Training

- BFA (honors), NYU/Tisch School of the Arts, major acting, minor: dramatic literature.
- 3 years at the Adler Conservatory and 1 year at the Experimental Theatre Wing in Paris.
- Studied with: Stella Adler (acting), Mario Siletti (3 years of Shakespeare and classical text), Ryszard Cieslak (lead actor of Grotowski's theatre) and members of the Moscow Art Theatre, among others. Worked for many years with the Roy Hart Theatre of France.  As a child, she worked in experimental theatre with Elizabeth Swados.

Alison has lived in NYC, Geneva, Paris, Italy and San Francisco. She is fluent in French, and has worked for the United Nations in Geneva.  She also has an MA in Teaching and has taught at SFSU.

 

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"... speaks magnificently about the human spirit as a patient (wonderfully performed by Alison Sacha Ross) travels the final stages of her life.  It's amazing to watch these two consummate performers bring these characters to life without uttering a single word."  -- East Bay Times review of Anton's Well's production of Here We Go

"Moving and beautiful. The two actors become one entity of empathy and their interaction is remarkable to observe."  -- SF BAT Critics Circle review of Here We Go

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"... Completing this wacky cast is the maid, Myra Kesselman (Alison Sacha Ross), who keeps changing her persona and her accent according to ambiance, rather like a chameleon ... Alison Sacha Ross as the madcap maid is an utter delight with her zany comments laced with odd foreign accents. She plays off each character individually and restrains herself just enough to somehow remain employed. Avoid having regrets for missing Regrets Only." -- SF Bay Times review of New Conservatory Theatre's production of Paul Rudnick's Regrets Only

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"The delightful Alison Sacha Ross brightens up the dark set with laughter." -- Marin On Stage review of NTC's production of The Bat