Alisha Simmons
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Alisha Simmons is a Caribbean-American theatremaker, experimenter, and writer from Atlanta, Georgia. Their work prioritizes Black queer imagination as praxis and the power of community-based devised performance. Through performance art, they are interested in the activation and disruption of spaces and the use of imagination as resistance.
With experience in arts administration, design, acting, directing, and producing, Alisha uses theater as a tool to travel beyond and through worlds. As a theater director, they are interested in contemporary stage plays that push boundaries and leave audiences with a call to action.
Alisha received a B.A in Theater and Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan University, with a concentration in Performance Studies. Upon graduation, they were awarded the Outreach and Community Service Award in Theater and the Carol B. Ohmann Prize for Best Essay for their senior project titled, "Imagin/ing Freedoms: Queer Performance Art as Personal Liberatory Strategy." In conversation with the essay, Alisha produced and directed a Theater capstone titled, "imagin/ing: a devised performance project," about collective rage, gender, and freedom dreaming. "imagin/ing" debuted from April 4-6, 2024 in Samuel Wadsworth Russell House, Middletown, CT. Most recently, Alisha co-directed Pitbull’s Party at The End by Talia Rodriguez, which debuted on August 11, 2024 for LimeFest at The Tank NYC. Alisha has produced work with Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater, The Public Theater, Olin Memorial Library, Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, The Tank NYC, and 7 Stages Theatre.
Currently, they are working on a devised production of What Are You? with 7 Stages Theatre. Get your tickets here. Alisha also works in marketing and event management at The Supermarket ATL and teaches elementary schoolers with AmeriCorps.
(Alisha is an excellent multitasker and keeps a meticulous, color-coded Google Calendar.)