ABOUT

Alyssa is a Portland Oregon-based puppeteer, theatre-maker, and all-around artist. She is most interested in making art about mental health and the complexity of the human mind, in a dreamlike but dark magic realism lens. Her work has been described as having a 'creepy-cute' aesthetic and often involves adorable monsters.

She currently works as Managing Director + Lead Puppeteer for the nationally-touring R-rated horror/sci-fi/comedy/rock musical puppet company, Puppeteers For Fears and as Operations Manager for the internationally recognized devising theatre company, Hand2Mouth Theatre.

She holds a Masters degree in Puppet Arts from the University of Connecticut and a BFA in Theatre Performance with minors in Studio Arts and Shakespeare Studies.

Alyssa has worked with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Imago Theatre,  Broadway Sacramento, The Woodland Opera House, Hollywood Fringe Festival, Oregon Fringe Festival, and more. She has toured across the country and performed in well-known historic venues with sold out crowds, such as Meow Wolf Denver, Smith's Olde Bar(Atlanta, GA), Bottom of the Hill (San Francisco, CA),  Nevada Theatre (Nevada City, CA), and The Music Farm (Charleston, SC).