Alyse
Alyse received most of her acting training at The Acting Studio Chicago, Green Shirt Studio, and The BGB Studio in LA. She recently co-created her own Improv and Sketch group Our Lake is an Ocean. Is apart Solctice, the expanded cast of Assigned Reading. She was part of The Lookout, Improv from the inside out ensemble at The Comedy Community Center, The Coin Drop Indy Film by Cho Collette.
She is currently collaborating on a play, on the book for a new musical, various sketches, and also co-wrote and acted in Pocus Hocus, A Virgin's Revenge voted Best Theater Production by the Chicago Reader. Had the pleasure of playing the Grinch in You're a Mean One, working on a couple independen, and Malarkey's Comedy Sports Minor League Team. She also played Josephine, JoJo, D'Angelo in the play Lady Balls written by Allison Fradkin for the Rockford Fringe Festival.
Alyse is currently with Promote Talent Agency, and is various voices in the radio play Emperor of the Moon with Braving the Bard; available on Spotify. She was a part of New Deal Creative Arts 2021 Monologue Challenge, and was in SENIOR MOMENTS which won Best Play in Triangle Rainbow Theatre and Riant Theatre's First LGBTQ+ Short Play Festival.
Pre-pandemic, she was in the film Date by Tao Liu which was selected for Lift-Off Sessions 2021, directed for the first time for the Moonlit 24-Hour Festival, shot a few commercials, and is working on a Pilot Series set to film Summer 2022. Pre-Quarantine she was in the staged reading of the play DARK PASSAGE, written by Rosemary FrisinoToohey, with the Italian American Theatre Company, shot an independent film, and took a class at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, UK.
When she's not working she's around town auditioning, working on her dialects, and taking new interesting classes that Chicago and LA has to offers (in person/virtually).
She also loves to travel most recently to Japan, and got to take karate lessons with an 80 year old black belt Sensi! While in London she was also able to study abroad with Tim Kent at the Actors Studio at Pinewood Studios London, UK. Where she gained a new perspective when approaching her craft.
While long walks on the beach would not be included, unless Lake Michigan counts, her favorite literary character is Sherlock Holmes, she has private detective training, and knows how to pick locks.
NEWS
UNPLANNED OBSOLESCENCE
Our Lake is an Ocean presents a brilliant mix of improv and sketch. Join us on a hilariously perilous journey through the actions that brought us to the world in which we live! Where A.I. is on the rise and could one day replace us? All actions have consequences, is our lightbulb still burning or is this all going to hit the fan... Come see, before we become obsolete!
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Murder "WE" Wrote
Our lake is an Ocean presents: Murder "WE" Wrote Holiday Edition- the completely improvised murder mystery show now with a holiday twist! Join our eccentric hosts for the Holiday (murder) party of the year as their swaree turns into a crime scene! They will take you on a journey through their not so humble abode as we meet the zany party goers, the victim, the perps, and even join the detectives to solve the Who/What/Where/Why as we create the story together. Come see how it really happened!
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At BUGHOUSE Theatre
+ Sunday December 22nd at 5PM
Reels
Alyse Dionne
Résumé
Height: 5'9" | Hair: Brown | Eyes: Hazel
Film
The Coin Drop
Involuntary Commitment
The Night and Gail
Murder Lane
Story of An Hour
Date
Therapy and Business
The Reunion
A Personal Ordeal
The Boy and the Beast
USB
Ham Off the Bone
The Lady in the Painting
At The Movies
Deprived
Jack
One Last Song
The Guilt
Abigail
Agony of the Achleys
Mailboxes
Supporting (Maura Billiard)
Supporting (Nurse)
Supporting (Claire)
Supporting (Deb)
Lead (Josephine)
Supporting (The Woman)
Supporting (Dr. Moore)
Lead (Monica)
Supporting (Colleague)
Lead (Mother)
Lead (Agent Rodriguez)
Lead (Jenny)
Lead (Lady in the Painting)
Supporting (Cara)
Lead (Emma)
Supporting (Brittany)
Supporting (Linda Spokeswoman)
Supporting (Detective Rogers)
Lead (Woman)
Lead (Madeline)
Supporting (Caroline)
Dir. Cho Colette
Dir. Toni Nordone
Dir. Benjamin Ehnert
Dir. Rex Condon
Dir. Jackson Thornton/Hidden Gem Films
Dir. Tao Liu
Dir. Aliyah Brochette
Dir. Jeremy Chen
Dir. Julio Padilla
Dir. Arian Behpour
Dir. Rita Usher
Dir.Joseph Siegel
Dir. Shaquille Roberts
Dir.Mason Bowen
Dir. Crystal Gonzalez
Dir. Lance Barnes/BeCurious Productions
Dir. KNE Yicheng Xue
Dir. Luis Velazquez
Dir. Marcus Forman
Dir. Ben Medina
Daniel Waltz Films
Theater
You're A Mean One
Hit Me with your Best Plot
Unplanned Obsolescence
Realm of the Nutcracker King an Immersive Holiday Fairytale
Pocus Hocus
Holy Inappropriate
Lady Balls
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Truth Be Told
The Emperor of the Moon
A Christmas Carol
Coal For Christmas
Drunk Lysistrata
How To Survive Being in A Shakespeare Play
My Vagina Has A First Name
10 Ways To Survive Life in Quarantine
It's Your Mother Part 4
The Monologue Show
Marvel SpotlightHAMMERED: A Thor & Loki Play
Senior Moments
CLUE: Stay-At-Home Edition
Dark Passage
The Wedding Box
Vispetta "Commedia Carnevale"
Real/People
The Importance of Being Earnest
Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol
And Then There Were None
Cinderella
The Grinch
Various
Various
Clara
Demon Natty Light
Lois
Josephine "JoJo" D'Angelo
Helena
Casey
Officer/Gallius/Stetraphon/Singer
Ghost of Christmas Past
Blitz
Man 2/Spartan 1
Cleopatra
Sarah
Lyn
Hayley/Erica
Angel
Hogun
Anna
Female Ensemble (Cook/Telegram Girl)
Catarina
Sidney
Nurse/Zanni Ensamble
Bar Patron/Therapist
Cecily Cardew
The Bogle
Vera Claythorne
Cinderella
Dir. Rufus Wood | Moon Jumper Ensemble | Chicago, IL
Dir. Luke Moghimi Connelli | Assigned Reading | Chicago, IL
Our Lake is an Ocean | Bughouse Theatre | Chicago, IL
Dir. Tiffany Keane Schaefer | Other World Theatre | Chicago, IL
Dir. Kenzie Sinta | Rejected Sequel Theatre | Chicago, IL
Dir. Kate Greenberg | Ripple Effect Artists
Dir. Tera Flores | Rockford Fringe Festival
Dir. Misty Doty | This Moment Porductions
Dir. Pamela Morgan | Thornhill Theatre Space
Dir. Claire Seelig | Braving the Bard
The ALPHANYC Theatre CO. | New York, NY
A Very Paranormal Holiday Women's Playwright Festivus!
Braving the Bard | Virtual
The ALPHANYC Theatre CO. | New York, NY
Shiny Unicorns Prod. 10 Minute Women’s Playwright Fest
The ALPHANYC Theatre CO. | New York, NY
Geneva Theatre Guild Playwright’s Play Reading | Geneva, NY
The ALPHANYC Theatre CO. | New York, NY
Theatre On The Hill | Bolingbrook, IL
Triangle Rainbow Theatre -LGBTQ Short Play Festival | NYC
This Moment Productions | Chicago, IL
Italian American Theatre | Chicago, IL
Italian American Theatre | Chicago, IL
Italian American Theatre | Chicago, IL
The Powers That Be Theatre Co. | Chicago, IL
Towne Square Players | Woodstock, IL
Rhode Theatre | Kenosha, WI
Rhode Theatre | Kenosha, WI
Rhode Theatre | Kenosha, WI
IMPROV
Comedy Sportz
Solstice
Our Lake Is An Ocean
Miles Per Hour - Duel Duo
Assigned Reading
The Lookout
Commercial / Industrial
Conflict List Available upon Request
Training
- On Going On Camera Lab with Corey Parker | The BGB Studio - North Hollywood, CA
- Dramatic Improv Level 1-4 with Tony Rielage | Theatre Momentum - Chicago, IL
- Elements of RADA - Movement with Gabrielle Moleta | Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts - London, UK
- Meisner Level I, and II with Andrew Gallant | Green Shirt Stuido - Chicago, IL
- On Camera Auditioning with Casting Director Sarah Clark | Compass Casting - Chicago, IL
- Improv for Actors With Tim O'Malley | The Second City - Chicago, IL
- Scenic Improv With Lauren Dowden | The Second City - Chicago, IL
- Voice Workshop with Kate DeVore at | Acting Studio Chicago
- Screen Acting Workshop with Casting Director Tim Kent, | Actors Studio Pinewood Studios - London UK
- On Camera II with Chris Agos | Acting Studio Chicago
- On Camera I with Doug McDade | Acting Studio Chicago
- 10 years Comedy and Improv
- Columbia College Chicago - Film Major Courses
- Ball State University - Theater Major Courses
- 3 years of Dance Dixon Dance Academy
Skills
Private Detective Training, Dialects (British Received Pronunciation, Cockney, Irish, Eastern European, Standard American, Southern, Boston), Lock-Picking, Archery, Dancing (Beginner Ballet, Hip-Hop,Ballroom), Fencing, Drawing, Singing (mezzo-soprano)
Gallery
Cast Photo
Funderdome Friday 06/09
Comedy Community Center's Advanced Improv Ensemble
Realm of the Nutcracker King
Lady Balls - Photo from the Rockford Fringe Festival
A Christmas Carol
Coal for Christmas by Dana Hall
Drunk Lysistrata
Series Filming Summer 2022
How to Survive Being in a Shakespeare Play
The Bride of Frankenstein
Photo, Hair, and Make-up by Elizabeth Petro http://www.elizabethpetro.com