Weathersby, Alyssa

ALYSSA WEATHERSBY

Alyssa Weathersby is a quickly rising director, movement designer, and vocalist. Her stylistic staging is often hailed as “cleverly designed” and “compelling,” and  her “strong soprano voice” delivers performances deemed “an embarrassment of riches.” Most recently, Alyssa directed Opera in the Heights Lucia di Lammermoor. Last season, Alyssa returned to UFOMT where she choreographed Anything Goes and served as Co-Director/Choreographer for Guys & Dolls and Little Shop of Horrors, directed the world premier of Hildegard, Reborn with the NYPL at the Lincoln Center, directed Opera del West’s La Divina, and directed and choreographed Early Music Access Project’s regional premier of James Shirley and John Locke’s Cupid & Death.

Other highlights include directing the sell-out productions of Rigoletto (Opera in the Heights) and L’elisir d’amore (Boston Opera Collaborative), directing and singing the titular role in Venus & Adonis (EMAP), devising and directing an updated Così fan tutt[i] (Carnegie Mellon University), and directing Hansel & Gretel (New England Conservatory). Alyssa has also served as staff at the international festival Prague Summer Nights (director, choreographer, fight choreographer). 

Alyssa is a core member and vocalist with Ars Poetica.