Alexis Green is a theatre artist from Arizona now based in Chicago. In 2017, she received her MFA in Acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep where she helped found the Student Resource Board and facilitated some of the changes the led to Brown/Trinity's tuition-free status. While at Brown, Alexis acted in productions of The Crucible (Rebecca Nurse/Tituba), The Tempest (Miranda), and Our Country's Good (Liz Morden). She performed in Trinity Repertory Company's Blues For Mister Charlie (Mother Henry/Lorenzo) and To Kill A Mockingbird (Mayella Ewell). During her final year, she conceived and directed a devised piece called Alarum to address the rise in violence and fear after several incidents in the summer of 2016, including the murders of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling and the Pulse nightclub shooting. Alexis concluded her time at Brown with her one-woman thesis show, which was an adaptation of Lydia Diamond's The Inside. A recording of that performance can be found here.
Alexis is also an alumnus of Arizona State University where she received her BA in Theatre Arts with a minor in Communication. While at Arizona State, Alexis began her journey into community engagement and arts activism working for ASU Gammage's Cultural Participation Department. She acted in Binary Theatre company's production of Susan and the Scissor Women as well as a studio production of Drones for the ASU Mainstage. She also acted professionally outside of the university in the Black Theatre Troupe's productions of Coming of the Hurricane (Kazarah) and A Song For Coretta (Lt. Gwen Johnson). For her culminating senior project, Alexis created, produced and acted in The ASU Black Theatre Festival, which included four production spanning over the month of February and around 50 local theatre artists and students.
Alexis is also an alumnus of Arizona State University where she received her BA in Theatre Arts with a minor in Communication. While at Arizona State, Alexis began her journey into community engagement and arts activism working for ASU Gammage's Cultural Participation Department. She acted in Binary Theatre company's production of Susan and the Scissor Women as well as a studio production of Drones for the ASU Mainstage. She also acted professionally outside of the university in the Black Theatre Troupe's productions of Coming of the Hurricane (Kazarah) and A Song For Coretta (Lt. Gwen Johnson). For her culminating senior project, Alexis created, produced and acted in The ASU Black Theatre Festival, which included four production spanning over the month of February and around 50 local theatre artists and students.
Since receiving her MFA, Alexis has worked all over the country with The Williams Project, Black Theatre Troupe, Portland Stage, Bread Loaf School of English, The Gift Theatre, and First Flight. Her most recent credits include Madame Defarge in A Tale of Two Cities (Bread Loaf School of English); Zoe in The Niceties (Portland Stage); and Vera in Seven Guitars (Black Theatre Troupe). In February 2019, she directed good friday for ASU School of Theatre, Film, and Dance at the Lyceum Theatre in Tempe, Arizona. She then received the Lillian Chason Directing Fellowship at UNC Chapel Hill in 2020 and directed By The Way, Meet Vera Stark.
Alexis currently serves on the board of Notch Theatre Company as the Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Access Board Chair. She also works as the Senior Program Coordinator for artEquity.
Alexis is represented by Big Mouth Talent.
Alexis currently serves on the board of Notch Theatre Company as the Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Access Board Chair. She also works as the Senior Program Coordinator for artEquity.
Alexis is represented by Big Mouth Talent.