Alison Ginebra Shanks

Alison has performed in staged readings of GETTING FRANKIE MARRIED, ANTIGONE, and THE LIVING with Interact.  She won an Ovation award for THE LARAMIE PROJECT (Laguna Playhouse and the Colony Theatre Company). Additional LA theatre credits include Luisa in A SHAYNA MAIDEL (Robby nomination), Sara in THE LIVING, Susaneh in THE CLEARING (all with The Colony Theatre Company); Dotty in JOHNNY BOY (FALCON THEATER), and Mrs. Alving in Tony Tanner’s production of GIVE ME THE SUN, an adaptation of Ibsen’s GHOSTS (Lounge Theatre).  Her regional credits include Leonide in THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE (Florida Studio Theatre), Carolyne in FAKES (Sarasota New Play Festival), and four seasons with the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, playing Lady Macbeth in MACBETH, Isabella in MEASURE FOR MEASURE, Maria in TWELFTH NIGHT, and Mistress Quickly in THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, among others. New York theater credits include Elise in THE MISER (Lincoln Center), Inez in COAL DIAMOND (Ensemble Studio Theatre), and The Woman in Dario Fo and Franca Rama’s WAKING UP (Alice’s Fourth Floor). Television credits include guest-starring roles on THE PRACTICE, STRONG MEDICINE, FRIENDS and TWO AND A HALF MEN. Alison is also a member of the Classical Theatre Lab and a proud member of Actors Equity Association and SAG/AFTRA.