Allison Minick is an actress, singer, and writer. She received a BA in Dramatic Art from UC Davis and an MFA in Acting from Columbia University, where she studied with Kristin Linklater, Anne Bogart, and Andrei Serban. She studied Shakespeare at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (London), comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade (LA), and voice with Kate Johnson (NYC). She has trained on-camera with Bob Krakower, Ted Sluberski, and Annie Grindlay (ongoing class).
Allison has appeared in numerous films, including the Green Brothers’ Anonymous (dir: Reinaldo Marcus Green), Mark Kirkland’s The Audition, and Lisann Valentin's Europeany. She is one half of the comedy duo Main Wench with Liba Vaynberg. Their mockumentary pilot Tales of Toverud was a finalist at the Los Angeles Comedy Festival and Screenplay Competition and at the Amsterdam International Film Festival, and their musical parodies have been featured on WhoHaha and Funny or Die.
On stage she has played Lady Macbeth in Macbeth at Classic Stage Company (dir: Tony Speciale) and Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra at RADA (dir: John Adams). She originated the role of Lucille in Brief Hours and Weeks (dir: Tyne Rafaeli) and originated the role of Nan in Walking on Water at 3LD (written/directed by Celine Song). Her musical theatre credits include Little Sally in Urinetown and Ado Annie in Oklahoma at the Mondavi Center (dir: Mindy Cooper). She was the lead in the US premiere of Feydeau's farce Now You See It at North Coast Rep (dir: Bruce Turk), and she originated the lead in the two-person play Being Seen, which received encore performances at the NY International Fringe Festival and was awarded a Fringe Favorite.
Among her commercial credits, Allison was a principal actor in the Stella Artois Super Bowl commercial with Sarah Jessica Parker and Jeff Bridges.
Allison's pilot script THE DEATH OF KINGS is a finalist in multiple script competitions including Final Draft's contest (Top 10 out of 8,000 submissions). It also made it to the #1 spot on Coverfly and has been receiving top scores on Black List.
"Featuring two fantastic lead characters, an engrossing plot, and a fun spin on the magic crime genre, THE DEATH OF KINGS is hard to put down." -Black List
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