"Do not let this universe regret you." -Marty McConnell
Artist, Collaborator, Advocate
I’m a multi-hyphenated interdisciplinary teaching artist based in Chicago. My artistic work stems from a need to experience the world around me in a manner so deeply it influences by extension my personhood and artistic evolution. I’m a world traveler, a thought-provoker interested in learning about diverse cultures, the stories of my ancestors, breaking bread with communities and embracing those moments of human interconnectedness. I come from a legacy of women who have provided me the strength to be a mirror for my people, excavating knowledge and understanding as I create. By removing the barriers that keep us apart and holding space for one another we allow ourselves the freedom to share, disagree, unburden and heal. My work prioritizes community engagement and advocates for equity, inclusion and diversity. Listening to our neighbors with love and compassion can be the catalyst for monumental change.
As a Black woman artist, educator and advocate who historically has worked in predominantly white institutions and spaces, I continue my work knowing my presence is often a radical act and I armor myself with unabashed self love to accomplish the work before me. I am a vehicle for change. I challenge norms set forth by unequal societal structures. I am a vessel and I believe that societal change can only occur if we activate and engage each other.
BIO
Alexandria Moorman is a Chicago-based actor, writer, improviser, poet and teaching artist. She’s passionate about advocating for equity with NFP Chicago Artist Guide who is building an online platform to diversify Chicago theatre, learn more @chicagoartistguide.org. Selected Chicago credits: American Son (Fleetwood Jourdain Theatre) The Man of Mode and The London Merchant (The R/18 Collective, Symposium and Staged Reading) What To Send Up When It Goes Down (Lookingglass), cullud wattah* (Victory Gardens), What To Send Up WhenIt Goes Down (Congo Square-Chicago premiere), Tubman: Road to Freedom (GreatWorks Theatre Company), Mother of The Dark Water (MPAACT), The Walls of Harrow House (Rough House Theatre Co.).
She graduated from Emerson College with a BFA Acting where she was awarded the Isabel Stanford award and scholarship and has completed the Improv Training program at iO Chicago and pH Comedy Theatre. Her award-winning short films, How to Re-caulk your Tub dir. Sean Pierce (Best International Short - Calgary Underground) and Mid 30s Martyr dir. Eliaz Rodriguez (Director's Choice Best Actress Austin Revolution Film Festival) are both available to view on Youtube. In addition, she is a writer/cast member on season three of Hit Em’ On The Blackside, Congo Square’s sketch comedy web-series, see new episodes premiere every Friday on Youtube until February 2023. Her work in Congo Square Theatre's production of What To Send Up When It Goes Down by Aleshea Harris received critical-acclaim a remount at Lookingglass Theatre and won several awards and accolades this year including Best Theatrical Production at the Black Theatre Alliance, Best Director at The Black Excellence Awards (African American Alliance) and Best Ensemble (Short Run) at the Joseph Jeff Awards. The production is also nominated for 11 Broadway World Regional Chicago Awards.