Choreographer/Dancer
Alyssa Weathersby is a New York-based director/choreographer, vocalist, and arts educator.
Working within a larger nexus of live performance, Alyssa’s ability to wear many hats has honed her strongest creative gift: communication. Her ability to ‘bridge the gap’ lead to focus on creative direction and leadership.
As a director, Alyssa’s stylistic staging is often hailed as “cleverly designed” and “compelling.” Over this past season, Alyssa directed Opera in the Heights’ Lucia di Lammermoor and joined the NYC early music ensemble TENET to direct the pastiche Ariadne, Unbound. Last season, Alyssa returned to UFOMT where she choreographed Anything Goes and served as Co-Director/Choreographer alongside George Pinney for Guys & Dolls and Little Shop of Horrors, directed the world premiere of Hildegard, Reborn with the NYPL at the Lincoln Center, directed Opera del West’s La Divina, and directed and choreographed the regional premiere of James Shirley and John Locke’s Cupid & Death with Early Music Access Project at the famed Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, VA, where she previously directed their production of Venus & Adonis in 2022.
Other highlights include directing the sell-out productions of Rigoletto (Opera in the Heights) and L’elisir d’amore (Boston Opera Collaborative), devising and directing an updated Così fan tutt[i] (Carnegie Mellon University), and joining the New England Conservatory to direct Hansel & Gretel and the Undergraduate Opera Scenes and selections of the graduate Perkins Opera Scenes programs. Alyssa has also served as staff at the international festival Prague Summer Nights (director, choreographer, fight choreographer).