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Kara is originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan.  She graduated from The University of Michigan with a BA in English and an emphasis in screenwriting.  While there, she was also a scholarship athlete on the women’s gymnastics team.  Upon graduating, Kara moved to California, where she performed in independent films, a soap opera, and became a member of the Screen Actors Guild.  In 2009, she came to NYC to attend The Actors Studio Drama School, where she recently received her MFA in acting.  Her latest roles include: Craig Wright’s ORANGE FLOWER WATER (Beth), and an original new play directed by Amy Wright, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A GUY WHO KNEW ME, PART ONE (Sofie), where she received strong comedic reviews at the New York Fringe Festival. Currently, she is cast in a workshop of two plays, PHOENIX RISING (Lola), and RHYTHMS IN LIGHT BLUE (Jessica), while simultaneously producing/writing her own first production that will be mounted at The Hudson Guild Theatre in early March.

Personal Statement:
​I love theatre and the arts because I'm able to discover endless possibilities of creative expression.  LTPR! did much more than that.  LTPR! awoke my spirit, voice, and heart.  I feel as if it were a magical gift -- an opportunity filled with openness, support, belief, and trust that swooped in and changed my relationship with myself.  It taught me about connection, masks, truth, pain, presence, power, and fight.  The workshop put me in touch with all the aspects of myself and showed me that I could unite all of them, and become a stronger artist, human, and healer.  I've always looked at the arts as a way to heal, but LTPR! unlocked doors to new places of growth that I only imagined and had yet to step into.  I am so thankful for the chance, guidance, and friendship with all who are involved.

Julia is thrilled to be in the same room time and time again with these magical creatures, she enjoys dancing randomly on street corners while reciting Shakespearean verse.  She also acts her life away: Theatre credits include; Iphigenia, IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS (Off-broadway & North American Tour); Agnes, BUG (Regional,); Alexandreyevitch, AN ANALYSIS OF SUSPENSE & DRAMATIC TENSION (Strawberry One Act Festival, nominee Best Actress); Masha, THE SEAGULL (Dir. Geoffrey Horne); Ophelia, THE OPHELIA LANDSCAPE (Dir. Naum Panovski); Mrs. Antrobus, THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH (Dir. Jimmy Maize); Shelly, GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (Dir. George Loros); Ruth, APPLAUD THE DEVIL, PRAISE THE LORD (Arthur Saleen Theatre); Sonia, UNCLE VANYA (LSTFI); Hilde, SA KA LA (U.S. workshop premiere); Mother,  TI-JEANS & HIS BROTHERS (NYU); Kate Mundy, DANCING AT LUGHNASA (NYU); Marisol, MARISOL (NYU); Masha, THREE SISTERS (Robert Ellermann, NYU); Kathy, VANIIES (Robert Ellermann, NYU); Sam, SOME GIRLS(s) (NYU). 

Alesandra is a New York based theater and film actress and a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts.  She has trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, The Stella Adler Conservatory, the Stonestreet Film & Television Studios, and WITS University Johannesburg, South Africa. Theater credits include: Ronnie (lead) in the D.C. Black Theatre Festival production of STILL LIFE GOES ON; QUIZZICALLY QUIMSICAL; a showcase with Front and Center NYC.  Alesandra made her directing debut at the Ancient Drama Festival in November 2012.  She is also workshopping sketch comedy with EndTimes Productions for their 6th annual winter show "Naked Holidays" and is shooting her first sci-fi action feature with Silver Cheese Productions.  Some of her favorite roles include Claire Zachanasian of THE VISIT and Suzanne of PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE.  As always, thank you Mom, Dad, Jake & family for always supporting me and my endeavors!