- THE NEW YORK TIMES
SPEED GRIEVING a short film alysia created, produced and stars in had it's world premiere at The Hamptons International Film Festival , followed by the Williamstown FIlm Festival , and was just invited to screen at SWAN DAY, The 17th Annual Women with Vision Festival, The Hearts and Minds Festival, and The San Francisco Women's Film Festival
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PUPPY LOVE is live! See Alysia in the series by clicking here: THE WAITLIST.
Alysia guest starred recently on 30 ROCK, WHITE COLLAR & LAw & Order:CI (AGAIN) - check local listings for air dates!
And as a new momma, she was also just featured on Celebrity Baby Scoop, and was a celeb guest scout on Stroller Traffic.
Before having Livia, Alysia shot the recurring role of Cindy on THE STARTER WIFE, for USA Network.
Last Summer Alysia was thrilled to be playing her dream role of Rosalind in AS YOU LIKE IT at The Shakespeare Festival in Rhode Island. How'd it go? Check out this quote from the RI press: "Stealing the show and the audience's attention is Alysia Reiner!"
Her latest film is THE VICIOUS KIND with Adam Scott and Brittney Snow, produced by Neil LaBute, which premiered at SUNDANCE 2009, is in theatres now, and was nominated for 2 independent Spirit Awards!
Some of Alysia's recent stage work includes HILLARY: A Modern Greek Tragedy With A Somewhat Happy Ending, at The Public Theatre, WASPS IN BED at The Beckett Theater (see NY Times quote above!), JAYSON WITH A Y with The New Group, and her critically acclaimed portrayal of June Miller in ANAIS NIN: One Of Her Lives.She also starred in the 2 hander AN OAK TREE, with Tim Crouch, which won a special 2007 Obie Award.
Along with The VIcious Kind, Alysia has several films on the festival circuit. ARRANGED and CYCLE UNKNOWN were both at the Berkshire International Film Festival where ARRANGED won the Audience award, and another film she stars in, SCHOOLED, was at the Queens International FIlm Festival and was at The Method Fest, garnering a Best Ensemble Cast nomination.
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Alysia won her first Screen Actors Guild Award (Outstanding Performance in an Ensemble Cast) in 2005, playing Christine, Jack’s fiancee and then bride in the Oscar-winning film SIDEWAYS. She went on to star Off-Broadway in the NY Premiere of PENTECOST, by Tony-winning playwright David Edgar, produced by The Barrow Group Theater Company. In it's glowing review, The New York Times singled out Alysia once again, this time for her role as the furious Palestinian leader of a group of mid-eastern refugees who storm a church and hold four people hostage.
Alysia's other film credits include ONE LAST THING, THE A-LIST, KISSING JESSICA STEIN, FOR LOVE OF THE GAME with Kevin Costner, ROW YOUR BOAT with John Bon Jovi, THE NARROW GATE , HOURLY RATES, 3 BODY PROBLEM and THE STAND IN.
TV roles include: THE SOPRANOS, THE JURY, LAW & ORDER, LAW & ORDER:SVU, LAW & ORDER:CI, LOVE MONKEY, THE DREW CAREY SHOW, THE PRACTICE, FAMILY LAW, JACK & JILL, and Series Lead in the TV Pilot AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK.
For Alysia's Full Bio and Resume click here.
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!!!:
Want to see Alysia and David's eco-friendly Brownstone renovation on TV? Look for them on RENOVATION NATION and on WORLD'S GREENEST HOMES - both airing now on PLANET GREEN!
You can see it in print, too! Check out the 5 page spread in September's GOTHAM MAGAZINE, on newstands now! Their green building was also featured in THE NEST MAGAZINE and at THE NEST.com, and at DWELL.com and KOHLER.com.
Alysia starred in the NYC premiere of TENDER - click here for details.
ARRANGED is now on DVD! Buy it or Netfix it! Click on the link for theatre information.
And SCHOOLED is now available for sale - click on the link to purchase it.
Alysia did a reading of the new play AKA at The Actor's Studio April 14th.
Alysia starred with Steve Guttenberg at The Hampton Film Festival in a reading of the Sloane Award winning WONDER DRUG.
Alysia participated in the Hartford Stage New Works Festival in a reading of a fabulous new play called HARDBALL.
CYCLE UNKNOWN, a film Alysia stars in, was at the Indie Fest in Los Angeles.
Alysia did a reading of CRADLE OF MAN, by Melanie Marnich, a writer on BIG LOVE, at the HUDSON STAGE.
FASHION WEEK: Alysia strutted her fashion stuff at the CARAVAN fashion show.
And she was interviewed for THE ROSS REPORTS about training and coaches - look for the article in print and online.
UPDATES:
Aly on the set of SIDEWAYS
*LISTEN to Alysia's new Voice Over campaign for ENBREL! Just click here: VOICE OVER
ARRANGED won the audience award at The Berkshire FIlm Festival And the top TWO awards at The Booklyn Film Festival!
SCHOOLED premiered at THE METHOD FEST. "The Method Fest is the only major film festival in the U.S. focusing on acting, celebrating breakout acting performances." Only 3% of entries get accepted. Check it out at http://www.methodfest.com/.
Have you seen Alysia on DWELL.com? Watch all ten episodes of her green rennovation of her Harlem Brownstone (read previous crackhouse), just click on HARLEM HOUSE VIDEO on the site!
Read about Alysia working with her husband David Alan Basche in WASPS IN BED at TalkingBroadway.com.
Need an International Emmy judge? Look no further, as Alysia was asked to judge again this year.
Alysia was also interviewed on on Martha Stewart Living Radio, Sirius 112. For more info go to http://www.victoriamoran.com/radio.html.
Alysia was asked to be on the board of The Broad Collective - an awesome group of power women.Learn more about this amazing group of broads at http://broadcollective.com/
A-LIST (http://a-list-themovie.com/) screened at the Palm Beach Film Festival (http://www.pbifilmfest.org/) and the WORLDFEST film festival where it was a 39th Annual WorldFest 2006 Remi Award Nominee.
SIDEWAYS is still playing on HBO - catch it now! Follow Alysia and SIDEWAYS through the 2005 awards season here.
Alysia was profiled by inmag.com magazine. Read the whole interview here.
Did you catch Alysia in LUCKY magazine?
3 BODY PROBLEM:
3 BODY PROBLEM, which Alysia stars in, screened at Ojai Film Festival, Lake Arrowhead Film Festival & Sarasota Film Festival and was honored with the prestigious Edie & Lew Wasserman Award for Directing and Production and a Spotlight Award at the Director's Guild in Los Angeles.
VOLUNTEER WORK:
Alysia did a benefit production for CIRCLE OF HEALTH INTERNATIONAL of Eve Ensler's "A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer: Writings To Stop Violence Against Women and Girls." The groundbreaking collection of monologues by world-renowned authors and playwrights is edited by Eve Ensler and Mollie Doyle and commissioned by V-Day. They raised over $25,000!
Alysia was at the groundbreaking of a new GREEN renovation for HABITAT FOR HUMANITY . She and her husband plan to put their new green building knowledge to work volunteering in the building process.
Alysia starred opposite Paul Rudd in Keith Russell's THE PERFECT PLACE at the Our Time Theatre Company's 2006 One-Act Play Program. THE PERFECT PLACE tells the story of a teen stutterer who imagines a world where he and his best friend (played by Alysia) can live in peace. Visit www.ourtimetheatre.org
Alysia was thrilled to perform at VDAY HARLEM on March 27th, 2006 - a benefit for GEMS: an organization that gets teenage girls off the street. She received a standing ovation for her monologue! Yes, at the APOLLO! For information about this amazing charity click here.
Alysia was honored to be invited to a dinner for the first female elected president of an African state (Liberia) - Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson. It was an amazing event. To learn more about this amazing woman and her plans click here to listen to National Public Radio's Coverage of her historic victory and click here for a profile of President Sirleaf-Johnson from the BBC.