“Alec Silver is drop dead hilarious”
“Beautifully agile [...] Silver, a skilled physical performer”
“I’ve never seen one quite like this one [...] real power and emotion”
Biography
Alec is a Chinese-American actor, producer, deviser, and movement director. He has a BA in Theatre from Columbia College Chicago and has trained at London’s international drama school, Rose Bruford College.
As a mixed-race theatre-maker, he draws inspiration from international theatre, dance, and film, looking to create cross-cultural, interdisciplinary work on the American and world stages.
As Managing Director of Dutch Kills Theater Company, he champions new work, innovation, and emerging theatrical voices through care, community, and conviction.
As an actor, he has worked with directors of national and international acclaim including Chay Yew, Nia DaCosta, Joe Dowling, and David H. Bell.
Alec’s recent performance credits include: The Newlywed Game (B Street Theatre), Good Enemy (Audible Theater), TEMPING (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), House of India (Eugene O’Neill Theater Center), Nightwatch (Goodman Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), The Crystal Spider (Haven Theatre), Forsythian Dweller’s Club (Minnesota Fringe Festival), and Peter Pan & Wendy (Burning Coal Theatre).
Alec’s recent producing credits with Dutch Kills Theater include: PEREGRINATIONS (The Tank), AFOOT (Adelaide Fringe Festival), TEMPING (Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival), In Corpo (Co-Production with The Assembly), and the Loose Leaf Reading and Development Series 2023.
Alec lives in New York City. He is represented by Blue Ridge Entertainment.
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