Ashley Nicole Baptiste

Ashley Nicole Baptiste is a multidisciplinary professional artist whose work as an actor, educator, and producer has been showcased in many different places. She hails from the sunny lands of San Diego, California, and has recently been working and living in the NY/NJ area. As the Associate Artistic Director of Jersey City Theater Center, she has produced new works as well as created “Black Space,” an online digital archive created with interviews featuring Black artists from all over the world. Ashley is one of the proud creators of the Youth Theater Program “Spotlight”. Her work with New Jersey City University and Colby College has helped hone her skills as an educator and refined her ability to motivate and empower students to reach their fullest potential. Professional theatre credits include Still, Premiere Stages; Cadillac Crew, Vermont Stage; Chicken & Biscuits, Bristol Riverside Theatre; When Day Comes, Crossroads Theatre Company; Seven Guitars, Artists Repertory Theater; Jitney, Portland Playhouse; and In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play), Profile Theater. Television: Grimm, NBC; Notes from the Field, HBO; and New Amsterdam, NBC. Educational credits: California State University Fullerton, BFA Acting. Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, MFA Acting. For updates: ashleynicolebaptiste.com