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Alida is an award-winning actor, producer, spaceshaper, and published poet originally from Brooklyn.
Her work has been developed and performed in collaboration with 92Y, Acme Brooklyn, the American Irish Historical Society, Beth Morrison Projects, Broadway Bound Festival, Dixon Place, Hylton Performing Arts Center, Invulnerable Nothings (Barn Lab + Mercury Store), MoMA PS1, NYPL, New Ohio (Ice Factory), New York Deaf Theatre, Queens Museum, SoHo Playhouse (Fringe Festival), and The Muse Brooklyn.
Some standout projects include SUMMER OF RAGE—a sold-out performance slam and fundraiser for The National Network of Abortion Funds—and The Shape of Space, a collaboration with sustainable fashion platform The Canvas, exhibiting geometric NFTs by Philippe Regard, Posterlad, and Guillermo Arismendis at the Westfield World Trade Center.
As a producer, Alida earned a NY Web Festival Producers Award for her work on The Rehearsal, written/directed by indie darling, Jaclyn Bethany. The pilot took home a Daytime Emmy for Tina Benko’s performance, including seven Indie Series Award nominations.
Her architectural entry for the New York State Pavilion redesign competition won the Queens Borough Award, was featured in The Wall Street Journal, and exhibited at the Queens Museum. Her poem Mariana was included as part of the United Nations World Ocean Day with Alfaaz Collective.
Current projects include One Winged Dove by Matthew Gasda with Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research.
Alida is a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College.