Alex Aspiazu
Stage Actor
All headshots courtesy of DJ Corey, 2026.
Based in the Washington DC area, Alex is a bilingual and multicultural performer of Latinx and Palestinian heritage who has been developing her craft for over 20 years. She is an intelligent and thoughtful collaborator who enjoys playing complex characters with tough exteriors.
Since arriving on the DC theater scene in 2024, Alex has worked on productions with The Welders, Nu Sass Productions, Theatre Prometheus, Rorschach Theatre and other local companies.
Some of her favorite stage roles have included Kay in The Pliant Girls, M'Lynn Eatenton in Steel Magnolias and Sally Bowles in Cabaret.
Alex is also a digital illustrator who enjoys creating art for theater marketing materials and promotional design.
Alex lives in Lake Barcroft with her partner, their children and a variety of animals.
2026 News
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Wrapped Cake Eaters directed by Seth Rosenke
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Attended Shakespeare Unleashed Actor Workshop with Simon Godwin at Shakespeare Theatre Company
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Accepted into the Strasberg Institute (NYC) Summer Intensive Program
Image: John Jones, Caleigh Riordan Davis and Alex Aspiazu in Cake Eaters (2026)
Performance Resume
Attributes
Height: 5 ' 8"
Weight: [Redacted]
Hair color: Dark brown
Eye color: Dark brown
Feature: Arm tattoos
Singing voice: Mezzo/Contralto
Stage Credits: Highlights
Year
Company
Role
Production
Captain Markuzi/Irina
Cake Eaters
The Welders
2026
Bobbi (Understudy)
Craigslisted
Nu Sass
2025
Spider
James & The Giant Peach
McLean Community Players
2025
Kay
The Pliant Girls*
Theatre Prometheus/Nu Sass
2024
Radium Girls
Mrs. Fryer/Mrs.Roeder/Marie Curie
Theatre Lab
2024
Natalie
The Silver Line (Klecksography 2024)
Rorschach Theatre
2024
Tessa
The Misfit Players
Goose Creek Players
2023
M'Lynn Eatenton**
Steel Magnolias
Stagecoach Theater
2022
Ruth Sloane (Clara Understudy)
The Social Secretary
Sterling Playmakers
2021
Audrey
As You Like It
Hob Nob Theatre Company
2015
Maid Marian/Much
Robin Hood
The Rose Theatre
2013
Giuseppe Zangara
Assassins
Curtain Call Theatre
2011
Alaura
City of Angels
Scotch 'n Soda Theatre
2006
Sally Bowles
Cabaret
Scotch 'n Soda Theatre
2005
Jeanie
Hair
Scotch 'n Soda Theatre
2003
* Nominee, Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Production
** Winner, Best Performance in a Play, Broadway Regional World Awards
Staged Readings
Year
Company
Role
Production
General Markuzi
Royals & Rebels: A Night of Deception and Succession
The Welders / Theatre Prometheus
2025
Captain Markuzi
Cake Eaters
The Welders
2025
Blackburns
Lost Girls
Rorschach Theatre: Magic in Rough Spaces
2025
Olga Kholkova
Muse: The Women of Picasso
Chameleon Theatre Collective
2025
Bianca
The Taming
LTA / Ibiala International
2024
Chris Evergreen
A Medicine Called Christmas
Variations Theatre (virtual)
2020
Mari
Skinwalking
Great Plains Theatre Conference
2015
Film Credits
Year
Director
Role
Production
Allison
False Witness*
Arun Naranayan
2013
Betsy
Whatever Makes You Happy
Andrew T. Sayre
2010
Alegria
Ratas, Ratones, Rateros**
Sebastian Cordero
1999
* Short Film Corner, 2013 Cannes Film Festival
** Nominee, Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Film
Nominee, ALMA Award for Outstanding Foreign Film
Additional Skills & Training
Languages Spoken
English (fluent)
Spanish (fluent)
French (basic)
Accentwork
British SSB
Spanish
French Parisienne
Southern
Recent Training (2023 - Present)
Shakespeare Unleashed Actor Workshop with Simon Godwin (STC)
Theatre Lab Coursework
Nathan Whitmer (Scene Study)
Madeleine Regina (Meisner)
JJ Johnson (Acting)
Noble Blades Stage Combat Training
Bess Kaye, and Ian Claar
- Unarmed (slaps, punches, chokes, hair pulls, falls, bites, drags)
- Single sword (guards, attacks, parries)
- Shakespearean deaths
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