Ashley Griffin(I)

Ashley Griffin is the first person in history to be nominated for a major award for both playing and directing "Hamlet" (for a theatrical production) - notably doing both at the same time for her landmark off-Broadway production. As a writer Ashley is most well known as the creator of "Trial" (directed by Lori Petty,) and of the pop culture phenomenon "Forever Deadward" (New World Stages,) praised by MTV, E! EW and others. Her theater work has been developed at Broadway's Manhattan Theater Club, Playwrights Horizons, La MaMa, and the American Theater of Actors, and she has written for film and T.V. She has performed on and off Broadway, as well as in film: (Select credits include Elphaba ("Wicked": For Good Concert - Gershwin Theater,) "Hamlet" (Hamlet), "The Greatest Showman," and "American Dreams."