about Alexis

Catch Alexis on season 9 of

Chicago PD

A behind the scenes video for Emily Schumann's Funeral Theory 

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Alexis performed live with

Marauderville in LA, debuting their duet More Country from the album Osmanthus.

Alexis partakes in some Good News edibles while watching a football game.

Alexis parties with new LED Bluetooth speaker lightbulbs. Found exclusively at Home Depot.

Catch Alexis in a Caplyta print campaign. The newest FDA approved bipolar medicine.

Alexis is featured as an EMT in Alight's "Welcome to the Employee Economy" campaign.

Enjoy Alexis as a witch in Good News: Cannabis Together's Halloween campaign. 

Watch Alexis' handy work in Good News Cannabis Together.

Alexis joins the cast of Medea Material at Trapdoor Theatre directed by Max Truax. This post modern take on the ancient Greek tragedy by Euripedes will feature an ensemble of 9. It opens Sept 10 and runs through Oct 24th.

UPDATE: CANCELLED due to COVID-19

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Alexis will be playing the role of Nancy in Redtwist Theatre's production of The Country Girl running May 11th - June 28th

Alexis has been tinkering around the farm's shop for as long as she can remember.

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"My love for crafting comes from gift giving. I LOVE a homemade gift. Let me help you give some love with a homemade gift."

Alexis will be playing the role of Harriet in the thrilling drama Boy Gets Girl with Saltbox Theatre Collective. Running January 3rd through January 27 at the Edge Theatre.

Check out Alexis' updated reel. 

It includes some of the footage from her recent works.

Here's the official trailer for Alexis' recent feature film We Are Nothing where she stars as the troubled and abused millennial, Samantha Queen. The movie will premier Thursday April 22 at Lake Theatre in Oak Park. 

After several months, Alexis and the production company have finished filming We Are Nothing. It is slated to come out April 18th. Check back later for more info on where to catch this coming of age drama.

Alexis has been cast as the understudy of Katie in the gnarly, in your face dark comedy Bachelorette with Level 11 Theatre Company. This production will be lead by 2017 Jeff Award Winning director Spenser Davis and runs

Oct 13 - Nov 5th at the Den Theatre. 

Alexis has begun filming the indie feature We Are Nothing.

Alexis plays the leading role of Samantha Queen who is strong, fierce and troubled. She wears her pain like a crown; in public she deals gracefully, while in private is is crippling.

Playwright and director Dane A. Campbell and fellow cast member Michael Lewis (Zeke) were featured on the ABC Eyewitness News. The two talked about how the play addresses the racial tensions and challenges surrounding police shootings of black people in the U.S.

Alexis will begin filming an indie film this autumn. She will be playing the role of Samantha Queen in a story about two millennials trying to find purpose and understanding in a world that relentlessly tells them who they ought to be.

Plot: an interracial friendship of five is torn apart when one of them, a white cop, in the line of duty, shoots and kills an unarmed black teenager.

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You can catch Alexis' hilarious vacuuming skills in Yup! Chocolate Milk's commercial featured on Facebook.

Alexis has wrapped filming the intense drama short of The Weekend. It was filmed on location at a haunting lake house in Indiana. You may be able to catch it at various film festivals in 2017.

Alexis has finished narrating the hilarious novel non-Hollywood by Neal A. Yeager. This book is, "a novel for the fans of the underdog, non-Hollywood takes the reader through the life of the folks who are struggling on the fringes of show business."

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Give it a listen for free.

Alexis is going to serve as the Fight Director for CUTC's production of Oklahoma. She will choreograph the three major fight scenes, including the very stylized fight in the Dream Ballet.

Alexis is making the move to Chicago where she will be represented by Lily's Talent Agency as on-camera, theatrical and voice-over talent.

Keep an out for her on your local stages.

Tom. will be performed in Ireland at The Mill starting July 1st. This company is composed of all Irish actors who are using the original choreography and staging.

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July 1st marks 100 years since the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

Alexis is the recipient of the very prestigious Departmental Distinction Award at Theatre Department Ceremony.

This award is based on the opinions of her professors and the grades she earned throughout her time at the University of Illinois. 

It's official! Alexis has graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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She holds a BFA in Acting.

Alexis and the team at Armoory Theatre Company received the Stevick Foundation of Excellence in Humanities/FAA Research for the work they did on their show TOM. They won a stipend to aid in the continuation of their work. 

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The show focused on the story of Tom McKinney's life until his untimely death at the Battle of the Somme. Because of their research and artistry, the story of the McKinney family will live forever.

After a full year of training, Alexis has recieved a Recommended Pass in both Single Sword and Unarmed Combat by the Society of American Fight Directors. She is on her way to becoming an Actor Combatant.

Alexis is officially represented by Lily's Talent Agency. LTA is located in Chicago, IL .

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She is also excited to announce she will be moving to Chicago after graduation. 

Alexis and her fellow classmates are gearing up for their Chicago debut. Join them at Stage 773 on April 18th as they share stories and showcase a culmination of four years of intensive training.

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RSVP or gather more info at their website.

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See you there!

Alexis and Mindy's production of Call Me Woman was featured on Her Campus Website. They are a feminist website that empowers college age women. The two were interview and promoted fo their pertinent message thst is being shared on U of I campus

#thefutureisfemale

Illinois' production of In The Blood has sold out! The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts has added an extra show for Tuesday April 5th.

Alexis is collaborating with Mindy Shore in writing and directing a show entitled Call Me Woman. This project will feautre all the ladies in the department and be a testimony; an anthem for what its ike to be a women in theatre and of the world. It will embod each individual actress' story. 

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You can catch it at the Armory Free Theatre where admission is free!

Alexis will be playing Amiga Gringa / Beauty in the U of I's production of In The Blood by Suzan-Lori Parks. Her last show at U of I will be directed Lisa Gaye Dixon.

This production will run March 31st - April 10th at the KCPA.

Alexis just got back from Shakespeare and his Contemporaries intensive at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. 

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While at LAMDA she trained in classical works as well as classical dance and singing, the Alexander Technique and more.

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Alexis played Adrianna in Comedy of Errors and Beatrice in Middleton's The Changeling. 

Alexis will join fellow classmates Mindy Shore, Sam Babick, and Dylan Connelley in devising a show. 

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This production will be based on the correspondence, photographs and diaries between Tom McKinney and his family, until Tom's injury and death after the Battle of the Somme. 

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She will work with professors Robin McFarquhar and Philip Johnston to bring this story and Irish treasure to life.

Alexis will be playing Julia in the University of Illinois' production of 1984 by George Orwell and adapted by Michael Gene Sullivan. 

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Tom Mitchell will direct the run 

Oct 15th-Oct 25th