Ashleigh Been

As a Turks and Caicos Native, I moved to America as an infant. I started my love for performing arts when I was three years old and was put into dance classes at Alvin Ailey Dance School in New York City. From there, I bounced from studio to studio, entered high school, and started dancing competitively. As we know, the pandemic changed the lives of everyone, and my dancing career took a pause. I got into Montclair State University and knew I still wanted to perform, and maybe wanted to get into acting. I got placed as a production assistant for the musical production On The Town, and my love for being on the opposite side of the table and the development of productions grew from there. I continued this journey as I was on productions like Spring Awakening, directed by Mark Hardy, in my junior year. I had the great honor of PSMing my first ever show, Sophisticated Ladies, directed by Deidre Goodwin, to end my junior year. My last production at Montclair in the fall was the musical production of Jesus Christ Superstar, directed by Peter Flynn. I finished my Senior year as a Producing Intern at Hendel Productions in New York, graduating in May with a Bachelor's in Theater Studies. I am currently on my first contract post-grad at Chautauqua Theater Company. I will be spending the summer season as a Production Assistant for the original play Execution of Justice, directed and written by Emily Mann, and The Witnesses (formerly known as “Tell Me You’re Dying”), written by C.A. Johnson and directed by Jade King Carroll.