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Alyssa Gillgren is an Australian Theatre Director, who has been directing since 2017.

Alyssa Gillgren started directing in 2017 with a short play called “It’s My Choice”, which was a part of the Wingz Playwriting Festival where she won Judges Choice for her work. She continued directing and in 2018 she did her first short play with “Crash Test Drama” called “The Snail”. This work won Judges Choice, Audience Choice and Best Director. This made it to the “Crash Test Drama Finals”. In 2019, Alyssa was the assistant director (AD) during the production of Liverpool Performing Arts Ensemble of “Twelfth Night”. Also, in 2019, she directed two (2) short plays in Short and Sweet Sydney. 2019 also saw Alyssa become co-coordinator of “Crash Test Drama”, working alongside Pete Malicki. In 2020, Alyssa has taken a big role on with Short and Sweet Sydney. She is the Director’s Coordinator whilst also directing 3 plays!!

Alyssa is planning on producing two more full-length shows in 2020 and will continue to direct more in the future