LARYSSA HUSIAK - ACTOR, WRITER, PERFORMANCE ARTIST
Bio
Laryssa Husiak is a theater actor, writer and curator most actively dividing her time between Obie award winning Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf, the Red Terror Squad and creating solo performance work. Currently, Laryssa is a core writer and performer with The Dyke Division of Two-Headed Calf's Room for Cream- a live lesbian serial,  RTS's Family Bed  at HERE Arts Center. Favorite productions include:  Drum of the Waves of Horikawa (HERE),  Grey-Eyed Dogs, commissioned by Dixon Place, Bird Eye Blue Print with Lisa D'amour and Katie Pearl at WFC and Red Tide Blooming with Taylor Mac at PS122, and Hansel und Gretel with David Neuman at NYU. Solo works include: I'M FINE, Debutante, No More Maurice, and The Hunt for Melanie Blue, which have been performed all over the city including HERE, Dixon Place, Galapagos, 3LD, and La Mama. Laryssa is a graduate of NYU's Experimental Theater Wing and LACHSA. (photo: Laura Rose)
 
Press:
"Talented!" Village Voice
 
"Just so good" - Gay City News
 
"Utterly charming!" and "One crazy bitch!" - Edge New York (from Miss Lez)
 
"Brilliant!" and "Stunned the audience" - Our Chart (from Miss Lez)
 
"Had me in stitches!" - Mr. Murray Hill (from Miss Lez)
RESUME
THEATRE
TRIFLES                       Mrs. Peters    Ontological         Two-Headed Calf
MOTHER/GRAVES  L. Macbeth Bushwick Starr/Soho Rep Two-Headed Calf
ROOM FOR CREAM        Lacey         La Mama                    Two-Headed Calf
BORDER TOWNS        Lead        HERE       Nick Brooke/The Cabinet
FAMILY BED                     Lead         PS 122/BAX               Red Terror Squad
TIME &MOTION STUDY Lead      Mass Moca    Nick Brooke/The Cabinet
DRUMS OF THE WAVES Maid        Perishable/HERE         Two-Headed Calf
GREY-EYED DOGS          Vivian        Dixon Place               Red Terror Squad
BIRD EYE BLUE PRINT  Red Girl          WFC           Katie Pearl/Lisa D’mour
RED TIDE BLOOMING   Mermaid        PS122                              Taylor Mac
PANIC                               Ursula             PS122                      Two-Headed Calf
OVER THE GARDEN WALL Peaches  Ontological                Brooke O’Harra
MAJOR BARBARA          Mrs. Baines  La Mama                  Two-Headed Calf
HANSEL UND GRETEL The Witch        NYU                        David Neumann
 
SOLO PERFORMANCE
I’M FINE                                             Dixon Place                        Katie Brook
NO MORE MAURICE          Ephemertoptora, Dixon Place        Laryssa Husiak
DEBUTANTE                        Dixon, La Mama, Austin, TX       Laryssa Husiak
HOT FLASH                                    HERE/3LD                          Jess Barbagallo
 
FILM
Pink Minute dir. Sunita Prasad NYU
The Wrath of God - dir. Andre Callot NYU
 
TRAINING
2001-05 New York University Tisch Experimental Theatre Wing
2003 International Theater Program Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1998-2001 Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
 
SKILLS
Voice: Alto, Linklater, Roy Hart, Wind sounds, Screaming, Punk rock, Belt, UkrainianMovement: Growtowski, Suzuki, Viewpoints, Afro-Haitian Dance, Hip-hop, Improv, Clowning, Fluid systems, cartwheels, rolls, Contact Improvisation, Post-Modern
 
 
 
 
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