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