Alle Mims
Alle Mims is currently an MFA candidate in Columbia's playwrighting program (class of 2020). She is originally from San Diego but earned her BA in acting/directing at Texas Women’s University in 2016. Since graduation, she worked professionally as an actor on stage and screen, with a special love for Shakespeare. In 2018, they served as an editor for the Dallas-Ft. Worth Theatre Standards, modeled after...
Alle Mims is currently an MFA candidate in Columbia's playwrighting program (class of 2020). She is originally from San Diego but earned her BA in acting/directing at Texas Women’s University in 2016. Since graduation, she worked professionally as an actor on stage and screen, with a special love for Shakespeare. In 2018, they served as an editor for the Dallas-Ft. Worth Theatre Standards, modeled after the Chicago Theatre Standards. In 2019, they co-produced the first ever Womxn in Theatre Festival in Dallas (Brickroad Theatre). They also co-founded Altered Shakespeare, a company dedicated to giving opportunities to BIPOC, queer, and untapped talent, as well as bringing classic works to new audiences.
Alle Mims’ short play, Sally and Thomas; which shows a satirical conversation between Sally Hemmings and her slave-master, Thomas Jefferson; was produced locally in Dallas three times in 2018/2019 (Pocket Sandwich Theatre, Sundown Collaborative Theatre, The Guinea Pig IV). She also collaborated with 5 other local Dallas playwrights to create The Tree – An American Rock Musical, with music by Veteran Children for Imprint Theatreworks’ digital 2020/2021 season.