ALLYSON MORGAN is a writer, performer, and producer. She is the founder and Executive Director of the award-winning film and theatre collective F*It Club.
Most recently, she has been seen onstage with F*It Club (world premieres by Kevin Artigue, Lucy Boyle, Bekah Brunstetter, Jon Caren, Kate Gersten, Nick Jones, Chelsea Marcantel, Sarah Sander, Mark Schultz, and Amy Staats) and EST/Youngblood, and has performed in readings all over New York at Playwrights Horizons, The Lark, New York Theatre Workshop, & Jewish Plays Project, among others. She has been named a ""performer to watch"" by ReviewFix.com. TV: ""Law and Order: SVU"" (NBC), ""The Americans"" (FX), ""Hostages"" (CBS), ""Inside Amy Schumer"" (Comedy Central), ""Divorce"" (HBO). She is represented for acting by Pantera/Murphy.
Allyson’s first short film ""Need For Speed (Dating)"" premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, while her next short, ""Sitting,"" won ""Outstanding Narrative Short"" at Tallgrass Film Festival. ""First Date,"" her short film produced by 20th Digital Studio, is currently airing on Hulu in their ""Bite Size Halloween"" series. Allyson adapted ""First Date"" into a feature film for Hulu, titled ""Jagged Mind,"" which the LA Times called “edgy” and “powerful.” Her newest short, ""The Ghost,"" which also serves as her directorial debut, made its world premiere at the RiverRun International Film Festival in 2024. She has also been selected for the New York Stage and Film Filmmakers’ Workshop, been awarded “Best Teleplay” at Omaha Film Festival, twice been a top ten Finalist for Cinequest, a Finalist at Stowe Story Labs, and a Semi-Finalist at Austin Film Festival. Additionally, she has been awarded an Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Commission, a Djerassi Artist Residency (California), an NG Art Creative Residency (France), a Monson Arts Residency (Maine), a Vashon Artist Residency (Washington), a Wassaic Project “Haunted Mill” residency (NY), and multiple Juno Leadership Residencies through the Omega Institute (NY). She is represented for literary by Heroes and Villains Entertainment.”