ALLY IBACH
ALLY IBACH
Photography by Chris Ashworth / Voxel Theater
CREATIVE PRACTICE
Ally Ibach is a multi-disciplinary creator with a background in solo performance, devised work, theatre & film production. Ally creates a space for various mediums of artwork to be shared and to start conversations.
SOLO PERFORMANCE
At the University of Exeter's Drama program, Ally trained in Solo Performance with Dr. Sarah Goldingay. Ally later worked alongside Dr. David White to assistant teach Solo Performance in Towson University's B.F.A. Acting Program. Ally Ibach performs as a solo performer through various mediums including clown, devised, and playwriting.Credits include Paris (Film), Ted Talks from Outer Space on Hard Drugs (Film & Theatre: Site Specific at Please Do Vibe) Eggs Or How Much Do I Cost? (Theatre: Theatre Row, The Stonewall Inn, The Maker's Ensemble NYC, Midsummer Short Play Festival at the Actor's Guild), "Talent" (Clown/Theatre: SpotCorp NYC) and Midnight Cowboy Radio (Theatre: Edinburgh Fringe, Upright Citizens Brigade, Baltimore Center Stage, Theatre Row, The Tank, The Pen Theatre, Bread and Roses Pub Theatre, Towson University).​​
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PRODUCING FILM & THEATRE
Ally started producing work at the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic with The World is Ending and Maybe That's Kinda Hot by Catherine Weingarten. Ally has independently produced film and theatre work ever since! Credits include Read the Room: A Virtual Cabaret, directed by Tyrel Brown and Bearface by Darcy Fowler and It Can't Happen Here by Tony Taccone and Bennett S. Cohen, adapted from the novel by Sinclair Lewis at The Attic (NYC). ​
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SCREENWRITING
Ally Ibach is currently attending a Screenwriting course at The Juilliard School.
TV PILOTS include exploring the young life of prolific poet, Sylvia Plath upon first arriving in Cambridge and meeting Poet laureate Ted Hughes called LADY LAZARUS and a dark-comedy murder-mystery, when an out-of-luck actor sneaks into the ensemble of a Non-Union tour of Les Miserables called
ONE DAY MORE.
IMMERSIVE THEATRE​
Ally Ibach recently co-created TIME OUT! with Natayla Brusilovsky at Submersive Productions (Baltimore) with productions Valen-time out of Mind! and Survival to Utopia!
Other immersive credits include The Bartender by Peter BD (2025).
Photography by Aakruti Sarangdhar
MIDNIGHT COWBOY RADIO
Written and Performed by Ally Ibach
Midnight Cowboy Radio is a play written & performed by by Ally Ibach. This clip was from it's first performance as a less-than-10-minute play at East 15 Drama School's MA Acting showcase. It was directed by Matthew Lloyd at the Corbett Theatre with 'International Voices.'
The featured song is 'American Pie' by Don McLean. All rights to original song writer/owner.
Midnight Cowboy Radio was developed and performed for Edinburgh Fringe in 2022 and at 'Raise the Vibration' at the Bread & Roses Theatre (Off West End) in 2023. Midnight Cowboy Radio came to NYC in 2023/ 2024, under the direction of Patricia Runcie-Rice and was a Semi- Finalist in the Act One, One Act Festival at the Secret Theatre in NYC (Off-off Broadway), Baltimore Center Stage's Inaugural "Locally Grown Festival", made it's Off-Broadway debut at Theatre Row, and has since been performed at The Tank and Upright Citizens Brigade. Ally Ibach performed Midnight Cowboy Radio to rave reviews at Edinburgh Fringe 2024 (Highly Recommended by FringeUK, Sleec Review, and BTS Creative Academy). Midnight Cowboy Radio came back to London at The Pen Theatre in April 2025 (Supported by AbortionRightsUK and AbortionRightsScotland). Most Recently, the show was put on at Towson University's "Summer at the Center" in June 2025 (Supported by Reproductive Justice MD).
Upright Citizen's Brigade, NYC 2024
eggs: or how much do I cost?
Photography by Julian Valgora
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Eggs: Or How Much Do I Cost?
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A solo performance/ clown work about learning how to be a good housewife, while facing the rising cost of eggs...​
Performed at THE STONEWALL INN, THEATRE ROW, KEEPSAKE HOUSE, THE ACTOR'S GUILD, BROOKLYN CENTER FOR THEATRE RESEARCH and THE MAKER'S ENSEMBLE (NYC 2025)
Vesper, a dream play
Conceived and Directed by Jarod Hanson at the Voxel Theatre in Baltimore, MD, 2025.
Associate Director: Brandice Thompson Created and Performed with: Ally Ibach, Alix Fenhagen, Molly Margulies, Parker Matthews, Luu Pham, Chelsea Thaler, Hailey Withrow, Matthew Williams Understudy: Meghan Ziccardi Production Manager: Aran Keating Stage Manager: Olivia Dibble Sound, Music, & Multimedia Designer: Jason Charney Lighting Designer: John McAfee Set & Properties Designer: Joe Martin Costume Designer: Rowan Gardner Assistant Stage Manager: Zack Anderson Audio Engineer (Oct 18): Aaron Zimmer Vocal Coach: Britt Olsen-Ecker Artist Advocate: Katie Hileman Producers: Jarod Hanson, The Acme Corporation, Aran Keating
LET'S COLLABORATE!
Have an independent creative project you want to work together on in film/ theatre?
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As a teaching artist, Ally offers private and group sessions in performance development, playwriting, and audition coaching. For inquiries, please e-mail!
Photography by Ben Wong of Ally Ibach leading a Theatre for Social Change Workshop at the
Bechdel Project in Williamsburg with the New York DSA.