ALLY IBACH
ALLY IBACH
CREATIVE PRACTICE
Ally Ibach is a multi-disciplinary creator with a background in solo performance, devised work, and 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. Credits include Paris, Ted Talks from Outer Space on Hard Drugs (Film) (Theatre: Site Specific at Please Do Vibe) and Midnight Cowboy Radio (Theatre) (Edinburgh Fringe & Off-West End at the Bread & Roses Theatre). The show premiered in the US, Off-off Broadway at the Secret Theatre (NY), where it was a Semi-Finalist in the Act One, One Act Festival and was part of Baltimore Center Stage's Inaugural "Locally Grown Festival." It has been performed at The Tank (NYC) and premiered Off-Broadway at Theatre Row.
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. Ally is currently developing a pilot on the young life of prolific poet, Sylvia Plath called Lady Lazarus.
Designed by Gabrielle Rodriguez
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 East 15 Drama School's MA Acting showcase, 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, 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 is currently playing at The Tank (NYC)!
LADY LAZARUS - CONCEPT TRAILER
The story of a young Sylvia Plath, upon first arriving in Cambridge in 1955. This story follows the ambition and creativity that drove this prolific poet to finding her voice.
Pilot in pre-production
PARIS
Produced by XTV with Molly Clarke (director/ camera), Zoe Goldsmith (editor), Lily Carter (audio), and the support from the University of Exeter's drama and film programs!
TED TALKS FROM OUTER SPACE ON HARD DRUGS
Directed by Tyrel Brown with cinematography by Steven Jones and music by Chris M. Jenkins
(see IMDb Page for cast/crew).
PRODUCER
THE WORLD'S ENDING AND MAYBE THAT'S KINDA HOT
A Play by Catherine Weingarten
Dir. O'Malley Steuerman
7 hot young people gather in a generic meadow in Italy to hang and tell stories and hit on each other. They are like all kinda freaked/not in the bestt space though cause they just escaped the Black Plague, like no big deal cause they’re safe now…or are they??
Marie is having a crisis of her reality; asshole fiancé, struggling career, and a dead mom. Who could blame her for having a drink or two or six? One night after a fight and a drink too many, Marie throws up in her apartment bathroom but when she lifts her head from the toilet, she’s in a whole new decade with a very friendly and familiar stranger in the next stall over.
LET'S COLLABORATE!
Have an independent creative project you want to work together on in film/ theatre?