MAY 14 & 21: Ali Hardy
Actor & Playwright
Storytelling workshop this Thursday led by Ali Hardy! Our next two virtual meetings will be dedicated to this workshop and learning how to craft your personal narrative. 👩🏻💻📝 These meetings are on Thursday of each week at 7pm EST. Send us a message if you’d like to join and keep reading to learn more about Ali’s own experience below!
Ali is an actor, playwright, and chronic illness advocate. During her junior year of high school she contracted the mono virus. Within a few months she began having Hemiplegic Migraines on a daily basis and had to finish high school from home. After nearly six years bed ridden from multiple chronic illnesses, she moved to NYC to attend the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts.
During her second year she was diagnosed with Antiphospholipid Syndrome and spent much of the year in and out of the hospital. Two days after graduating, Ali had to begin treatment full time to manage her diseases. To cope with her declining health, she began writing plays based on her experience as a patient.
The following summer she directed and produced her first original one act play. Since then she has created multiple plays about life with chronic illness, including Grace and Dennis, the first play to feature a character with Hemiplegic Migraine.