Sasha Carrera

Sasha Carrera is the creator  of Spinsters, a feature film she wrote, produced and stars in, playing opposite Rain Pryor. Directed by Rahel Grunder with cinematography by Alexa Ihrt, the film was shot entirely on location in Frederick, Maryland. The script was an Austin Screenplay semi-finalist and recipient of the Maryland Arts Council Creativity Award.

As a series regular in the Baltimore based show Thespian, her  “fiery and complicated” portrayal of Petra Antonelli won the Best Actress award at the Baltimore Next Media festival.

On stage, she regularly appears with the Endangered Species (theatre) Project, most recently as Lady Macbeth, and has been heralded by Theatre Bloom as “one of the most notable members of the ensemble.”

Sasha returned to the Mid-Atlantic after a decade in Los Angeles where, along with performing, she wrote and produced her first short film, the award-winning Mr. Hopewell’s Remedy (WorldFest Houston, Rochester International Film Festival, Accolade Competition).

She holds a BA in theatre from Wesleyan University, completed the New Actors’ Workshop conservatory training program with Mike Nichols and Paul Sills, and holds an Ed.M. from Harvard University. Sasha won a scholarship to Maine Media for writing Spinsters. She trained in L.A. with Dee Wallace Stone, Karen Austin and Stephen Book and continually hones her  skills with Karen Kohlhaas, Aretha Sills, the Arvold/Warner Studio, Katie Killacky and Dody DiSanto.