Ashley Rapuano Sanchez is a Las Vegas & Los Angeles based creative. She is a working actor with a degree in Stage and Screen Acting from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and with additional schooling from HB Studios (NYC), East West Players (LA), and more. She has done standup, improv, and sketch comedy in New York City, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and internationally - having studied at Upright Citizen’s Brigade (LA & NYC), The People’s Improv Theater, Vegas Theater Hub and with many many more esteemed comedy teachers. Her solo show about her grandmother with Dementia, Lessons with Lola, sold out in Las Vegas after an NYC premiere, with several following runs. She is also a filmmaker, having worn many hats in the filmmaking process in live, digital, and both short films & features. She is proudly stepping more into her filmmaking shoes every day, currently working as producer on Eccentric Artist's first narrative short film: Gamu-Gamo.

 

Ashley is ½ of the Take the Skies indie rock band duo - singing, playing rhythm guitar, drums and additional percussion. They record out of Hammsterden Records, owned by her husband Jared Sanchez, who is also their producer. Her and her band mate, Eric Connell, are influenced by several different genres and have been playing music together for over 10 years. Their music has been featured in several films. You can listen to Take the Skies on all streaming platforms. Click HERE to listen on Spotify.

 

Along with performing and filmmaking, Ashley is a host and MC at live events, guiding the audience through the given show. Ashley also co-hosts a podcast called "The Tremendous Talk Podcast" - where she speaks to AAPI and BIPOC professionals in the industry through her job at Tremendous Communications. Click HERE to listen to Tremendous Talk on Spotify.

 

Ashley is the Publicity Manager at Tremendous Communications, a PR and marketing agency dedicated to celebrating AAPI excellence in entertainment and media. She proudly works to highlight the AAPI community through all she does both at work and outside of work. Past work with Tremendous includes A24's Everything Everywhere All At Once, Jordan Peele’s Nope, Paramount's Babylon, Lionsgate's Joy Ride and much more.

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Ashley is an artist at heart - constantly creating and ideating on what’s to come. She is furiously passionate about highlighting Filipino, AAPI, and BIPOC voices in entertainment. Some of the organizations Ashley has worked with to bring representation to the forefront include: Hammsterden Records, Eccentric Artists, and Filipinx Actors Barkada.

 

Ashley is proudly Filipino & Mediterranean American, vegan, and vocal about both animal and human rights. She believes art is a pathway for social change. She loves Halloween, the family’s husky named Amiyah, taking walks with her husband, and a good hot sauce. When she's not hacking away at her computer, she can be found reading a book in the sunshine, painting, taking care of her plants, cooking, doing yoga, or singing karaoke with her husband.

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PRESS, INTERVIEWS, ETC, click the links below!

ShoPowSho Episode

Medium's Rising Stars

Eccentric Artists Featured Artist Journal Entry

Press kit and additional media available upon request at ashleyrapuano@gmail.com.

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WRITING

 If It Scares You, Go There. - A short essay on comedy on Filipina American News