Alyson Reed

ALYSON REED has over 55 years professional experience as an actress, director, singer, dancer in television, film and theatre. Her vast voice over career includes major national and regional campaigns, true Hollywood stories, iconic games, legal and promos, and PSAs. Parents and children know her as the loveably loopy drama teacher, Ms. Darbus, in Disney’s HIGH SCHOOL MUSCIAL franchise. Film audiences may remember her portrayals of Cassie in Sir Richard Attenborough’s A CHORUS LINE, or John Ritter’s long- suffering wife in Blake Edward’s SKIN DEEP. She recently co-starred in AD ASTRA, opposite Brad Pitt and LOVE IS LOVE for Eleanor Coppola. Ms. Reed made her Broadway debut in Fosse’s DANCIN’ followed by: OH BROTHER!, DANCE A LITTLE CLOSER and MARILYN: AN AMERICAN FABLE for which she received a Drama Desk Nomination for Best Actress for her performance as Marilyn Monroe. She won both Tony and Helen Hayes Award Nominations for her portrayal of Sally Bowles, opposite Joel Grey, in Hal Prince’s revival of CABARET. She starred in Radio City Music Hall’s GOTTA GET AWAY, the Roundabout’s A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING and can be heard on the cast album. Other cast albums include OH BROTHER!, DO I HEAR A WALTZ? as Leona, for Pasadena Playhouse. In addition to numerous regional credits, nationally, she has been seen as Catherine in PIPPIN, Cassie/Val in A CHORUS LINE and Joanne Galloway in A FEW GOOD MEN. Forty years of television credits range from STATION 19, THE ROOKIE, GRACE AND FRANKIE, NCIS LA and GREY’S ANATOMY; to MODERN FAMILY, UNBELIEVABLE, MAD MEN, MAJOR CRIMES and DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES …to every other guest/recurring, pilot and movie-of-the-week ever written.