Clea Alsip

is an actress who lives in New York City.

Clea recently starred as Shelby in Steel Magnolias alongside Jessica Walter, Patricia Richardson, Susan Sullivan, Elaine Hendrix, and Lucy Devito at Bucks County Playhouse, directed by Marsha Mason. Just before, she played the leading role in a new play by Brendan Gall (writer of "Blindspot"), Wide Awake Hearts, and performed in back to back Neil LaBute premiers: The Way We Get By at Second Stage, directed by Leigh Silverman, and 10K at 59e59, directed by Neil LaBute.

"First rate...proves to be an actor to watch!"
                                     -Frank Rizzo, The Hartford Courant

"Ms. Alsip, with her blond bangs and mod costumes...could have stepped right off Carnaby Street of the period...endowing her part with a human core."               
                               -Charles Isherwood, The New York Times

"Exceptionally talented...lively, responsive, and most effective."
                                             -Fred Sokol, Talkin' Broadway

"Alsip skillfully combines savviness with a sweet purity."
                                -Sherry Shameer Cohen, Broadway World

"...continually intriguing, giving her [character\ spine, zip, and Carnaby Street flair."
                                     -Frank Rizzo, The Hartford Courant

"...captured perfectly by Alsip."
                           -Bonnie Goldberg, Connecticut Critics' Circle