Alana Johnson
Latest News on Alana Johnson:
Winners Announced For The 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards (Jan 20, 2023)
12 Days Left To Vote For The 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards; Theatre Baton Rouge Leads Favorite Local Theatre! (Dec 19, 2022)
Latest Stats Released For The 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards; at Theatre Baton Rouge Leads Best Ensemble Performance! (Dec 12, 2022)
Winners Announced For The 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards (Jan 20, 2023)
12 Days Left To Vote For The 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards; Theatre Baton Rouge Leads Favorite Local Theatre! (Dec 19, 2022)
Latest Stats Released For The 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards; at Theatre Baton Rouge Leads Best Ensemble Performance! (Dec 12, 2022)
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Alana Johnson is a NY-NJ bred (great! now she’s hungry) Puerto Ridiculous actor, comedian, hip hop improviser and mini-beast. More self-proclaimed titles could be added, but her opposable thumbs are like “nah.”
She grew up humbly on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, and was raised by several doormen, a maid and Zoloft®. People are often confused by this given that she’s quite obviously (½) Puerto Rican (and ½ ridiculous, aka ½ mind ya business and just respect that shorty has races in rotation, nosey). In those days, she was simply confused about where Puerto Rico was on the map of Mexico.
Alana fell in love with being the center of attention during her brief stint as a competitive figure skater, during which she fell a lot in general.
Oh! Pero what happened? You never heard of a (½) Puerto Rican on ice?!
Neither did she, considering she was still wondering, like, what kind of White “Puerto Rican” like, even was even.
She learned eventually, after a fellow Latin-o at her overpriced grammar school - why do they even call it that? She learned other things there too, like how to rock a sweetass eating disorder, gosh! - started speaking to her in Spanish, and, whence she couldn’t respond, ran off yelling “Alana’s a fake Puerto Rican! Alana’s a fake Puerto Rican!” How he knew before her, she still dost not knoweth.
After her family relocated from the humble Upper East Side to a modest mansion in Bergen County, New Jersey, sh*t got real. With her newfound brownness, she mobilized all the way upward to join her high school step team.
Ever since then, desperation’s been her name, and validation’s been her game. She doesn’t want you to put her in a box, but it would be nice if she fit somewhere, ya dig?
She went on to attend Rutgers University on a full academic scholarship, where she graduated with a B.S. in Flip Cup and Keg Stands (jajaja), but on paper, a B.A. in Economics and Journalism & Media Studies. At Rutgers, her alleged face for radio and her love of Mad Dog 2020 inspired her to get into, well, radio. With no radio job opps post-graduation, she expanded her horizons and earned employment at the refined nationally-syndicated daytime talk show, the Maury Show. It was there that she fell in love with the idea of never working in entertainment again.
She dallied in staffing sales, waitressing, copywriting, waiting tables, receptionist-ing, bottle serving, sushi serving, blah blah blah blah-ing until on the eve of her quarter-life crisis, at the suggestion of a complete stranger who was a white man, she decided to take an acting class.
Boom! She ain’t choose this life, this life chose her!
Okay, what else do you want? Isn’t mental instability and a perpetual identity crisis enough to understand how she non-linearly got into comedy? Geezus, stop being so nosey! Now, let’s end this thing.
Today the multi-hyphenate can be seen performing all over the country with her hip hop-improv squad DMXX and with the all-women comedian collective Comedy Derailed. Alongside her creative partner, Jourdan, she is the creator, Executive Producer and star (pero like, duh) of the comedic web series Two Grown - like “girl, we too grown for that” but it’s T-W-O because there’s two of them. You’re mindblown, they know.
Two Grown is currently streaming on BET Digital, with all new episodes being released every Wednesday at 6PM.
Alana was a US Finalist in the 2018 ABC Discovers Digital Talent Competition, and is represented by Prevail Artist Management.
She sleeps in New Jersey with her mother (relax), and attends group therapy every waking hour in New York City. By group therapy she means improv and stand-up performances, acting things, the gym and, no, for realz group therapy. She is doing just fine.
Right?
Alana Johnson News
Winners Announced For The 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards
The winners have been announced for the 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards, honoring the best in regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022.
12 Days Left To Vote For The 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards; Theatre Baton Rouge Leads Favorite Local Theatre!
The latest standings as of Monday, December 19th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.
Latest Stats Released For The 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards; at Theatre Baton Rouge Leads Best Ensemble Performance!
The latest standings as of Monday, December 12th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.
Latest Standings Released For The 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards; Theatre Baton Rouge Leads Favorite Local Theatre!
The latest standings as of Monday, December 5th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.
First Stats Released For The BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards; THE QUARTERS MUSICAL Leads Best Musical
The first live standings have been announced for the 2022 BroadwayWorld New Orleans Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.
VIDEO: Marc Reign Dishes on Working with the Iconic John Patrick Shanley on CANDLELIGHT
Your favorite podcast hosts Jason A. Coombs and Samantha Tuozzolo sit down with actor and content creator Marc Reign, who discusses working with iconic playwright John Patrick Shanely on the off-Broadway play CANDLELIGHT at the Nylon Fusion Theater Company last fall. As someone with over 31,000 Instagram followers due to his prolific and entertaining comedy sketches, Marc also gives advice to his fellow actors on how to grow their social media pages organically. Watch thus video for the full episode.
Edinburgh 2022: Review: HIYA DOLLY! at TheSpace @ Surgeon's Hall
What did our critic think of HIYA DOLLY! at TheSpace @ Surgeon's Hall?
YES AND MURDER Podcast Puts A Hilarious, Theatrical Spin On Murder Mysteries
Yes and Murder takes place in world much like our own...if the world revolved around a small theatre called 'Improv Connecticut' (the cool kids call it 'Imp Conn').
PARTY OF TWO: HOLIDAY EDITION Is Happening On 12/21!
This holiday season, gift yourself with a night of comedy and free booze! Join us for an evening of stand-up and storytelling that'll make you feel better about your love life.
The Farm Announces Casting For FUN WITH JANE And ALL OF A SUDDEN
THE FARM (We Grow Theatre!) announces the cast and the dates for the new original drama and new musical-comedy for Industry presentations on Monday, August 12 and Tuesday, August 13. Each show will be performed both days.
BET Launches New Digital Scripted Comedy TWO GROWN
BET Digital announces new award-winning smart comedy TWO GROWN. Created and written by Jourdan Guyton and Alana Johnson, the eight-episode series, peeks into the lives of two twenty-somethings pursuing their dreams and hilariously struggling with growing up in New York City. Loosely based on the lives of Alana and Jourdan, the series full of wit and charm follows them on their journey of self-discovery and reluctantly facing the realities of “adulting.” TWO GROWN available NOW on YouTube, Facebook Watch and BET.com.
ABC Talent and Casting Announces the Winner of THE 2018 ABC DISCOVERS: DIGITAL TALENT COMPETITION
ABC Talent and Casting today announced Terry Hu, originally from Los Angeles, California, as the 2018 winner of the ABC Discovers: Digital Talent Competition in the U.S. The announcement follows a contest that garnered submissions from actors across the United States. Visit ABCDiscovers.com to view Terry's reaction to the news and an excerpt from her digital submission, as well as the other eight finalists.
SONDHEIM IN THE TRAP Turns The American Musical On Its Head At FailSafe Festival 2018
Stephen Joshua Sondheim - an American composer and lyricist known for more than a half-century of contributions to musical theater.
THE PENNYPAN CABARET Returns To Alphabet City
Following the fantastically warm reception of it's maiden voyage in 2017, 'The PennyPan Cabaret' begins monthly residency at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in the East Village on Thursday, January 25th. With a slightly revamped and streamlined production, cast members Max Wingert, Ana Cantor n-Viramontes, Amanda Miller, Joseph Sexton, Maya Klausner, Khadija Ansari and Jaime Arciniegas return to the stage for two shows a month to continue delighting audiences while perfecting this new work by writer/musician Valdaniel Martins.
THE PENNYPAN CABARET Returns To Alphabet City
Following the fantastically warm reception of it's maiden voyage in 2017, 'The PennyPan Cabaret' begins monthly residency at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in the East Village today, January 25th. With a slightly revamped and streamlined production, cast members Max Wingert, Ana Cantor n-Viramontes, Amanda Miller, Joseph Sexton, Maya Klausner, Khadija Ansari and Jaime Arciniegas return to the stage for two shows a month to continue delighting audiences while perfecting this new work by writer/musician Valdaniel Martins.
THE PENNYPAN CABARET Returns To Alphabet City
Following the fantastically warm reception of it's maiden voyage in 2017, 'The PennyPan Cabaret' begins monthly residency at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in the East Village on Thursday, January 25th. With a slightly revamped and streamlined production, cast members Max Wingert, Ana Cantor n-Viramontes, Amanda Miller, Joseph Sexton, Maya Klausner, Khadija Ansari and Jaime Arciniegas return to the stage for two shows a month to continue delighting audiences while perfecting this new work by writer/musician Valdaniel Martins.
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