Fight Direction

Ashley works regularly as a Fight Director and Choreographer. Her award-winning fight direction aims for realism and excitement, while promoting safety, consistency, and confidence. To date, she has provided Fight Direction for more than forty shows. Ashley is a Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors, and is able to offer SPT stage combat certification training in SAFD weapon disciplines: Unarmed, Knife, Smallsword, Broadsword, Singlesword, Sword & Shield, Quarterstaff, and Rapier & Dagger.

Ashley is available for projects locally and regionally.

Select Fight Directing Credits:

The Sound of Music
by Rodgers and Hammerstein* | Dallas Theater Center

Fences
by August Wilson* | Circle Theatre

The Supreme Leader
by Don Nguyen* | Dallas Theater Center

Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare* | Texas Shakespeare Festival
Little Women
by Kate Hamill* | Dallas Theater Center
Puffs
by Matt Cox | IMPRINT Theatreworks
In the Heights
by Lin-Manuel Miranda* | Dallas Theater Center
Redeemer Mine
by JC Panktratz | Lily + Joan
penny candy
by Jonathan Norton* | Dallas Theater Center
Don Giovanni
by Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte | University of North Texas
Lizzie
by Steven Cheslik-deMeyer, Maner, and Hewitt | IMPRINT Theatreworks
Ghost Quartet
by Dave Malloy* | IMPRINT Theatreworks
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare | Lily + Joan
In Love and Warcraft
by Madhuri Shaker | Eastfield College
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare* | Stage West
Spring Awakening
by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater* | Uptown Players
She Kills Monsters
by Qui Nguyen | Texas A&M Commerce
Zorro! The Legend Lives
by John Dawson | Pocket Sandwich Theatre
Angels in America Part II: Perestroika
by Tony Kushner* | Uptown Players
Murder Ballad
by Juliana Nash and Julia Jordan* | IMPRINT Theatreworks
Zorro! The Musical
by The Gipsy Kings and John Cameron | Plaza Theatre Company
Oklahoma!
By Rodgers & Hammerstein | Firehouse Theatre
Wait Until Dark
by Frederick Knott* | Contemporary Theatre
The Lyons
by Nicky Silver* | Uptown Players
City of Angels
by Larry Gelbart* | Theatre Three

Awards & Recognitions for Fight Direction:

Outstanding Contribution: Fights and Intimacy | DFW Theatre Critics Forum (2019)
Special Recognition Award: Fights and Intimacy | The Column Awards (2018)