Ashley Wren Collins

Ashley Wren Collins is an author, director, choreographer, producer and actor.

Author of five books including: SHE WROTE, HE WROTE: A NEW YORK LOVE STORY with Jordan Rockwell (Wordeee, 2026), ALONG COMES THE ASSOCIATION: BEYOND FOLK ROCK AND THREE-PIECE SUITS with Russ Giguere and PRODUCE YOUR OWN DAMN MOVIE! with Lloyd Kaufman. All books available on Amazon and in bookstores everywhere.

NYC Directing: Associate Director and Associate Choreographer on REUNIONS at City Center Stage II and THIS IS NOT A DRILL at The York Theatre. Director of various short plays at Theater Breaking Through Barriers. Director of THE BEDBUG (Medicine Show Theatre); Directed world premieres: GAY BOY (Dream Up Festival, Queerly Festival, Frigid Festival), I'M MINDFUL...OF MY ANXIETY (Medicine Show Theatre), FLAK HOUSE: THE MUSICAL (also choreographer) for La Muse Venale at Actors Temple Theatre, THE CHAOS THEORY OF NOW at Dixon Place, LAND GRAB for Culture Project.

Director/producer on award-winning short film, I ONLY MISS YOU WHEN I'M BREATHING, starring Phil Vassar. Co-creator/choreographer/producer: MOTHER EVE'S SECRET GARDEN OF SENSUAL SISTERHOOD (FringeNYC, Midtown International Theater Festival, PIT Improv, LA Comedy Festival, others). Producer/actor on feature film: CHASING TASTE, “Best Comedy” at the Burbank International Film Festival and the Manhattan Film Festival. Teaching: Since 2010, direct new works of NYU MFA/BFA candidates in Dramatic Writing. Recent acting: ZERO DAY starring Robert De Niro.

BA in Theatre Arts/English, University of Pennsylvania. MFA, American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater School at Harvard University. Recipient: Edward F. Albee Foundation fellowship. Participant: Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab. Member: Stage Directors & Choreographers Society, NY Women in Film & Television, AEA, SAG-AFTRA.