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Alice Ripley (born December 14, 1963) is an American actor, singer, songwriter, and mixed media artist known for her various roles on Broadway in musicals like Next to Normal (2009 Tony Award, Best Actress in a Musical) and Side Show (1998 Tony nomination). On 2/15/11, co-producer Sh-K-Boom Records released "Daily Practice, Volume 1", a stripped-down collection of acoustic rock covers with Ripley accompanying herself on guitar. She has also written and produced albums with her band, RIPLEY.

Alice Ripley (born Alice Hathaway Ripley December 14, 1963) is a Tony Award-winning American actress, singer and songwriter. Born of five children in San Leandro, California, Ripley grew up in the Cleveland, Ohio area. Her parents divorced and both later re-married. She gained five step-siblings, when her father, Richard, re-married (her father and step-mother had one more child, Alice`s half-sister) while she gained three more step-siblings when her mother, Susan, re-married. Alice attended West Carrollton Senior High, located near Dayton, Ohio and graduated from there in 1981. She went to DePauw University where her voice was famous at Delta Gamma. She then transferred to Kent State University and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Ripley began her theatre career as a member of the cast at the Lakewood Little Theatre, in the Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood, Ohio. She also performed in several productions as a member of "The Barnstormers", the Lakewood High Drama Club. While at DePauw University and Kent State University, she performed in several more productions. Following college, Ripley was active in community theatre in San Diego. Ripley made her Broadway debut in The Who`s Tommy in 1993. Additional Broadway roles include Betty Schaefer in Sunset Boulevard (1994), Bathsheba in King David (1997), Violet Hilton in Side Show (1997), Fantine in Les Misérables (1998), Molly Ivors in James Joyce`s The Dead (2000), and Janet in The Rocky Horror Show (2000). She also performed in a benefit concert performance of Dreamgirls in 2001. In 2009, Ripley returned to Broadway to reprise her role as Diana Goodman in Next to Normal. Ripley`s performance as one half of a pair of Siamese twins in Side Show (1997) earned her critical acclaim and a Tony Award nomination shared with co-star Emily Skinner, making them the first women to be co-nominated. It was only the second time in Tony history that two performers were co-nominated as a team for the same award (John Kani and Winston Ntshona had shared a Best Actor win in 1975 for Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island). Ripley was also nominated for a Drama Desk Award as Outstanding Actress in a Musical. Ripley and Skinner have collaborated on three recordings, Duets, Unsuspecting Hearts, and Raw at Town Hall, taped live during their October 21, 2006 concert. She is included in a number of original cast and compilation recordings. Her solo CD (for which she wrote the songs) is entitled Everything`s Fine and was released by Sh-K-Boom Records. She recently released Outtasite with her band Ripley, for which she plays guitar and piano. Ripley`s regional theatre credits include Little Shop of Horrors, Tell Me On A Sunday, Company, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Showboat,The Baker`s Wife, and Carousel. She has appeared in two films, The Adulterer (2000) and Temptation (2004). In October-November 2007, Ripley starred in Michael John LaChiusa`s Little Fish with the Blank Theatre Company in Los Angeles, California. From January through March 2008 Ripley starred as Diana Goodman in Next to Normal at Second Stage Theatre in New York. Later that spring, Ripley was recognized as the only leading actress in an off-broadway musical to be nominated for a Drama Desk Award that year. From November 2008 through January 2009 Ripley reprised her role in Next to Normal at Arena Stage in Washington D.C. In March 2009 Next to Normal opened on Broadway at the Booth Theatre, with Ripley again reprising her role, along with the rest of the Arena Stage cast. She received a Helen Hayes Award (April 13, 2009) for her performance, and Next to Normal won best musical in a non-resident production. She won a 2009 Tony Award in the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical category for her portrayal of Diana in Next to Normal. Ripley`s recordings include Side Show: Original Cast Recording, Ripley/Skinner: Raw At Town Hall, Every Time You`re Near, Everything`s Fine, and Next to Normal: Original Broadway Cast Recording. Ripley is married to musician (percussionist) Shannon Ford.

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West Carrollton Senior High (Dayton, Ohio)

DePauw University, Kent State University

Alice Hathaway Ripley

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