About

Ali Rose Dachis is a proud Jewish, Queer actor, painter, teacher, hiker, underwear-dance-party enthusiast, yogi, animal lover, almost-vegan, and meditator — and is newly obsessed with cats.

She has worked off-Broadway cultivating new work in New York City as well as around the country. She made her Broadway debut in Larry David's Fish in the Dark, and pre-pandemic premiered Ming Peiffer's Usual Girls at the Roundabout Theatre Co. Ali has built a career developing new work in the theater with extraordinary playwrights and artists including Annie Baker, Adam Rapp, Anna Ziegler, Rajiv Joseph, Anna Shapiro, Celine Song, Davis McCallum, Tony Taccone, Deborah Zoe Laufer, Nick Gandiello, and more.

Before moving to New York, Ali made an artistic home at The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. She earned a BFA through their Actor Training program and appeared in 10+ shows, including the regional premiere of Adam Rapp's one-woman show The Edge of Our Bodies. She has had the good fortune of working at other wonderful regional theaters including The Old Globe, Baltimore Center Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Arizona Theatre Company, The Children's Theatre Co. (Tony Award–winning), Park Square Theatre, and The Director's Studio. She has also loved working with MCC, MTC, Labyrinth, Second Stage, The Pearl, The Acting Company, and Fault Line Theatre.

Ali is a voice-over artist and can be heard in commercials for Target, Disney, and many PSAs.

She has served as a responder, teacher, and judge at the Kennedy Center's American College Theater Festival and for the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Awards for several years.

Over the last eight years, Ali has used her experience and education to teach art and storytelling in underserved communities through Arts Ignite and Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS. She specializes in creating workshops that use art for good in the world and to promote social change.

Ali is a certified yoga instructor specializing in Vinyasa, Yin, Meditation, Hatha, and hot yoga.

For her paintings, visit mayimarts.com — Instagram @mayimarts.