About
Ashton Fortune is a New York City-based actor with a split upbringing between small-town Texas and the suburbs of Washington, D.C. After studying in programs at both Carnegie Mellon University and Boston University, she graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre & Dance with a focus in Acting. Favorite credits include Amy in Dry Land. She has workshopped plays with Studio Theatre, Breaking & Entering Theatre Collective, The Kennedy Center, The National New Play Network, The Cohen New Works Festival, and UTNT.
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Ashton lives in Brooklyn, where she continues take classes and pursue new projects, particularly those with themes of military & veterans and prison reform. She is passionate about public programming and arts-based therapy and activism.
Ashton's foundation is based in the Theatre, but looks forward expanding her work into Film and Television. She can work as a local hire in NYC, Washington, and Austin, TX.