This summer marks Lily's third year as a WilliamWorld performer and concessionaire. She's proud to play the role of Ophelia while selling her homemade organic, gluten-free, dolphin-safe, non-animal tested, fair trade kelp cookies. Here's hoping she sells one this year!Lily Stockbridge is played by Ali Close.
Ali is originally from the Madison, Wisconsin area. She received her BA in Theatre Performance from the University of Wisconsin- La Crosse. She moved to the Twin Cities in 2011 for a change of pace. Since then, she's worked with several companies, including playing "Celia" in As You Like It with Public Theatre of Minnesota, "Lucy" in Dracula with Lyric Arts of Anoka and "Helena Landless" in The Mystery of Edwin Drood with Chameleon Theatre Circle.
Other favorite roles include: "Ophelia" in Hamlet (Open Spaces), "Hodel" in Fiddler on the Roof (Stoughton Village Players), "Alcyone/Pomona" in Metamorphoses (UW La Crosse), "Isabella" in The Glorious Ones (Music Theatre of Madison), "Abigail Williams" in The Crucible and "Lola" in Damn Yankees (both with Saint Bernard Players).
She was also a ballerina for over 18 years and helped to created the role of "Lucy" in a ballet version of Dracula, entitled "Drakula: The Performance" with Stoughton Center for the Performing Arts, playing the role three years.
In 2007, she was an Acting Apprentice for Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winona, MN, where she understudied the role of "Celia" in As You Like It.
She currently lives in Saint Paul with her fiancée Mike and their two cats and will be getting married in November of this year.
Take a look at Lily's audition video:
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