LaRaisha DiEvelyn Dionne

LaRaisha Dionne is a first year MFA acting candidate in the Theatre & Dance department at Wayne State. A professional actress, singer, writer, and arts administrator from Wilmington, North Carolina; she graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Musical Theater in 2008. She recently served as the Director of Operations of the Wilson Center for the Performing Arts at Cape Fear Community College and served as Secretary for the Commission on African American History for the City of Wilmington. She has performed in several professional theatrical performances, including a double-award winning turn as the Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill in Wilmington, NC. Past credits include Olivia in Twelfth Night (Wayne State), Herself in Unveiling the Mask (Wayne State), The Proprietor in Assassins, Whatsername in American Idiot, Cathy in The Last 5 Years, Fastrada in Pippin, and Pennywise in Urinetown. She believes in the power of connection through storytelling.