Alysha Umphress

Alysha Umphress is an award-winning vocalist and Broadway and television actor. She is best known for her role as Hildy in the Tony-nominated Broadway revival of On the Town, for which she opened the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and appeared on the 69th annual Tony Awards. Umphress made her Broadway debut in the original cast of American Idiot, performing alongside Green Day on the Grammy Awards, the Tony Awards, and a Monday Night Football halftime show. Additional Broadway credits include On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and Bring It On!

Off Broadway, Umphress received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination and the Chita Rivera Award for the New York revival of Smokey Joe's Cafe. Regional highlights include Damn Yankees at Arena Stage, Beaches at Signature Theatre (Helen Hayes nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role), and Hood at Dallas Theatre Center.

As a concert artist, Umphress has performed with the Boston Pops, San Francisco Symphony, and London Symphony Orchestra, where she starred as Ruth in Wonderful Town under Sir Simon Rattle, and reprised the role at La Scala in Milan in 2024. She is the 2023 Gold Medalist of the American Traditions Vocal Competition and an Associate Artist at Barrington Stage Company.

Umphress is a two-time MAC Award-nominated recording artist. Her solo albums include Alysha Umphress Live at the Laurie Beechman, I've Been Played: Alysha Umphress Swings Jeff Blumenkrantz, and Alysha Umphress…and things like this (live from Joe's Pub). Other recordings include the original Broadway cast albums of On the Town, American Idiot, and Bring It On! Television credits include Bonding (Netflix), Girls5Eva, Chicago Med, Blue Bloods, and Fosse/Verdon. Umphress is a graduate of the San Francisco School of the Arts and holds a BFA from the Boston Conservatory.