Alisha Janette Taylor is an actress, producer, and director. She started with performing onstage. With a BFA in Musical Theatre. Alisha has performed in shows such as Nickel and Dimed, Mary Poppins, Big Fish, and The Mountaintop. She has performed The Mountaintop multiple times, one performance being at Valpraiso University in the Chicago area, and another at Theatre 71 in New York.
With an innate love of creativity, Alisha began to work with film. She completed a short film, Baggage, at the Nate Parker Film Institute which had a private screening at the 2018 Pan African Film Festival. She was apart of the production team on the short film Nazen, which also was selected for the 2021 Pan African Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Short Film.
Since then she has ventured into documentary filmmaking and started her own production company, Taylor Made Studios. Alisha has produced a number of documentaries. She produced and directed a short subject documentary named The Mississippi Delta Experience, and served as the Archival Producer for the docuseries, I’ve Been Waiting. In 2022 she completed her feature length directorial debut with A Legacy Unearthed. A documentary based on the Black history in her hometown. This film was an official selection of the 2023 Queens Underground International Black History Film Festival.
Most recently, she was given the opportunity to direct an original showcase called 'Tapestry'. The showcase aimed to highlight the talents of the students of color in the ACU Theatre Department. Through the showcase, she carefully curated a series of pieces that showcased the unique and diverse perspectives of the students, and provided them with a platform to express themselves and their creativity. Most recently, she was given the opportunity to guest direct John Proctor is the Villain at the Historic Paramount Theatre in the Fall of 2024.
She also teaches Hip-Hop at Key City Dance, and has led multiple African Dance workshops at the collegiate level.