Alyssa Marvin

Acting

Alyssa Marvin is a New York-based film, television and theatre actress. Her most recent projects include the lead role in the feature film Run Amok premiering at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, performing alongside Patrick Wilson, Margaret Cho, Elizabeth Marvel, Yul Vazquez, Bill Camp, and Molly Ringwald, and a recurring role on a much-anticipated new television series. Alyssa is well known for her work on Broadway where she has had the rare honor of appearing in two plays (Appropriate and Grey House) in a single Broadway season. Appropriate, which won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play, received extensive critical acclaim. Alyssa played Cassidy, a precocious teenager desperate to be treated like an adult. Variety praised Alyssa's "incredible performance" and The Hollywood Reporter called Alyssa "superb". Alyssa made her Broadway debut as A1656 in the psychological thriller Grey House directed by Joe Mantello. Entertainment Weekly wrote: "Alyssa Emily Marvin makes A1656 a character that's impossible not to love with her charming and astute nature and effortless delivery." Alyssa first appeared on a professional stage at just six years old when she made her off-Broadway debut. Since then she's traveled extensively as a professional actress, including to South East Asia for the International Tour of Annie directed by Martin Charnin. Alyssa also performed across the United States and Canada in more than forty-five cities over fifteen months in the First National Tour of the musical School of Rock. Closer to home, Alyssa originated the role of Cathy in Trevor: The Musical off-Broadway and on Disney+ as well as the title role of Edie in Edie Saves the Birds at Theatre East in New York. Alyssa is currently a student at Yale University double majoring in Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies and Political Science. She is an active member of Red Hot Poker, Yale's premier sketch comedy group, The Purple Crayon, the oldest collegiate longform improv group in the country, and the Yale Dramatic Association.