Alexa Lopez
Biography
Broadway debut. A proud Cuban-American hailing from South FL. She most recently originated the role of ‘April’ in the world premiere of FALCON GIRLS at Yale Repertory Theatre. Regional credits include: Jane Doe (Ride the Cylone/Beck Center), Sonya (Great Comet of 1812/Idaho Shakespeare & GLT), Mimi (Rent/Cain Park), Lizzie Borden (Lizzie/Beck Center), Maria (West Side Story/Porthouse), Mollie (Perpetual Sunshine and the Ghost Girls; 2021 ASCAP Award Winner/Beck). Last year, she was honored to perform the national anthem for over 65,000 fans at her first major football game, Browns vs. Steelers, for Hispanic Heritage Month. Alexa also won ‘Best Actress in a Musical’ in the 2022 Cleveland Critics Circle Theatre Awards for her work as Maria in Porthouse’s West Side Story. Recent Grad of Baldwin Wallace Music Theatre 2024. Alexaelizabethlopez.com
Credits
Falcon Girls, Jane Doe, Great Comet of 1812
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