Ashli Rene Funches

Ashli Rene Funches is a civic minded performer from Birmingham Alabama. Ashli is a teaching artist with TimeLine, Lifeline, and Writers Theatre. Ashli’s recent credits include: IS GOD IS (Red Orchid), The Model Play (Snails on a Bike), Native Son (Lifeline), Notes from the Field (TimeLine), Stew (Shattered Globe), For Colored Girls (Fleetwood-Jourdian), A Drop in the Bucket (Jackolope), and Detroit 67 (The Theatre School). Ashli received their BFA in Acting and an BA in African Diaspora from DePaul University. They wrote, produced, and portrayed Amari in the film, A Yellow Circus (premiered at the Black Film Festival New Orleans, Micheaux, Black Alphabet, and Black Harvest Film Festival). Ashli also portrays Z in a feature entitled, The lapse, premiering later this year, before then you can catch Ashli on Chicago PD or sometimes on instagram @ashlirenefunches. Every performance is dedicated to their Grandaddy and Nana.