gabrielle policano (she/they) can best be found struggling with her sleep schedule. born and raised on the Upper West Side of New York City, she began her theatre education attending Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts, where she trained under Ally Sheedy, Sandy Faison and others. after (barely) surviving adolescence, she graduated from Boston University in 2021 with a BFA in Acting/Concentration in Musical Theatre. while there, she obtained a minor in English with a focus on poetry and creative writing, and spent a semester in London studying Shakespeare and classical text at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. most recently, she played H in Yale Repertory Theatre’s production of falcon girls, written by Hilary Bettis and directed by May Adrales. directly prior to that she played Cruz in Second Stage’s production of Breaking The Story opposite Maggie Siff, written by Alexis Scheer and directed by Jo Bonney, and understudied Peg/Mary/Kitty/Hannah in the Atlantic Theater Company’s production of The Welkin, written by Lucy Kirkwood and directed by Sarah Benson.

she is a prominent poet in the NYC poetry scene, and a three-time slam winner at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. she’s mildly, moderately adequate at adulting.