About the Artist
Alexandra Hewett is an actor, storyteller, writer, producer, teaching artist, mother, and yogi. She is a lecturer in the Johns Hopkins University Odyssey program where she teaches Finding the Funny: Comedy Writing and Performance. She teaches Creative Writing Non-Fiction at Stevenson University. She produces the storytelling show Mortified in DC and Baltimore. She teaches theatre to Veterans at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company. She wrote and performed her one-woman show Mother Therapy at MCS Theatre in NYC. She has performed at The Manhattan Rep Theatre, DC Fringe Festival, the Kennedy Center, the Baltimore Improv Group, the Magnet Theatre in NYC, and the Strand Theater in Baltimore. She has an MS in Counseling Psychology from Loyola University Maryland and an MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts from the University of Baltimore. Her essays have been published by Eight Stone Press, Baltimore Fishbowl, and Welter. Shimmer is her first book. Her website is: https://alexandrahewett.comFeatured Work
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Featured Work: Photos
Shimmer: A Memoir
Book
2022
Shimmer is my first book. It's a memoir that chronicles growing up in the shadow of my mother's struggle with schizophrenia, balanced by the warmth and security of my father's love. Artistic creativity, therapy, humor, and effervescent optimism were my secret weapons and my lifelines as I navigated anxiety, grief, and loss. Shimmer is my journey from girlhood to womanhood, from sorrow to joy.