Hi, I'm Ashley!
Actor | Filmmaker | Musician | Publicist
Ashley Rapuano Sanchez is a Las Vegas & Los Angeles based creative. She is a working actor with a degree in Stage and Screen Acting from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and with additional schooling from HB Studios (NYC), East West Players (LA), and more. She has done standup, improv, and sketch comedy in New York City, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and internationally - having studied at Upright Citizen’s Brigade (LA & NYC), The People’s Improv Theater, Vegas Theater Hub and with many many more esteemed comedy teachers. Her solo show about her grandmother with Dementia, Lessons with Lola, sold out in Las Vegas after an NYC premiere, with several following runs. She is also a filmmaker, having worn many hats in the filmmaking process in live, digital, and both short films & features.
Ashley is part of the band Sanalba - playing bass and contributing to vocals. Sanalba is a funky, groovy, rockin' band who is currently gigging in various venues in Las Vegas! Follow Sanalba on socials to keep up with upcoming shows. She is grateful to share her love of music in the band with her husband, Jarod Sanchez - who plays guitar and sings lead vocals. She also performs acoustic shows in a singer-songwriter format and loves any opportunity to share music with audiences. Her favorite performers that inspire her daily are Heart, Olivia Rodrigo, Fleetwood Mac, Fanny, Amy Winehouse, H.E.R., Laufey, and Led Zeppelin.
Ashley also co-hosts and produces a podcast called "The Tremendous Talk Podcast" through Tremendous Communications. The show is dedicated to highlighting AAPI and BIPOC professionals in the entertainment industry. Click HERE to listen to Tremendous Talk on Spotify. Past guests include Harry Shum Jr., Vincent Rodriguez III, Diana Lee Inosanto, Dana Ledoux Miller, Sue Kim, and many more!
Ashley is the Publicity Manager at Tremendous Communications, a PR and marketing agency dedicated to celebrating AAPI excellence in entertainment and media. She proudly works to highlight the AAPI community through all she does both at work and outside of work. Past work with Tremendous includes Oscar Winner for Best Picture Everything Everywhere All At Once, Jordan Peele’s Nope, Paramount's Babylon and Gladiator II, Lionsgate's Joy Ride, Focus Features' DÌDI (弟弟) and many more.
Ashley is an artist at heart - constantly creating and ideating on what’s to come. She is furiously passionate about highlighting Filipino, AAPI, and BIPOC voices in entertainment. Some of the organizations Ashley has worked with in past and present to bring representation to the forefront include: Hammsterden Records, Eccentric Artists, Cinema Sala, and Filipinx Actors Barkada.
Ashley is proudly Filipino & Mediterranean American, vegan, and vocal about both animal and human rights. She believes art is a pathway for social change. She loves Halloween, the family’s husky named Amiyah, taking walks with her husband, and a good hot sauce. When she's not hacking away at her computer, she can be found reading a book in the sunshine, painting, taking care of her plants, cooking, doing yoga, or singing karaoke with her husband.
PRESS, INTERVIEWS, ETC, click the links below!
Eccentric Artists Featured Artist Journal Entry
Press kit and additional media available upon request at ashleyrapuano@gmail.com.
WRITING
If It Scares You, Go There. - A short essay on comedy on Filipina American News
Contact & Representation
GS Entertainment Management
Todd Zeller
323.860.0270 Ext. 19
TNG Models
Theatrical Representation Nationwide & Commercial Representation in Las Vegas
Marissa Joy
702.956.7711 ext 702
@RapuanoAshley
Sanalba is the Hammsterden Records house band, inspired by tunes from The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Heart, The Beatles, Los Lonely Boys, etc - with a genre embodying rock, funk, jazz, indie, Latin, blues, doo-wap, and soul.
Sanalba is currently gigging around Las Vegas in various venues - be sure to follow us online to see our upcoming show dates!
Available on:
SPOTIFY
APPLE PODCASTS
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+ All your favorite podcast platforms!
Check out the PODCAST page on this website for all episodes!
Grab a boba tea and leave your shoes at the door. Welcome to Tremendous Talk!
Join your hosts, Ashley & Law, as they guide you through culture in the realms of Hollywood and speak to industry professionals in the spotlight. They cover individuality and self-discovery, visibility on screen and their parallels to society, pop-culture and more. This is a safe space to break down all the walls with big screen names who hold even bigger places in our hearts and the unsung heroes behind the scenes. From who they are to their favorite snack - get into the nuances with some of your favorite folx.
Take the Skies is an indie rock band made of Las Vegas locals Ashley Rapuano Sanchez and Eric Connell. Proudly representing their Filipino and Latinx heritage in all they do - their goal is to tell stories people resonate with. Best friends since the first day of high school when they wore the same band shirt - Eric & Ashley have been making music together for over 10 years. Their producer (& now Ashley's husband), Jared Sanchez, runs the Las Vegas recording studio and creative space - Hammsterden Records.
From Inday
To Asawa
'FROM INDAY TO ASAWA' is a solo show written and performed by Ashley Rapuano, in development with East West Players for The Body Series by Giovanni Ortega.
Lessons With Lola
Lessons With Lola is a comedic drama written, produced, and performed by Ashley Rapuano with direction and dramaturgy by Kerry Ipema. The show premiered at the 2018 People's Improv Theater Solocom Festival (NYC) and has done several runs since.
The story is about Lily Sanchez, Ashley's grandmother. Written about true events and situations, the production covers topics such as Dementia, Filipino culture and traditions, arranged marriages, and much more.
A story written with love about love.
"Laughter is not our medicine. Stories hold our cure. Laughter is just the honey that sweetens the bitter medicine."
-Hannah Gadsby
“The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible.”
-Toni Cade Bambara
Land Acknowledgement
Honoring Native Lands
Ashley Rapuano recognizes that she is based on the unceded land of the Southern Paiutes, descendants of the Tudinu, or Desert People, who have lived along the Colorado River since 1100 A.D. and extended north and west into the areas known today as Southern Nevada, Utah, and California. Ashley also recognizes that she has, and continues to, benefit from the use of Southern Paiute land. We pay respects to their elders past and present. Please take a moment to consider the many legacies of violence, displacement, migration, and settlement that bring us here today.
If you want to know more about the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe visit their website here.