"This tradition is a beautiful way of acknowledging the hard work of the ensemble. We help to create the world of the show. We are the monkeys in Wicked, the homeless people in Rent, the nurses in The Notebook. Receiving the Robe was truly an honor -- especially in a show that I have such a personal connection to. I felt acknowledged for all of my hard work within the Broadway community. I never thought it would happen to me."
Photo by Jeffrey Bateman.
Name: Yassmin Alers
Opening Night: March 14, 2024
Hometown: Native New Yorker, raised in Spanish Harlem
First Broadway Credit: Rent, 1996 (swing and dance captain for Original Broadway Cast)
Professional Training: Studied theatre at Marymount Manhattan College, Neubert Ballet, Broadway Dance Center, Steps on Broadway
Year Joined Equity: 1994
How I Got My Equity Card: An off-Broadway show called Bring in the Morning
Other Broadway Chorus Contract Credits: The Capeman (Original Broadway Cast), The Rocky Horror Show, On Your Feet! (Original Broadway Cast)
Fun Fact: "My sister, Karmine Alers, is also a performer who replaced me in the Broadway production of Rent. We also had the pleasure of being in the Broadway production of On Your Feet! and a co-production of In The Heights together."
Yassmin Alers takes in the moment. Photo by David Levy.
Yassmin Alers and the company of The Notebook. Photo by Jeffrey Bateman.
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