Based in Brooklyn, Aynsley is originally from upstate New York. She began undergrad in northern California, finishing with a BFA in musical theater from Metropolitan State University of Denver. She has spent most of her career in the Denver-Metro area acting, directing, and intimacy coordinating. She has found a passion for devised and immersive theater, and is now working to create more of her own works in the city.
"...when she takes over the keyboard for "Sonya Alone" and creates, in her stillness and glorious voice, a deeply human, unique new angle of the story." - Lou Harry, TheatreCriticism. Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812.
"It was hard to believe that Ms. Upton was the understudy for this role, stepping in at the last minute. She performed with ease, sang songs both cheeky and soulful, adjusted to new places in the dance choreography with grace..." - Front Row Center, Becki Pineda
Cabaret - Vintage Theatre