Aislinn Brophy

Aislinn Brophy (they/them) is an actor, writer and arts administrator who graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Theater, Dance & Media. They are proud to have been part of the very first TDM graduating class. Since graduating, they have gathered experience working to support arts organizations in various disciplines, including dance, music, opera and theater. They have worked to support organizations in the Greater Boston area such as the Dance Complex, City Strings, Brown Box Theatre Project, and the American Modern Opera Company.

As a performer, they have worked with companies such as ISLE Theater Company, Company One, Liars & Believers, Fresh Ink Theatre, Brown Box Theatre Project, Theatre Espresso, and Central Square Theater. Aislinn is also a cross-genre writer who works as both a playwright and an author. The world premiere of their play with music, Water, Water Everywhere, was produced by ISLE Theater Company. In 2022, they published their debut young adult novel How to Succeed in Witchcraft with Penguin Random House. How to Succeed in Witchcraft received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, was included on YALSA's 2024 Best Fiction for Young Adults list, and was chosen as a 2023 honoree for the American Library Association's Rise: A Feminist Book Project. Their second novel, Spells to Forget Us, was published in September 2024. It was nominated for an Ignyte Award for Outstanding Young Adult Novel, long-listed for a Massachusetts Book Award, and chosen as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.