SELECTED CREATIVE WORK:

This Really Happened — Co-Creator, Screenwriter & Executive Producer
27-minute television pilot.
Tribeca Festival — World Premiere, 2024
SeriesFest — Official Selection, 2024
Lavender Film Festival — Best Pilot, 2023

Disarming Girls — Co-Playwright
Full-length play based on Dutch resistance fighters Truus Oversteegen, Freddie Oversteegen, and Hannie Schaft.
tgLAVA, Haarlem, Netherlands — 2026
American University, Washington, DC — World Premiere, 2025
Belmont University — Workshop Production, 2021

ABLE: A Series — Creator, Writer & Producer
Documentary series examining disability inclusion and representation in entertainment.
ReelAbilities Film Festival — Premiere, 2019
Media Access Awards, 2019
Distributed on Amazon Prime Video and CGood.TV

A Case for Love — Story Producer
Feature documentary. Theatrical release, 2024.

SELECTED SPEAKING & MENTORSHIP:

American University — Guest Playwright & Teaching Artist | 2025
Invited in conjunction with the world premiere of Disarming Girls to workshop the play and engage with student artists.

Northeast Filmmakers Lab, Capital Cinema Cultural Exchange — Keynote Speaker | 2019
Invited keynote on ABLE, disability representation, and inclusive storytelling in film and television.

ReelAbilities Film Festival — Invited Speaker | 2019
Invited to speak on disability representation and inclusion in film and television.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SoulStir Creative — Founder & Producer | 2018–Present
Develop and produce original film, television, documentary, and theatrical projects.

Esther Perel Global Media — Copywriter | 2020–2022
Wrote and developed editorial and promotional copy across digital platforms for psychotherapist and bestselling author Esther Perel.

The Civics Center — Copywriter | 2020–2023
Developed written content and campaign messaging supporting youth civic engagement and voter registration initiatives.

SELECTED PRESS & MEDIA:

The Daily Memphian, “‘This Really Happened’ Pilot to Screen in Memphis After Tribeca Success,” October 17, 2024.

Starry Magazine, “This Really Happened,” June 28, 2024.

BroadwayWorld, “BWW Exclusive: Ali Stroker Talks Oklahoma! in the New Series ABLE,” September 2019.

Playbill, “What You Need to Know About ABLE: A Series Featuring Ali Stroker, Evan Ruggiero, and More,” January 17, 2019.

EDUCATION

National Theater Institute, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Waterford, CT — 2015
Intensive training in playwriting and acting

Belmont University, Nashville, TN — 2014
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre, summa cum laude
College of Music and Performing Arts — Spirit of the Department Scholarship

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Dramatists Guild of America — Member
New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) — Member
SAG-AFTRA — Member