“…more than anything it's a huge sign of arrival for Tana Sirois as a ferocious screen talent."
-Gina Carbone, Summerblink Film
“…every move made, glance or statement is permeated with authenticity."
"I'm told Fernando Arrabal, now in his 80s, made a special trip to America to see Dirt [Contained] perform his play. Having seen this extraordinary cast, led by the at once nymph-like and ferocious Tana Sirois, I can see why."
“Everything must be conveyed in movement, and so Sirois’ face is a dance of expressions, Glover’s fingers become an independent character, at one point the two performers’ hands swan in synch, the rest of their bodies barely remembered, in a gestural ballet.”
— Adam McGovern, Off-Topic (My Favorite Person)
Her powerful voice is partly to thank. But it's also due to her total, deadpan commitment to the character, however absurd the circumstances."
Acting Bio
Tana Sirois is an NYC / London- based actor and theatre-maker. She trained at The Liverpool Institute For Performing Arts (1st, BA, Acting). With a background in physical theatre and original work, her training is rooted in collaboration and improvisation.
She originated the role of Alice in the NYC Premiere of the musical Painted Alice. Film credits include Alexis (Blue Bloods), Katie (For Hope), Karen (The Karens) and Elise (Whisper). NYC theatre highlights include playing the title role in Fernando Arrabal's Garden Of Delights, Nina in Stupid Fucking Bird, Tracy in Seascape With Sharks And Dancer, Judy in the NYC Premiere of Easy Laughter, and a screwed up version of herself in Crushing Baby Animals which she co-wrote in 2019 and produced at The IRT Theatre. She is part of the international theatre collective, The How, and most recently performed in a devised two-person movement piece titled My Favorite Person at HERE Arts.
Tana has been a proud company member in the feminist, musical comedy troupe, Broad Comedy, which has played Off-Broadway at The SoHo Playhouse, and has been touring the country for the past eight years raising money for Planned Parenthood and The ACLU.
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"[Sirois] fills out Lais’ humanity by putting total trust in the text, each word of which Lais believes too, investing the Alice-in-Wonderland observations with magnetic, in-the-moment suspense and empathy... Sirois gives a performance of superhuman intensity and deceptive ease."
-HiLowBrow (Garden Of Delights)
These actors are fearless in their choices…it's acting that leaves bruises on the bodies and souls of the actors as well as the audience lucky enough to see these two fine actors manifest their craft."
- Caught in the Act (Seascape with Sharks and Dancer)
"Sirois is alternately heartbreaking and delightful as the easily-illusioned Nina, a bird lining up to be shot time after time."
-Fanchild (Stupid Fucking Bird)
