Gisela Adisa

Once on This Island

Gisela Adisa (Erzulie) is making her Actors Theatre of Louisville debut. Broadway: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Lucille). National Tour: Sister Act. (Deloris Standby, Michelle). Regional: Lights Out: Nat ‘King’ Cole (Eartha Kitt), Geffen Playhouse - L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Award Nominations, Best Featured Actress and Best Ensemble. Man of La Mancha (Aldonza)Westport Country Playhouse—BroadwayWorld and CT Critics Circle Awards nominations, Best Actress. Lights Out: Nat ‘King’ Cole, (Eartha Kitt), People’s Light—Barrymore Award Nomination, Outstanding Supporting Performance. Television/Film: Younger, Royal Pains, Shield, Ride By Night and the upcoming web series UPCODE. Additional Credits: Trial, directed by Lori Petty, Beckmann Theater. Adisa holds a B.A in arts as a drama major and African studies minor from Fordham University and is a soprano in the Tony Award winning Broadway Inspirational Voices.