Stewarding stories of everyday folks
Art that makes you say “Whoa, me too...”
Assertive Assets creates and produces original works that build community, subvert the patriarchy, and promote restorative justice.
GOODER THAN GOLD
The reckoning of a prodigal daughter who returned to Appalachia to care for her dying father, this one-woman live-action memoir with music and images wrestles with the messy truth of what family does for and to each other.
The Virginia Woolfs
Musical duo Tressa and Lydia play and sing cowgirl music for winners. No chicken dinners, all welcome who are sinners.
Meet Tressa Preston
Founder & Artistic Director, Assertive Assets
Tressa is a multi-passionate creator who loves meeting people where they are, listening to what they need, and taking them places they never imagined.
She holds a BFA in Acting and Directing from Marshall University and an MFA in Theatre Performance from the University of Georgia. She has also taught at various universities and acting programs across the country.
Tressa was a resident at NYC’s The Flea Theater and at The Titan Theatre Company, the Theatre in Residence at the Queens Theatre in the Park, where she also served as Artistic Associate and Associate Director.
She currently resides in Norfolk, Virginia where she curates new works for Assertive Assets.
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The Flea Theater, Titan Theater Company, Titan Theatre/Queens Libraries, The Tank, Phaedra’s Cabaret, Strawberry Festival, Hudson Warehouse Theater, The Player’s Club, Ashland Summer Theatre, Free Spirit Productions, J.B. Sowards Theatre, Huntington Rep, Huntington Museum of Art, Beehive Productions, Rose of Athens.
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Titan Theatre Company, Short Play Lab, Free Spirit Productions, Ashland Summer Theatre, Huntington Museum of Art, Charleston Festiv-all, and Columbus Fringe Festival.
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