Alyson Mackenzie Stroker (born June , ) is an American actress and
singer. She is the first actress who uses a wheelchair for mobility to
appear on a Broadway stage, and to be nominated for and win a Tony
Award. Stroker was a finalist on the second season of The Glee
Project, and later appeared as a guest star on Glee in . She played
the role of Anna in Deaf West's revival of Spring Awakening. She won
the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her
performance in Oklahoma!Ali Stroker grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey
with her parents, Jody Schleicher and Jim Stroker, as well as an older
brother, Jake, and a younger sister, Tory. At the age of two, Stroker
was in a car accident that resulted in a spinal cord injury that left
her paralyzed from the chest down. Unable to walk, she uses a
wheelchair. She attended Ridgewood High School, where she was senior
class president and starred in school musicals.Stroker trained with
the Summer Musical Theater Conservatory program at the Paper Mill
Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey.In , Stroker became the first
actress who uses a wheelchair to earn a degree from the New York
University Tisch Drama Department, with a degree in Fine Arts.
singer. She is the first actress who uses a wheelchair for mobility to
appear on a Broadway stage, and to be nominated for and win a Tony
Award. Stroker was a finalist on the second season of The Glee
Project, and later appeared as a guest star on Glee in . She played
the role of Anna in Deaf West's revival of Spring Awakening. She won
the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her
performance in Oklahoma!Ali Stroker grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey
with her parents, Jody Schleicher and Jim Stroker, as well as an older
brother, Jake, and a younger sister, Tory. At the age of two, Stroker
was in a car accident that resulted in a spinal cord injury that left
her paralyzed from the chest down. Unable to walk, she uses a
wheelchair. She attended Ridgewood High School, where she was senior
class president and starred in school musicals.Stroker trained with
the Summer Musical Theater Conservatory program at the Paper Mill
Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey.In , Stroker became the first
actress who uses a wheelchair to earn a degree from the New York
University Tisch Drama Department, with a degree in Fine Arts.
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