Ashley Marinaccio

Artist Profile

Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Eye: Hazel
Hair: Auburn/Red
Height: 5' 5"
Weight: 130 lbs

Languages Spoken

Arabic, English, Spanish

Affiliations & Certifications

Personal Description

For my latest information, check out:

http://ashley-marinaccio.blogspot.com/

Ashley Marinaccio is a Manhattan based activist and artist dedicated to creating theatre that challenges the status quo. She is a co-founder/artistic director of Co-Op Theatre East (COTE), a theatre company that believes in the power of art to foster a dialogue for social change. COTE provides an entertaining performance forum in which to ask evocative, challenging questions of artists and audiences on our way to creating collaborative answers. Ashley recently finished a six month emerging performers lab with the Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics, EMERGENYC. She has numerous directing, performing and writing credits. Ashley holds her BA in theatre directing and sociology/anthropology from Pace University and M.A. in Performance Studies from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

Special Skills

Education
New York University, MA Performance Studies, Tisch School of the Arts
Pace University, BA Theatre (Concentration in Directing), BA Sociology/Anthropology, Minors in Middle Eastern Studies and Women/Gender Studies. May 2007 (Cum Laude)
Lebanese American University, Intensive Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies. June-August 2006

Training
PERFORMANCE TECHNIQUE: Anna Deavere Smith, Karen Finley, Eve Ensler
ACTING: Dani Super, Ruis Woertendyke, Anjali Vashi, Amy Rogers, Carol Morley, Sandy Roeser Joseph Russo
SHAKESPEARE: Joseph Russo, Ruis Woertendyke COMEDY: Improv Jam, Pete Capella, Mike O’Keefe
SKETCH COMEDY: ZehlSteen Think Pound (Member); Regular performances at Upright Citizens Brigade, Rififi, New York Comedy Club, The Tank, Sketchprov at the PIT
DANCE: Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Lyrical, Modern, Competition Skills; Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Broadway Dance Center, New Dance Group, Movement Dance Company
VOICE: Kristopher Zook, Tom Rexdale

Special Skills and Interests
Sketch Comedy, 16 Years of Dance Training, Improvisational Comedy, British/Irish/Southern Dialect, Arabic Language, Director, Playwright, HIV/AIDS and Social Justice Activism, Works well with animals/children, Valid Driver’s License/US Passport


Directing/Playwriting resumes downloadable, listed under performance resume