Marina Shay
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Marina Shay is a New York–based actor working across stage, screen, and new play development. She has performed at theaters across the country including the Guthrie Theater, Cleveland Play House, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Syracuse Stage, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Geva Theatre Center, Virginia Stage Company, Capital Repertory Theatre, Gulfshore Playhouse, and Trinity Repertory Company. Recent credits include The Book Club Play (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), the world premiere of An Old Fashioned Family Murder with Sally Struthers, the solo show JBKO, and King Lear at the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival. She received Best Actress nominations from the SALT Awards for Great Expectations (Syracuse Stage) and the BroadwayWorld Regional Awards for the world premiere of Secret Hour (Capital Repertory Theatre).
In New York, Marina has appeared Off-Broadway in Paradise Lost (Theatre Row), as well as in Eurydice (Columbia University) and Miss Julie (Access Theater). Select developmental workshops include Theater for a New Audience, The Drama League, Dramatists Guild Foundation, New Dramatists, the New Ohio Theatre, WP Theater, and the Lark.
On screen, Marina can be seen in Jules (with Ben Kingsley), The Good Fight, and several independent films including Floor, which recently premiered at the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival.
Marina is also a playwright whose work has been recognized by the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center and the Terrence McNally New Works Incubator at Rattlestick Theater. Marina holds a degree in Theater and English from Oberlin College and an MFA in Acting from Brown/Trinity Rep.
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