Ash (Ashley) Marinaccio (born January 9, 1985) is a documentarian, artistic director, theatre director, photographer, filmmaker, performer, and playwright. She works across disciplines and mediums in nonfiction storytelling. She is the founder and founding Artistic Director of ''Project Girl Performance Collective'', which rebranded in 2011 under the name o
Girl Be Heard
The mission of the organization is to provide young women with a platform to create theatre around pressing feminist and socio-political issues. Under her leadership, Girl Be Heard has received international attention, awards and accolades for its theatre productions that place the stories of young women at the forefront of the work. In 2012, she gave a TEDx talk at Columbia University's TEDxTeachersCollege entitled "Give it Up for Rush Limbaugh", about her career trajectory and work with Girl Be Heard. In 2013, she was the youngest artistic director to receive the Lucille Lortel ''Women's Visionary Award'' from the ''League of Professional Theatre Women''. Marinaccio left Girl Be Heard in 2016. Marinaccio is the creator and host of the digital documentary series ''Stage Left'', which was expected to debut in 2021. ''Stage Left'' examines the impact of theatre and performance on local communities. She is the creator, host and director of several episodes. She is a co-founder o
Co-Op Theatre East
alongside Robert A.K. Gonyo and Casey Cleverly. Co-Op Theatre East is a New York City-based theatre company that works to create theatre that challenges the socio-political status quo. Notable works with Co-Op Theatre East have included the 2010 production of

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'' at the Kraine Theatre in New York City's East Village which utilized two actresses in the title role of Rachel Corrie. In 2021 Marinaccio created Docbloc, a New York based performing arts organization dedicated to nonfiction storytelling. The mission of Docbloc is to experiment with documentary form and bring together artists working across nonfiction mediums for collaborations and conversation in live performance. She is an alumna of the

Lincoln Center Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (also simply known as Lincoln Center) is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It has thirty indoor and outdoor facilities and is host to 5 millio ...

Directors Lab, Hemispheric Institute's EMERGENYC, BAM/

Kennedy Center The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (formally known as the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, and commonly referred to as the Kennedy Center) is the United States National Cultural Center, located on the Potom ...

's Professional Development Program, Old Vic/New Voices Directing Lab,

American Theatre Wing The American Theatre Wing (the Wing for short) is a New York City–based non-profit organization "dedicated to supporting excellence and education in theatre", according to its mission statement. Originally known as the Stage Women's War Relief ...

's Springboard NYC, and

The Civilians The Civilians is an investigative theatre company in New York City founded in 2001 by Artistic Director, Steve Cosson. The Civilians artists pursue their inquiries using interviews, community residencies, research, and other methods. Working with ...

Field Research Team. Marinaccio completed her BA in theatre directing and sociology/anthropology at

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in 2007, her MA in

Performance Studies Performance studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that uses performance as a lens and a tool to study the world. The term ''performance'' is broad, and can include artistic and aesthetic performances like concerts, theatrical events, ...

from NYU's

Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ...

in 2008. She is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Theatre and Performance at the

CUNY Graduate Center The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York (CUNY Graduate Center) is a public research institution and post-graduate university in New York City. Serving as the principal doctorate-granting institution of the Ci ...

. Her scholarly research examines documentary theatre, the role of theatre in war zones, and practical applications of theatre in times of conflict. Marinaccio has contributed to numerous scholarly publications as a writer and photographer. She has been a member of the theatre, media, and performing arts faculty at

's School of Performing Arts,

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Queens College Queens College (QC) is a public college in the Queens borough of New York City. It is part of the City University of New York system. Its 80-acre campus is primarily located in Flushing, Queens. It has a student body representing more than 170 ...

, and at

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Works

Directing

Some of her directing credits include: * 2021 documentary theatre project ''20 Years Later'' * 2020 digital documentary series ''Stage Left'' *2020 documentary short film ''Flatten the Curve'' *2017 world premiere workshop of ''Raw Nerve'' a new play about

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in New York City * 2016 world premiere production of ''Embodi(ED)'' at HERE * 2016 production of ''Embodi(ED)'' at the

United Nations Commission on the Status of Women The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW or UNCSW) is a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), one of the main UN organs within the United Nations. CSW has been described as the UN organ promoting gend ...

* Patrick Cleary's ''Parthenogenesis'' in the

New York International Fringe Festival The New York International Fringe Festival, or FringeNYC, was a fringe theater festival and one of the largest multi-arts events in North America. It took place over the course of a few weeks in October, spread on more than 20 stages across seve ...

* 2015 world premiere of ''Under One Sun'' at the Wild Project in New York City, and Bosnian Cultural Center in

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

* 2014 Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones closing night plenary Girl Be Heard performance, co-chaired by

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and

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* 2014 European tour of ''Trafficked'' and ''9mm America'' (London, Geneva and Copenhagen) * 2013 production of Eve Ensler's

The Vagina Monologues ''The Vagina Monologues'' is an episodic play written in 1996 by Eve Ensler which developed and premiered at HERE Arts Center, Off-Off-Broadway in New York and was followed by an Off-Broadway run in at Westside Theatre. The play explores cons ...

in Harlem apartment building wit
Co-Op Theatre East
* 2013 world premiere of 9mm America in New York City in the Planet Connections Festivity (13 Award Nominations, Winner of Outstanding Production and Planet Activist) * 2012 world premiere of Trafficked in the Planet Connections Festivity (11 Award Nominations, Winner of Outstanding Directing and Planet Activist) * 2011 production of Project Girl: Congo with Girl Be Heard at the

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and the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

* World premieres of ''Girl Power: Voices of a Generation'' and ''Girl Power: Survival of the Fittest'' in the

Playwriting

Some of her playwriting credits include: * Contributor to ''Raw Nerve'' (2017) * ''Decadent Acts'' (2010, 2011 and 2017 at

Dixon Place Dixon Place is a theater organization in New York City dedicated to the development of works-in-progress from a broad range of performers and artists. It exists to serve the creative needs of artists—emerging, mid-career and established—who a ...

) * ''There Are No Camels in Beirut'', an autobiographical play about her experiences in the

2006 Lebanon War The 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War and known in Lebanon as the July War ( ar, حرب تموز, ''Ḥarb Tammūz'') and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War ( he, מלחמת לבנון השנייה, ''Milhemet Leva ...

(debuted in 2015 at ''The Culture Project'') * ''Live from Pod 305'', short play which debuted in ''Manhattan Theatre Source's'' 2011 ''Estrogenius Festival'' and is featured in the ''2011 Book of Estro''

Other Writing

* Authored "The Paranormal Northeast" in

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''2007 MTV Road Trips''

Acting

* Hailey Boyes on

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References

Links

http://www.ashley-marinaccio.com
- Official web site *http://www.introublewiththeking.com - Photography web site *http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4447501/ *http://www.girlbeheard.org *http://www.cooptheatreeast.org *http://www.ashley-marinaccio.com *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKkCaJ4tKf8 *https://www.amazon.com/MTV-Road-Trips-U-S-A-Guides/dp/0764587765 *https://www.createspace.com/4121455 {{DEFAULTSORT:Marinaccio, Ashley 1985 births Living people American theatre directors American women theatre directors American dramatists and playwrights American women dramatists and playwrights Graduate Center, CUNY alumni Tisch School of the Arts alumni Pace University alumni People from Long Branch, New Jersey Red Bank Regional High School alumni