Bio
Marsha teaches Acting, Voice and Movement, Musical Theatre and Auditions. Professional credits include: BROADWAY: The Matron in Chicago (directed by Bob Fosse); Ruth in The Pirates of Penzance; Edith in The Desert Song. The Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Canada: Measure for Measure; Our Town; Carousel (Tyrone Guthrie Award); H.M.S. Pinafore; A Souvenir: Tennessee Williams Remembered. OFF BROADWAY: The Capeman (with Paul Simon); Dear Oscar (Perry Street Theatre). NATIONAL TOURS include: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (with Mickey Rooney - Pantages Theatre, LA, Geary Theatre in San Francisco, Schubert Theatre, New Haven); The Pirates of Penzance (with Jim Belushi - Ahmanson Theatre, Schubert Theatres, Chicago and Boston, National Theatre, Washington, DC, and The White House) The Music Man (Walnut Street Theatre, Arie Crown Theatre, St. Louis Muni); The Desert Song (The Kennedy Center); Chaplin (with Anthony Newley - Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles); . REGIONAL THEATRES includes: Oliver! (Houston Civic Light Opera, North Shore Music Theatre); The Most Happy Fella and No, No, Nanette (Ogunquit Playhouse, Cape Cod Playhouse); The Mikado (Huntington Theatre and North Shore Music Theatre - Best Supporting Actress Award by the New England Drama Critics); Chicago (with Chita Rivera - Harrah’s, Atlantic City); Gypsy (Westchester Theatre, NY); Show Boat (Papermill Playhouse, PBS Great Performances); Mirette (Premiere - Goodspeed Opera House); Nunsense (Kansas City Starlight); Fiddler on the Roof and South Pacific (North Carolina Music Theatre); Falsettoland (Arizona Onstage Productions) A Streetcar Named Desire and Oklahoma! (Arizona Theatre Company); Jerry’s Girls (Music Theatre Arizona - Mac Award for Best Actress from the Arizona Daily Star); Fourteen productions of The Sound of Music; and twelve productions of Carousel throughout the United States. DIRECTING: Guys and Dolls; Crimes of the Heart; Encore! In the Mood for Arizona Repertory Theatre; The Melody’s the Thing for the Tucson Symphony; Buckaroos on Broadway at Hidden Valley Inn; and Working at Hunter College in New York. Unions: Actors’ Equity Association, Screen Actor’s Guild, Americian Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
