Marisa (she/her) popped out with a fire around her head in the suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio. Having graduated cum laude from NYU Tisch's New Studio on Broadway (BFA in Drama: Musical Theatre) and receiving Intimacy training from Theatrical Intimacy Education (TIE), she now works consistently as a performer, educator  and intimacy professional.

 

Marisa's expansive range of creating complex characters plays between genres: theater, musicals, dance, Shakespeare, immersive/interactive, and film/television. After performing with Emit Theatre since 2020, she was named their Artist Advocate, a position which bridges the gap between performers and administration and ensures diversity, equity and inclusion in the artistic workspace.​

 

Marisa continues to advocate for not only the necessary uplift, but the celebration of LGTBQIA+ and BIPOC/Global Majority stories/storytellers. She is a proud member of Ring of Keys and the Actor's Equity Association.