About The Writer/Performer

Marianne has just returned to New York City and is thrilled. Guido Girl, her solo play, graced the stage of the Prospect Theater Company at the Hudson Guild Theatre on November 12th, 2008 marking it's first New York City performance. Other recent New York credits include Mrs. Warren's Profession (Mrs. Warren) at the 78th Street Theatre Lab and the musical revue 29 Lives (Fiona) at the Broadway Baby Bistro.

Marianne Ferrari recently appeared in Leash on Life at Theatre East in Los Angeles, written and directed by Vince McKewin; and Stories of the Night Told Over directed by Scott Werve at The Hayworth Theatre. Previously completed
an extended run of her one-woman memoir, Guido Girl, at Theatre East and a 6-month run of Night of the Black Cat, directed by Deborah LaVine at Edgemar Center for the Arts, playing ‘Edith Piaf’ to rave reviews.

Other recent LA credits include: Things Just Change (Mopsy), Italian American Reconciliation (Janice), An Ideal Husband (Mrs. Cheveley), Zoo District’s Uppa Creek (Miss Anne), Breaking Legs (Angie). Other LA credits: 2110 (Carla), Spontaneous Combustion (Ruth) and Blind Love (Sylvie). TV credits include: Without a Trace (CBS), Brooklyn South (CBS), Public Morals (CBS), Cybill (CBS), Head. FILM credits include: Heart and Balls (Peter Foldy, director), Home Shopping (Mark Karzen, director), 2110 (Caryn West, director), The Class (Caryn West, director), and Stolen Happiness (entered at Cannes).

Marianne has appeared in numerous productions in New York, Los Angeles, and regionally, including three seasons at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, where she worked with Arthur Miller in The American Clock, directed by Austin Pendleton. She is a proud member of Actors’ Collaborative and the Classical Theatre Lab, and is a long-time student of Larry Moss.