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Jennifer Marinelli is an award-winning actor, movement artist, educator, and digital marketer specializing in non-profit theatre.
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Jennifer Marinelli is an award-winning actor, movement artist, educator, and digital marketing specialist based in New York City. She is a passionate storyteller and seeks to create deeply honest work that encourages others to explore the full scope of their humanity. Jennifer is particularly interested in telling and creating stories that elevate and illuminate the female voice and experience.
Jennifer is originally from Michigan, where she started dance at a young age and discovered her spark for acting while playing make-believe for hours on end with her next door neighbors. She graduated with high honors from Michigan State University with two degrees in professional writing and interdisciplinary humanities and a minor in theatre.
Just out of her undergraduate training, Jennifer accepted an offer to join Roundabout Theatre Company’s apprentice program and moved to New York City where she developed her skills as digital marketer and dipped her toes into the New York theatre scene. After completing the program, Jennifer accepted a full-time marketing position at the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre. She worked with Signature for five years, all while seeking acting training and performing on New York stages after work hours.
Jennifer completed acting training at the William Esper Studio, The Barrow Group, and Shakespeare & Company. As an actor she has appeared in works at the Capital Fringe Festival, the Midtown International Theatre Festival, New York Shakespeare Exchange’s Diversity Festival, and more. Most notably, she performed in and served as dance captain for Ren Gyo Soh’s SHINKA, directly by Yokko Usami, at the Planet Connections Festival. SHINKA won the New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Premiere Production of a Play and the Planet Connections Award for Outstanding Ensemble. She also received the honor of joining Labyrinth Theatre Company’s 2020 Intensive Ensemble and performed in two original pieces, including one that she wrote and directed herself.
Jennifer completed her MFA in Acting from Brooklyn College in the spring of 2021, where she was the recipient of the Shubert Foundation Scholarship for the 2020-21 academic year. She also served as the President of the Graduate Theatre Organization where she led fundraising efforts and helped to produce a professionally-shot senior showcase. She helped to secure 100% of the funds needed to produce the showcase.
Since graduating, she has had the opportunity to teach acting at the New York Film Academy and LEAP NYC. Jennifer also earned a certification in teaching barre classes and is an instructor at Pure Barre Metro in New York City. Jennifer lives in Manhattan with her fiancé, where she is learning to cook and brushing up on her Spanish speaking skills.
Jennifer Marinelli is an award-winning actor, movement artist, educator, and digital marketer specializing in non-profit theatre.
Full Biography
Jennifer Marinelli is an award-winning actor, movement artist, educator, and digital marketing specialist based in New York City. She is a passionate storyteller and seeks to create deeply honest work that encourages others to explore the full scope of their humanity. Jennifer is particularly interested in telling and creating stories that elevate and illuminate the female voice and experience.
Jennifer is originally from Michigan, where she started dance at a young age and discovered her spark for acting while playing make-believe for hours on end with her next door neighbors. She graduated with high honors from Michigan State University with two degrees in professional writing and interdisciplinary humanities and a minor in theatre.
Just out of her undergraduate training, Jennifer accepted an offer to join Roundabout Theatre Company’s apprentice program and moved to New York City where she developed her skills as digital marketer and dipped her toes into the New York theatre scene. After completing the program, Jennifer accepted a full-time marketing position at the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre. She worked with Signature for five years, all while seeking acting training and performing on New York stages after work hours.
Jennifer completed acting training at the William Esper Studio, The Barrow Group, and Shakespeare & Company. As an actor she has appeared in works at the Capital Fringe Festival, the Midtown International Theatre Festival, New York Shakespeare Exchange’s Diversity Festival, and more. Most notably, she performed in and served as dance captain for Ren Gyo Soh’s SHINKA, directly by Yokko Usami, at the Planet Connections Festival. SHINKA won the New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Premiere Production of a Play and the Planet Connections Award for Outstanding Ensemble. She also received the honor of joining Labyrinth Theatre Company’s 2020 Intensive Ensemble and performed in two original pieces, including one that she wrote and directed herself.
Jennifer completed her MFA in Acting from Brooklyn College in the spring of 2021, where she was the recipient of the Shubert Foundation Scholarship for the 2020-21 academic year. She also served as the President of the Graduate Theatre Organization where she led fundraising efforts and helped to produce a professionally-shot senior showcase. She helped to secure 100% of the funds needed to produce the showcase.
Since graduating, she has had the opportunity to teach acting at the New York Film Academy and LEAP NYC. Jennifer also earned a certification in teaching barre classes and is an instructor at Pure Barre Metro in New York City. Jennifer lives in Manhattan with her fiancé, where she is learning to cook and brushing up on her Spanish speaking skills.
