ASHLEY IS LADY MACBETH (FOR FIVE PERFORMANCES ONLY)

January 11th- 15th, 2012 (click the link below for more information) 

Macbeth

By William Shakespeare

Produced and Directed by Tony White

Assistant Directed by Ryan Victor Pierce

Stage Managed by Sharon Murphy

Design by David Nash

Featuring: Ian Richard Barnes, Jacqueline Chambers, Jennifer Desmarais, Lawrence Frank, John Freeman, Laura Grayson, Will Harmon, Yan Kirichenko, Sam Lopresti, Ashley Marinaccio, David Nash, Bradley J Sumner, Tony Travostino, Dylan Digel 

Tempted by the prophecies of three mysterious witches, Macbeth’s ambition to be King of Scotland leads him into a nightmarish world of evil, deceit, and murder.  Monstrous actions run rampant as he and Lady Macbeth lose themselves to unstoppable drives of savagery and political atrocity. 

TEDxWomen PRESENTATION, INTRODUCED BY JANE FONDA 

December 1st at 5:00 pm 

Ashley's work with Project Girl Performance is being featured at TEDxWomen. Viewers can watch the entire presentation on the TED website or visit the Press page to view Project Girl's performance. 

TRAFFICKED DEBUTS AT ECPAT'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY GALA

Wednesday, November 30th at 6:00pm 

Directed by Ashley Marinaccio

Assistant Directed by Sara Lyons 

Produced by Jessica Greer Morris

Edited by Hillary Yeung, Jessica Greer Morris, Ashley Marinaccio and Sara Lyons

Developed by and Featuring: Monica Furman, Dominique Fishback, Karen Vigo, Sophie Walker, Jaida Forman, Tracey Hassel, Danielle Walker, Georgie Exinord  

Commissioned by ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking). Trafficked is being developed by Project Girl Performance Collective to bring awareness to the local and global commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking of children and youth. 

FEATURED ON THE ONION NEWS NETWORK AND IN "EVIL THINGS" TRAILER 

Ashley is proud to be appearing as trailer trash queen Hailey Boyes on Season 2/Episode 4 of the Onion News Network, airing on IFC. Check your local cable listings for more details. Ashley is also appearing on a trailer for the upcoming film "Evil Things". Click Actor to view the trailer. 

VOICES OF OUR GENERATION at the NJ STATE THEATRE

Monday, April 04, 2011, 10:30am
New Jersey State Theatre
Program Length: 75 minutes
For Students in Grades: 7-12
All Seats:$10

Written by the Project Girl Power Collective
Directed by Ashley Marinaccio
Produced and edited by Jessica Greer Morris
Assistant Directed by Anna Umansky, Emily Rupp, and Haleigh Spasojevich
Developed by Ashley Marinaccio, Elizabeth Koke, and Jessica Greer Morris

Featuring Camille Theobald, Emily Rupp, Deanna Alexandra, Kristen Gonzalez, Roni Laytin, Samantha Philips, Dominique Fishback, Blaise Sandberg, Monica Furman, Kaitlyn Howard, Drue Clark, Mari Sparrow, Monae Slaughter, Haleigh Spasojevich, Karen Rigo, Amber Rhabb, Nora Kennedy, Alexa Winston, and Stacey Oliver

In 2009, the Project Girl Performance Collective performed at the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Now these 16 smart and outspoken girls, aged 10 to 21, take center stage at the State Theatre, revealing what is on the minds of young women of their generation. In deeply personal monologues, poems, and short scenes—based on real interviews and experiences—they explore topics such as body image, sexual pressures, family relationships, and being weird, different, flawed, and full of dreams for the future. It’s a show that will speak powerfully to all young people—the boys as well as the girls.

VOICES WITHOUT BORDERS: PROJECT GIRL CONGO

Debuting at the Virginia Holocaust Museum

Touring with the Panzi Hospital Foundation

The Project Girl Performance Collective has been invited to perform "Voices Without Borders: Project Girl Congo" at the Virginia Holocaust Museum on April 7th. The Collective has also been invited to meet with some of Barack Obama's top policy advisors at the State Department about our work to empower young women through theatre in Washington, DC on April 8th.

PROJECT GIRL PERFORMANCE COLLECTIVE AT THE UNITED NATIONS

GirlPower: Voices Without Borders and Project Girl Congo at the United Nations

March 1st 2011 at 2:00pm

Directed by Ashley Marinaccio and Jessica Greer Morris

Assistant Directed by Anna Umansky and Emily Rupp

Choreographed by Haleigh Spasojevich

Emily Rupp, Samantha Phillips, Lillian Rodriguez, Dominique Fishback, Deanna Alexandra, Blaise Sandberg, Monica Furman, Kelsey Ann Watts, Zoe Wolfe, Kaitlyn Howard,  Drue Clark, Mari Sparrow, Monae Slaughter, Karen Vigo, Alexa Winston and Stacey Oliver

Project Girl Performance Collective and the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women are proud to announce our performance at the United Nations for the Commission on the Status of Women Conference. PGPC will present a collection of new work dealing with techonology, education, poverty and global women's rights issues.

BEYOND THERAPY

Written by Christopher Durang and Directed by Ryan Pifher
Jan 14 - Jan 30, 2011, Fridays & Saturday @ 8PM, Sundays @ 2PM Adult: $25.00, Student/Senior: $22.00
Please call (201) 857-3520 for tickets or visit: www.porchlightproductions.org

STARRING: Phyto Stratis (Bruce), Rachael Lee (Prudence), Omar Robinson (Bob), Ashley Marinaccio (Charlotte), Bill Porterfield (Stuart) & Jon E. Sims (Andrew).

Bruce and Prudence are deeply into therapy. Prudence's hyper macho therapist (Stuart) is urging her to be more assertive while Bruce's wacky therapist (Charlotte) wants him to meet women by placing a personal ad. She does not fully comprehend that Bruce has a male lover (Bob) who is not pleased by Bruce's desire to date a woman: Prudence. Bruce doesn't know how to handle poor nervous Prudence and Prudence doesn't know what to make of her unpredictable new boyfriend. They do learn to live "beyond therapy" in this delightful Off Broadway hit that moved successfully to Broadway

DOCUMENTARY: A SUICIDE NARRATIVE

Written by Ashley Marinaccio

October 21, 2010 at 7:30pm

In light of the recent epidemic of queer youth suicides, Co-Op Theatre East and the Brecht Forum bring you Documentary: A Suicide Narrative, a play that deals with the themes of LGBT youth, suicide, bullying and homophobia as a fundraiser for The Trevor Project, a nonprofit endeavor established to promote acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth, and to aid in suicide prevention among that group. Following the reading will be a talk back and community discussion on suicide, bullying and ways to be an ally to LGBT youth.

RADIO COTE: NEW RADIO PLAYS ON CURRENT EVENTS (WITH A REVISIONIST TWIST)

October 6, 2010 at 7:30pm

Co-Op Theatre East has commissioned five playwrights to write 10-minute radio plays, starting from the theme of "revisionist current events." For example: what if gay marriage were legal in New York? What if voting were mandatory? What if the Texas School Board takes their own revisionist history even further — and Sarah Palin is president? The results as examined in these plays may not be what you'd expect... Presented live will be world premieres from Mariah MacCarthy, Jacob Dickerman, Ashley Marinaccio, and Robert A. K. Gonyo — and throughout the season, we will release the plays in "radio-play" format via podcasts!

GIRLPOWER: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

August 15th through 26th, 2010

written by the 2009-2010 Project Girl Performance Collective and directed by Ashley Marinaccio and Jessica Greer Morris featured in the 2010 NY International Fringe Festival.

GirlPower: Survival of the Fittest is an empowering, ensemble-driven collection of words written and performed by teenagers, struggling with issues they face growing up in today's world. In deeply personal material based on real interviews and experiences, the young women explore topics such as peer pressure, body image, being an outcast, different, flawed, and full of dreams for the future. They share their perspectives on love, relationships, current events, the future and creating change. Audiences can expect to walk away with a renewed sense of their own empowerment, regardless of age and gender.The GirlPower: Survival of the Fittest website.

DECADENT ACTS

JUNE 15th through JUNE 24th, 2010

written and directed by Ashley Marinaccio will be featured in the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity.

Set in late 1980s New York City, Decadent Acts chronicles the story of a lesbian couple struggling against legislated discrimination. When television personality Farah White falls fatally ill, her partner, professor Jolene Shatila, along with their daughter Nicole, are faced with unexpected challenges that will change their lives forever. From child custody laws, to hospital visitation rights, Decadent Acts spotlights the harsh reality of discriminatory regulations against same-sex partners, plunging emotional and political depths with grace and searing honesty. At a time when the push for full equality is finally building real momentum across the country, this play couldn’t be timelier.

The show stars Anna Savant as Dr. Jolene Shatila, Hannah Rose Barfoot as Farah White and Beatrice Miller as their young daughter, Nicole. The ensemble is comprised of Mike Callahan, Joanie Fritz Zosike, Alex Herrald, C. Rose Kearns, Michelle Sims, Alionka Polanco, and David Roberts. Decadent Acts is written and directed by Ashley Marinaccio.

About Planet Connections Theatre Festivity:

The Planet Connections Theatre Festivity is New York's premiere eco-friendly theatre festival. Fostering a diverse cross-section of performances, the festival seeks to inspire artists and audiences both creatively and fundamentally, in a festive atmosphere. At the heart of the festivity are like-minded individuals striving to create professional, meaningful theatre, while supporting organizations, which give back to the community at large. http://www.planetconnectionsfestivity.com/shows/decadent-acts

DECADENT ACTS

April 22nd through 25th, 2010

written and directed by Ashley Marinaccio debuts at the American Theatre of Actors

Set in late 1980s New York City, Decadent Acts chronicles the story of a lesbian couple struggling against legislated discrimination. When television personality Farah White falls fatally ill, her partner, professor Jolene Shatila, along with their daughter Nicole, are faced with unexpected challenges that will change their lives forever. From child custody laws, to hospital visitation rights, Decadent Acts spotlights the harsh reality of discriminatory regulations against same-sex partners, plunging emotional and political depths with grace and searing honesty. At a time when the push for full equality is finally building real momentum across the country, this play couldn’t be timelier. For more information and to reserve tickets, click here.

The Project Girl Performance Collective website is here!

Check it out by visiting www.projectgirlperformancecollective.org. Mark your calendar for April 10th's GirlPower Cabaret and Fundraiser which will feature performances, games, music and refreshments. All money raised will go to support the Project Girl Performance Collective! For more information on the benefit, click here.

DOCUMENTARY: A SUICIDE NARRATIVE

February 8, 2010

featured in TADA! Youth Theater's 17th Annual Staged Reading Series

6:00 pm at TADA! Youth Theater (15 W. 28th Street). Tickets are free. Reserve tickets by e-mailing vshore@tadatheater.com. About the Staged Reading Series: Plays are selected through TADA!’s internationally recognized Semi-Annual One-Act Playwriting Contest and performed by members of TADA!’s Resident Youth Ensemble Program and adult professional actors. Each play is minimally staged in three to seven rehearsals with the actors performing the play script-in-hand. The Staged Reading Series is made possible with the support of the Gregory Millard Memorial Fund and The Dramatists Guild Fund, Inc.

Ashley's photography is featured on the cover and alongside article "Inside Columbus Highschool"

January, 2010

Pick up your free copy of The Indypendent at various locations throughout NYC or click here to see the most recent issue, www.indypendent.org.

WE CAN SPEAK: FEATURING THE PROJECT GIRL PERFORMANCE COLLECTIVE

December 9th 2009

Project Girl Performance Collective at the United Nations 

PGPC will be performing as part of the United Nations "We Can Speak" Convention on Children's Rights from 10:00 am - 12:30 pm at the UN.

DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA - "THE LIVING VOTER GUIDE"

October 31st and November 1st 2009

Co-Op Theatre East reminds you that Tuesday, November 3 is Election Day — don't forget to vote!

We'll be encouraging participation in the democratic process with COTE's first foray into guerilla theatre, presented this weekend, October 31st & November 1st.

The audience will find Robby & Ashley with a soapbox and "all eight candidates for Mayor of New York City" at several different street fairs and festivals on the weekend before Election Day, offering the opportunity to hear about the issues "live" from "the candidates."

GIRLPOWER: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

October 9th and 10th 2009

Part of the Manhattan Theatre Source's 2009 Estrogenius Festival

GirlPower is a series of powerful written words performed by teen actors struggling with issues that they face in today's world. The actresses share the joys and troubles of growing up in today's generation with their experiences of love, relationships, parents, pain and success.

The Company:
Deanna Alexandra, Kaylyn O'Gara, Tess Cronin, Manya Saaraswat, Emily Rupp, Valerie Dent, Dailyn Santana, Camille Theobald, Michelle Lee and Beatrice Miller
 

                                             Directed by:
                                             GirlPower Alumni Andrea Panichi and Kezia Tyson
 
                                             Edited and Facilitated by:
                                             Ashley Marinaccio and Elizabeth Koke

                                             Click here to see pictures from this performance.

QUESTIONABLE CONTENT

September 17th -20th, 2009

Co-Op Theatre East's annual one-act festival Questionable Content returns with four new one-act plays about life in these modern times. Last year’s show included mysterious power brokers, children debating cultural tradition, and cats caught in their own mousetraps—check out what we have this time around:

– Steve Koppman's futuristic (prescient?) Homage to Catatonia envisions a world where we're all plugged in, and questions the cost. Directed by Ashley Marinaccio.
– Craig Abernethy's sharp comedy Do/Don't Do turns the playwright's incredible eye for social commentary on a (not so) ordinary street crossing. Directed by Robert A. K. Gonyo.
– In Reina Hardy's classic tale of truth versus fiction, Smooth Criminal, a writer of a fraudulent       blog is forced to choose between integrity or a book deal. Directed by Casey Cleverly.
– And in COTE Artistic Director Robert A. K. Gonyo's Urinal Play, a young man must deal with his impertinent boss who has run out of toilet paper. Directed by Robert A. K. Gonyo.

Click here to view photos from Questionable Content.

GIRLPOWER: VOICES OF A GENERATION

NY International Fringe Festival

August 2009

Bold. Smart. Fresh. For teens, by teens. GirlPower: Voices of a Generation is an empowering, ensemble-driven collection of words written and performed by teenagers, struggling with issues they face growing up in today's world. Through monologues and spoken word, the young women share their perspectives on love, relationships, the future, creating social change and finding power through theatre. Audiences can expect to walk away with a renewed sense of their own empowerment, regardless of their age and gender. Not only does the cast of GirlPower discuss the problems plaguing their generation, but they present audiences with solutions and ideas for action that can start upon leaving the theatre.

To reserve tickets, visit http://www.fringenyc.org/ 

Ashley joins the Lincoln Center Directors Lab!

Ashley has just completed the 2009 Lincoln Center Theater Director's Lab! The LCT Directors Lab is a developmental program for nurturing stage directors from around the country and around the world. It is a series of workshops, readings, rehearsals, investigations, roundtable discussions, and studio productions to provide young directors with an intensive study of their craft while fostering collaborative relationships among a peer community of artists. http://www.lct.org/directorsLabMain.htm