Phone: 646.338.1009
Email: mariaschirmer@hotmail.com

Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5’9”

THEATRE

PENETRALIA

Doctor

Stone Soup Theatre

VALPARAISO

Interviewer

Stone Soup Theatre

WHERE YOU NOW SHALL GO

Multiple Roles

Stone Soup Theatre

JUST THE FRONT

Multiple Roles

Stone Soup Theatre

HEADBANGERS IN LOVE

Darja

Common Basis Theatre

JOLT

Berzilla

Access Theatre

THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA

Village Woman

Theresa Lang Theatre

ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN...

Gertrude & Players

Theresa Lang Theatre

GIRL...

Original Solo Piece

Theresa Lang Theatre

THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES

Closing Monologue

Theresa Lang Theatre

DANCING AT LUGHNASA

Rose

Iowa Theatre Company

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

Helena

Iowa Theatre Company

BYE BYE BIRDIE

Gloria Rasputin

Iowa Theatre Company

IL POSTINO

Beatrice

Iowa Theatre Company

WRITING

WHERE YOU NOW SHALL GO

Co-Author

Stone Soup Theatre

JUST THE FRONT

Co-Author

Stone Soup Theatre

GIRL...

Original Solo Piece

Theresa Lang Theatre

DIRECTION AND VISUAL DESIGN

MACBETH
WET

WHERE THE WOMAN ARE

Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Assistant Director & Visual Designer

HERE Arts Center
Access Theatre
East Coast Tour (Culture Project, ACTS Theatre Portland, New York Public Schools)

Training

Marymount Manhattan College: BA Theatre with Acting Concentration, cum laude

Acting: Trish Hawkins, Cynthia Baldasarie
Beyond Naturalism, Acting Solo: Kevin Connell
Acting Shakespeare: Elizabeth Swain
Acting for the Camera: Ruth Nerkin
Audition Techniques: Barry Moss, Bob Kale
Movement for the Actor: Cheryl Clarke
Voice & Speech, Dialects: Pamela Prather, Barbara Adrian, and Wendy Mortimer

Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin Ireland: Irish Theatre Acting Intensive with Patrick Sutton
Michael Howard Studios, New York City:

Shaw, Wilde & Coward Acting Styles Workshop with Selina Cadell
Monologues, Research & Performance Workshop with Jacqueline Brogan
Five-Week Summer Conservatory: Scene Study with Larry Singer

Movement with Fay Simpson
Shakespeare with Eloise Watt
Vocal Production with David Wells
Audition Stills with Caryn West

Neighborhood Playhouse, New York City: Six-Week Summer Conservatory:

Acting with Gary Kingston

University of Iowa: Two-Week Residency at Theatre Works Conservatory
Voiceovers Unlimited With Dan Duckworth & other guest artists. Demo available upon request

Associations & Membership

Company Member: Stone Soup Theatre Arts
Advisory Board: AWOL Theatre Project
Guest Instructor: A. Southerland Intensive Music Theatre Experience
Four-year member of the Iowa Drama Association

Special Skills

Dialects (Standard American IPA, Standard British, Irish, American Southern, Appalachian, Cockney and I have a great ear for learning more.), skilled artist (prop design and construction, set painting, costume design), licensed driver (manual & automatic), valid passport, great with animals, yoga, arts administration (former Director of Audience Services at Primary Stages)