Marissa Anthony-Duricko is a costume designer, actor, director, and once-upon-a-time stage manager who has worked extensively in New York City, across the U.S., and Ireland. Born to a stage director mother, Marissa grew up in rehearsal rooms, costume shops, and the magic of darkened theatres. She received her formal training at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, the Chautauqua Institute’s Conservatory Theater Company, and University College Cork in Ireland.
As an actor, Marissa has appeared numerous times Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway. Her regional credits include performances at the Delta Tennessee Williams Festival (Clarksdale, MS) the Last Frontier Theatre Conference (Valdez, AK,) and in the inaugural acting company of the Voices at the River Playwright Festival at Arkansas Repertory Theatre, to name a few. She has stage managed Off-Broadway at the Chelsea Playhouse and the Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre in New York City. A transplant to Ireland for a few years, she earned two national Irish Student Drama Association nominations. One for Best Actress as Callie in Stop Kiss and the other for Best Costume Design for The Big Boy. Her directing credits include Tennessee Williams��� Camino Real, Paula Vogel’s How I Learned to Drive, and the Irish premiere of Lanford Wilson’s Book of Days. Recent costume design credits include Urinetown, Little Women, and Sweet Charity. She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association since 2001.
The role of which Marissa is, and will ever be, most proud is that of mother to Onofrio and Davin.