Jackie Maruschak

             

                           CURRENT 2023 SHENANIGANS

• I started off the year playing Marty in a Zoom production of "Circle Mirror Transformation" by Annie Baker. It was a Daniel Sefik Production.

• I had the privilege of being cast as the Nurse (and Lady Montague) in MAD Company Theater's inaugural production of Romeo & Juliet at the Abrons Arts Center/The Underground Theatre that ran in March & April. 

• I now have a home voiceover studio consisting of Reaper & Audacity on my Mac, an AKG P120 XLR mic, a mic stand, Focusrite Scarlett Solo audio interface and all the soundproofing gadgets.  

 

 

                    NEW SHENANIGANS IN 2022​

• In March my first play on a NYC stage with live people in the audience that
  I could see and hear - LIFE AFFIRMING!  It was The Acronymn Plays at Urban Stages.  

• In June I did an excerpt of my solo show, RAISED BY WOMEN in a Zoom show for Chicago Dramatists.

• In June I took a fabulous month long voiceover workshop with the fabulous Andy Roth.

• I am continuing to work on my solo show which I will get to do live (an excerpt) at the new Barrow Group space in July.  YAY

• In September I did a staged reading at The Tank of of a new play by Paige Goodwin called "Not a Myth" and had a blast playing Circe who was like someone's fun and wacky aunt.

• Another staged reading in October of a new play, "Saltwater Farm" by Ann Timmons. I got to revel in the role of Agnes, the domestic help with a game
  changing secret.

• In November I got to play with the folks up at Columbia University when I did "The Two Nobel Kinsmen" by Shakespeare/John Fletcher as part of Spencer Whale's senior directing project.  I played Queen 1, Countryman & a Servant.

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             2020 & 2021 - A BLUR OF SHENANIGANS & MISERY

• I rung in the pandemic with the rest of the world

• When I wasn't binge watching television shows I did a plethora of projects
  on Zoom and Skype including a video project of reimagined Shakespearean 
  sonnets, a video project of custom written sonnets, countless Zoom playreadings, one-Act festivals, 24-hour monologues, a full-length prooduction of the play ALMOST, MAINE and a full-length Skype production (in various cemetery locations around the country) of SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY where I played 8 characters. Me, I tried to do it from Central Park. I ended up doing it in front of a green screen in my living room.

• A Zoom production of "A Christmas Pudding" with friends in LA where I did 2 pieces, one of which was a drunk TV cooking show host making Fruitcake. My kitchen was a disaster afterwards but I was told people laughed so it was worth it.

• I started to write a solo show about my mother and the women who raised me.

• A monologue as Fanny Brice written by D. Lee Miller done over Zoom w/The Barrow Group - F.A.B. (For women, About women, By women)

• A bunch of Zoom acting classes, writing classes and casting director workshops. 

                      NEW SHENANIGANS IN 2019!​

• Audio recording of the adapted radio scripts of ALL ABOUT EVE and SORRY, WRONG NUMBER (SO FUN!) for a mystery show podcast and audition for WFMU Public Radio to do a 14 episode series. 

• Lead in an independent film short, "A Good Home"

• The role of Jill in a reading of "The Pussy Grabber Plays" at
  IRT Theater as part of the #Heal Me Too Festival - the piece
  "Troublemaker", written by Sharyn Rothstein and based on
  the bravery of Jill Harth. 

• Played a heroin addict mother from New Jersey and a
  heartbroken British grandmother in 2 new plays in progress ("Atlantic City Seagulls" and "Reborns")
  by Cayenne Douglass. 

• Lead in a short film - "Merry Christmas from the Mancini's"

• The short play "Crocodile" at the Kraine Theater for the
  NY MADNESS Theatre company Playwriting Collective

• Cabaret show - FABARET at the Laurie Beechman Theater
  fundraiser for F.A.B. Theatre Company (I'm a member!)
   

                           2018 Shenanigans . . . 

• Short film (drama), "Getting There"

• Independent Film (also the documentary), "Marty's Shadow" 

• Short film (comedy), "Family Pride"

• New play "Between Fire and Smoke" at The Signature Theater's 
  Ford Studio.

• Staged reading of "Veda in Time" at LaMama

• Staged reading of "Motherfucking O'Malley's" by Kate Moira
  Ryan at Nylon Fusion Theater

• Short play festival: "Broken" at Urban Stages 

• New play "Dumpster Fire" as part of the sheNYC Festival at the
  Connelly Theater. WE WON THE BEST ENSEMBLE AWARD! 

• Directed a staged reading of a new play, "Man of Their Dreams"
  at Shetler's Bridge Theater

• Staged reading of "The Crucible/El Crisol" at The Drama Club

• I wrote a 15 minute play (could also be a short film) called
  "Guess Who's Coming to Hanukkah

• I'm working on expanding my 15 minute solo show: 
  "Last Stop: Neverland"