live performance strong coffee booming laughs dark theatres bright latenites hard work Kto nyeh rabotayet, tot nyeh yect. He who does not work, does not eat. poetry that hits me blindsided in a bookstore or on a streetcorner the unexpected
Music
the mountain goats bob dylan the decembrists clap your hands say yeah joni mitchell beck feist the long winters yo la tengo cheesy musicals anything brazilian death cab blue scholars kexp common market, especially live funk, for dancing the jackson five
Television
the wire six feet under lost the office bsg
Books
pattern recognition by william gibson leaves of grass by walt whitman electic kool aid acid test by tom wolfe an exaltation of larks by james lipton ender's game (before it became a series) by orson scott card closer by milan kundera the amazing adventures of kavalier and clay by michael chabon year of magical thinking by joan didion the empty space by peter brook sabbath's theater by philip roth cat's cradle by kurt vonnegut
Heroes
adam kaminski karen finley joe papp gertrude stein neal cassidy john f kennedy elaine stritch eric baratta meryl streep mark russell
University Of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Graduated: 1999
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: English/Theatre
Minor: Women's Studies
1995 to 1999
Churchville-Chili Shs
Churchville, NY
Graduated: 1995
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: Driving Around Looking For Something to Do
Electra
directed by Sheila Daniels
Seattle Shakespeare Company
Center House Theater at the Seattle Center
January 7 - 31, 2010
This is the Greek revenge story that makes other revenge stories run and hide. I'll be playing the title role in this vicious translation by Frank McGuinness, directed by the relentless Sheila Daniels. The cast is brimming with some of Seattle's most celebrated performers and the production promises to be brutal and stunning. In summary: Treachery and violence line the corridors where Electra mourns the bloody murder of her father by her adulterous mother, Clytemnestra. Grief-stricken and bent on retribution, Electra awaits her brother Oreste’s return in order to enact her starving need for justice and revenge. A sure antidote for the sugary sweetness of the holidays.
Hugo Literary Series: Laws of Attraction
Richard Hugo House, Seattle
March 19, 2010
A reading of new work by great writers Phillip Lopate and Emily Warn, along with myself. We will ruminate on the theme "Laws of Attraction" and each reading will be coupled with a workshop by the writer. This is a year-long series at Hugo House and absolutely worth checking out if you like passionate, new writing read out loud.
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Condo-Millennium :: A New Play About Fantasy and Real Estate
In Development, 2009-2010
Premiering at Northwest Film Forum, May 13-15, 2010
I can count five cranes from the west-facing windows in my apartment. Over the past few years I have been blown back by the transformation of my neighborhood from small, dusty rentals to shiny, tall condominiums with half-balconies. These developments, coupled with the recent subprime mortgage crisis, denote the wave of change washing over our urban centers and the inevitable human stories being swept up in the undertow. Set in Capitol Hill and loosely inspired by the transformation of the Pike/Pine Corridor, "Condo-Millennium" will be a monologue play combining real human stories and absurd fantasies to build a theatrical picture of the evolution of our urban landscape and our instinctual need for space and home. I'll be starting my research with an extensive interview process this summer.
Please contact me if you or someone you know might be a promising interviewee, or if you have any thoughts or suggestions for tasty material.
BIO
Named an “Artist of the Year” by Seattle Magazine in 2007, awarded "Best Local Stage Actor" in 2008 and “Best Performing Artist” in 2006 by the readers of the Seattle Weekly, and honored thrice on the Theatre Short List for The Stranger’s Genius Awards, Marya Sea Kaminski is a performer, director, and writer based in Seattle.
Her acting credits include the role of Hedda Gabler in Washington Ensemble Theatre’s original adaptation entitled blahblahblahBANG! at On the Boards, My Name is Rachel Corrie (Seattle Times Footlight Award 2007) and Tina Landau’s The Time of Your Life at the Seattle Repertory Theatre, Moonlight and Magnolias at the Intiman Theatre, Simone Alone at La Mama ETC in New York City, and The Cherry Orchard at Annenberg Center in Philadelphia.
Marya Sea has created over twenty solo shows and has performed her original work at Bumbershoot and On the Boards in Seattle, PS 122 in New York, the Myrna Loy Center in Helena, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Additionally, her writing has been published in Rivet Magazine and The New York Theatre Review.
Marya Sea was a founding member and co-artistic director of the Washington Ensemble Theatre (formerly, WET) from 2004-2008, where she directed the Northwest premieres of Adam Rapp’s Finer Noble Gases and Jordan Harrison’s The Museum Play, performed as the First Lady in the national premiere of Jane Martin’s Laura’s Bush (Seattle Times Footlight Award, 2004) and as M in Sarah Kane’s Crave, and served as Literary Manager for the development of new and original works including Stephanie Timm’s Crumbs are also Bread and Paul Mullin’s The Ten Thousand Things.
She holds a BA in English and Theatre Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and an Acting MFA from the University of Washington. Currently, Marya Sea teaches Acting at Cornish College of the Arts, where she was recently honored with the Drama Department’s Award for Teaching Excellence.
MISSION
To enjoy the ride and take good care of my friends.
CONFESSION
Do not be fooled. I am not my calendar, my bio or my myspace page. Just to be clear.
Who I'd like to meet: The only ones for me are the mad ones.
See our favorite Marya Sea on big screen? Again?! "Waxie Moon" a feature documentary is screening at Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival on October 19th, 730PM at Egyptian Theater. BUY TICKETS HERE: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/83634
"Waxie Moon" premiered at Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival. It won an Excellency in Documentary Filmmaking Award in Mexico and will soon screen in Byron Bay, Australia.
