Author: Ash Marinaccio

Ash Marinaccio, Ph.D., is a multidisciplinary documentarian and visual storyteller working in theatre, photography, and film. For her creative work, Ash has received the Lucille Lortel Visionary Award from the League of Professional Theatre Women, a Drama League Residency, fellowships from the Mellon Foundation, NY Public Humanities, Social Practice CUNY, and National Endowment for the Humanities, been listed as one of Culture Trip’s “50 Women in Theatre You Should Know”, and is a two time TEDx Speaker. Ash is the founding artistic director of the United Nations recognized NGO Girl Be Heard and founder of Docbloc (docbloc.org) which works at the intersection of theatre and journalism to create nonfiction performance. She holds her M.A. in Performance Studies from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and Ph.D. in Theatre and Performance from The Graduate Center, CUNY. Learn more: ashmarinaccio.com/Instagram @ashmarinaccio