Marisa Moenho

Marisa Moenho (she/her) is a hard working, accomplished soprano and co-director of this year’s showcase. From Temecula, CA, she is two-time Jimmy Award finalist and recipient of the Lucie Arnaz Award for Best Actor. At UCLA, she was a writing collaborator and performer in the university’s first use of augmented reality in live theatrical performance, and has appeared in Bruins Care, a benefit for Broadway Cares: Equity Fights AIDS in addition to numerous student-run productions and cabarets. UCLA: Sweet Charity (Charity), Into the Woods (Witch & Cinderella), Hair (Dionne), A Most Favored Nation (Sabine). Workshops: Myth of the Mountain (UCLA), S.A.T.- A Musical (Madylin Clark Studios, Dir. J. Scott Lapp), 33 1/3: House of Dreams (STAR Repertory). Regional: Hairspray (San Diego Musical Theater & Tibbies: Center Stage), Light in the Piazza (CCAE Theatricals), Memphis (Moonlight Amphitheater). Other past credits include: Urinetown (Hope), Sister Act (Deloris Van Cartier), Legally Blonde (Serena), Beauty & the Beast (Silly Girl).