Miriam Monasch
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October 23, 2022Miriam’s current news
Next up, directing The Wanderers for Six Points Theater.
Biography
Miriam Monasch has been active (on and off) in the Twin Cities' theatre community since 1975 as an actress, director and playwright. She is retired from her "day job" and is available for theatre work full time.
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ACTING
Selected Stage Roles:
Sister Aloysius, Doubt, Theatre in the Round (dir. Kari Steinbach)
Mrs. Boyle, The Mousetrap, Lyric Arts (dir. Craig Johnson)
Ethyl, On Golden Pond, Paul Bunyan Playhouse (dir. Mike Ricci)
Gloria/Mrs. Burlington, Miracle on Christmas Lake, Yellow Tree Theatre (dir. Jason Peterson)
Audience plant, One Man, Two Guvnors, Yellow Tree Theatre (dir. Anne Byrd)
Vita, Phineas, Kitty, Pride's Crossing, Commonweal Theatre (dir. Leah Cooper)
Mrs. Monsen, League of Youth, Commonweal Theatre (dir. Hal Cropp)
Aiofe, Outside Mullingar, Commonweal Theatre (dir. Michael Bigelow Dixon)
Audience plant, One Man, Two Guvnors, TheatreSquared (dir. Amy Herzberg)
Elinor, The Lion in Winter, NW Arkansas Community College, guest artist (dir. Mark Turner)
Grace, Joe Egg, Common Dreams Theatre (dir. Ben Kutschied)
Mrs. Beckoff, Torch Song Trilogy, Workhouse Theatre (dir. Richard Jackson)
Mrs. Dubose, et al, To Kill A Mockingbird, Park Square Theater (dir. David Mann)
Goldie Sheinhoff, Women's Minyan, Minnesota Jewish Theatre (dir. Carolyn Levy)
Hannah Pitt, et al, Angels in America Part 1, People Sittin' Around Doin' Theater (dir. Cherie Anderson)
Tzawrah/Sarah, Chaim's Love Song, Minnesota Jewish Theatre (dir. C. Levy)
Mama, 'Night Mother, Workhouse Theatre (dir. R. Jackson)
The Madwoman (Countess Aurelia), The Madwoman of Chaillot, Theatre in the Round (dir. Linda Paulsen)
Tisha, The Whales of August, Pioneer Place Theater (dir. Raine Hokan)
Various Characters, The Action Against Sol Schumann, Minnesota Jewish Theatre (dir. C. Levy)
Mary, From Door to Door, Park Square Theatre (dir. Lynn Musgrave)
Juanita, Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Starting Gate Theater (dir. Suzy Messerole)
Kate Jerome, Broadway Bound, Theatre in the Round (dir. Dann Peterson)
Linda Loman, Death of a Salesman, Starting Gate Theater (dir. R. Jackson)
Mary, On the Verge, Theatre in the Round (dir. E. Karsten)
Evelyn, Kindertransport, Theatre in the Round (dir. L. Musgrave)
Mrs. Alving, Ghosts, U of MN Theater Dept. (dir. Carl Forsman)
Rheauna, Les Belles Soeur, U of MN Theater Dept. (dir. N. Houfek)
Mrs. Boyle, The Mousetrap, U of MN Centennial Showboat (dir. Vern Sutton)
Old Lady Are, Restoration, U of MN Theater Dept. (dir. Stephen Kanee)
Madame Ranevsky, The Cherry Orchard, U of MN Theater Dept. (dir. S. Kanee)
Amanda Wingfield, The Glass Menagerie, Park Square Theatre (dir. Mary Finnerty)
Tiresius, Oedipus Rex, U of MN Theater Dept. (dir. Charles Nolte)
Madame Armfeldt, A Little Night Music, U of MN Theater Dept. (dir. V. Sutton)
Gertrude, Hamlet, Theatre in the Round (John Orlock)
Hedda, Hedda Gabler, Santa Cruz Theater Company (dir. Tom Busk)
Directing:
Theatre in the Round:
Dog Logic by Tom Strelich
Emma by Jane Austen, (adapted by S. F. Asher)
Minnesota Jewish Theater Company:
Natasha and the Coat by Deborah Stein
Our Class by Tadeusz Slobobzianek (translated by C. Ryan)
2012 Ivey Award for Direction
My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok (adapted by A. Posner)
The Magic Dreidels by Jenna Zark
Theatre Unbound:
For Worse by Anne Bertram
Murderess by Anne Bertram
The Most Massive Woman Wins by Madeleine George
TMJ Productions:
Brilliant Traces by Cindy Lou Johnson
University of Minnesota:
The Dreams of Clytemnaestra by Dacia Maraini
Waking Up by Dario Fo & Franca Rame
Santa Cruz Theater Company:
Pimp and Love Song for an Amazon by Martha Boesing
Calm Down Mother by Megan Terry
Grinnell College:
In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka (adapted by M. Monasch)
The First Communion by Fernando Arrabal
The Prison Diaries of Ho Chi Ming (adapted by M. Monasch)
EDUCATION/TRAINING
BA Theater - Grinnell College
MA (ABD/PHD) Theatre Arts - University of Minnesota
Acting:
Wesley Balk, Barbara Reid, Stephen Pelinsky, Augusto Boal (workshop), Ping Chong (workshop), Feldenkreis
Directing:
Stephen Kanee, Garland Wright, Charles Nolte
Dramaturgy:
Michael Lupu
AWARDS
2008 Ivey Award for overall excellence, 'Night Mother (Workhouse Theatre)
2012 Ivey Award for directing, Our Class (MN Jewish Theatre)
