EDUCATION

M.A, Hunter College-CUNY, Directing for Theatre, Magna Cum Laude

B.A, University of Chicago, Romance Literature & Languages, Dean’s List

Writers’ Institute, w/ Andre Aciman, CUNY Graduate Center, 2016-7 

SPECIAL AWARDS/ACTIVITIES

OBIE, Contributions to the Field; Immigrants’ Theatre Project, 2003

Fulbright Scholar: University of Babes Bolyae, Cluj, Romania; Masaryk  2006; University, Brno, Czech Republic; 2012 U.S. Embassy Cultural Programs award, Slovakia 2015

Fulbright Theatre, Professional and Student Awards Panel, 2018-20

National Immigration Lawyers, Immigrant artist of the Year

Core Member, Theatre Without Borders

Grants from Ford Foundation, Open Society, NYSCA, Netflix, NYC Cultural Affairs 

WRITING/WORK/THEATER:

Theatre Communications Group, 2010-2012: Profiled American immigrant and international theatre artists artists  https://tcgcircle.wpengine.com/author/marcy-arlin/                  

Women Write the New: Plays from Eastern Europe, Slavic and Eastern European Performance, 2014

Czech Plays: 7 New Works (co-editor ,Martin E. Segal Theatre Publications, 2009

New Theatre of the Baltic, Theatre Journal, book review, 2010

Forward to Vitamins, by Vera Ion, Romania Kiss Me!

Conversations on the Prague Quadrenniale w/ Maxine Kern, czechtheatre.cz, 2004

Creating Outdoor Museum Theatre: A Successful Collaboration, Museum Theatre       

 Under Fire: Theatre in Nicaragua, Theatreworks/ITI, 1983                                                                                                                                                

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT/TEACHING

City University of New York/John Jay College: 2016-23:Theatre and Social Change, Theatre of the Americas,Criminal Justice and the                   Theatre, Improvisation for the Theatre (online & in person), Introduction to Theatre. 

CUNY/Hostos College 2010-14: Introduction to Theatre – middle school students

CUNY/LaGuardia Community College 1980-2005: Oral Communication, Creative Drama, Introduction to Writing, Communication For the Non-Native Speaker of English, ACT Prep, Theatre and ESL, New York Theatre Experience. Recipient of EDIT grants for 8 years; Public Theatre 365 plays / 365 Days – Suzen Lori-Parks workshop: College Now: Writing Monologues about Family History, Intro to Theatre; Professional Development: Using    Improvisation in the Non-Theatre Classroom for Middle School teachers 

Pace University: 2006-2009; Theatre for Social Change, Improvisation, Acting Yale University, Brown University, University of Chicago/Koehler Foundation: workshops on Immigrant Theatre, Devised Theatre 

ARTS PROGRAMMING

Artistic Director of Immigrants’ Theatre, NY, NY, 1990-2015

Women Write the New: Plays by Women from Eastern Europe: in collaboration with Czech   Center, Bulgarian Consulate, Romanian Cultural Institute, Martin E. Segal Theatre, 2012

Czech Plays in Translation – Czech Center, Public Theatre, Prague Quadrenniale, Henry St.  Settlement, NY Theatre Workshop, 2001-08

After the Fall: New Plays from Romania – MESTC, Play Company, 2006, Romanian Cultural InstituteFestival of Australian Aboriginal Plays – New Dramatists, Smithsonian, American IndianCommunity House, NYC< 2004,

Journey Theatre, devised play with survivors of 9/11 and torture, Safe Horizons, 2003-04

Unexpected Journeys: Plays by Women from Muslim Cultures, Tenement Museum, NYC 2002American Dreams readings series, Tenement Museum residency, 1998-2003