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After receiving her Bachelor in Fine Arts from Ball State University, Marisa has worked as an actor throughout the country, including in Orlando, Minnesota, and Chicago.
They have also continued their heightened text training with Susan Hart Shakespeare.
See some of Marisa's featured theatre work below.
FEATURED WORK
Julius Caesar and Henry IV Parts 1 & 2
at Olde School Shakespeare Collective
Julius Caesar directed by Wyatt McCall
Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 directed by Sophie Murk
Marisa played Brutus in Julius Caesar, which ran May-June 2025 at My Buddy's in Chicago's Wrigleyville neighbourhood;
Marisa played Mortimer/Douglas/Peto in Henry IV Parts 1&2, which ran March-May, 2026 at Mrs. Murphy's in Chicago's North Center neighborhood.
Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Green Show
at The Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winona, MN
Hamlet directed by Doug Scholz-Carlson
Much Ado About Nothing directed by Gaby Rodriguez
Green Show directed by Andrew Carlson
Marisa understudied Horatio in Hamlet, and Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing.
In the various excerpts from plays in the Green Show, Marisa stepped into the shoes of Launce (Two Gents), Viola (Twelfth Night), as well as Narrator.
May-July 2024 Summer Season
POTUS (Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass...)*
at The Ensemble Company in Orlando, FL
Written by Selena Filinger
Directed by Tara Kromer
Marisa played Dusty.
*The production was postponed mid-rehearsal period due to issues w/ production rights.
The initial rehearsal period was in January 2025.
Marisa Dean Becomes A Woman
at Indy Storefront Theatre in Indianapolis, Indiana
Short One-Person Show, Written, Directed, & Performed by Marisa Dean
Select audience reviews for Marisa Dean Becomes A Woman:
"It was one of the most captivating things I have ever seen"
"You are literally the love-child of Emma Stone and Phoebe Waller-Bridge"
April 2024
The Little Prince
at The Cave Theatre at BSU in Muncie, IN
Written by Rick Cummins and John Scoullar
Directed by Lily DeKoven Weidenbach
Marisa played Little Prince. The show ran December 6th-10th, 2023.
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