Marya Lowry

Title

Associate Professor of Theater Arts

Theater Arts

Expertise

Theatre Voice,Text and Acting Shakespeare
"Extended" Voice techniques and
Vocal Art of Lamentation

Profile

Founding Member, principal Actress, the Actors' Shakespeare Project, Boston.
Professional Actress, 30 years, NYC, Boston, Regional Repertory Theatre.
Voice, Ecstatic Voice and Lamentation training workshops NYC, Boston, across the US, UK, Greece, France.

Degrees

Ohio University, M.F.A.

State University of New York at Fredonia, B.A.

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Contact

Email:	lowry@brandeis.edu
Phone:	781-736-3341
Office:	60 Turner St., 3

Awards and Honors

Best of Theatre 2007, EDGE BOSTON, All-Female MACBETH, Marya Lowry, title role, Actors' Shakespeare Project (2007)

Theodore and Jane Norman Fund for Faculty Research and Creative Arts Projects. (2005)

Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant (2000 - 2001)

Mazer Research Grant, Brandeis University (2000 - 2001)

Sacher Award, Brandeis Universtiy (2000 - 2001)

Nominee, Best Supporting Actress, Independent Reviewers of New England (1998)

Courses Taught

THA	4a	Acting I: The Vocal-Physical Connection
THA	12b	Crossing Borders: Personal Narratives from the Cross-Cultural
THA	190b	Senior Seminar
THA	195a	Topics in Theater and Drama
THA	199a	Production Vocal Coaching Lab
THA	210a	Voice I: Part 1
THA	210b	Voice I: Part 2
THA	260a	Voice II: Part 1
THA	260b	Voice II: Part 2
THA	283a	Acting II: Part 1 (Shakespeare)
THA	309a	Whole Voice Workshop
THA	355b	Career Workshop: Part 2, Auditioning

Scholarship

Lowry, Marya. "Deep Song: A Personal Journey into Ecstatic Voice and Ritual Lamentation." The Voice and Speech Review (2009). (forthcoming)

Duchess of Malfi. By Jn. Webster. Roles: Julia/Cariola. Midway Studios, Actors' Shakespeare Project, Boston, 2008.

The Company of Heaven. By Benjamin Britten. Marya Lowry, Narrator. Cantata Singers and Ensemble, David Hoose, Music Director, NEC's Jordan Hall May 2009

The Wrestling Patient. By Kirt Lynn with A Gottlieb, K Pearl. Role: Riva Hillesum. Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for the Arts, SpeakEasy, Boston Playwrights' Theatre, Forty Magnolias Prod. World Premiere. 2009

Let Me Down Easy. By Anna Deavere Smith, performed by Anna Deavere Smith. Marya Lowry: Production Vocal Coach. American Repertory Theatre, 2008

Love's Labours Lost. By Wm. Shakespeare. Voice and Text Coach. Actors' Shakespeare Project, 2007.

Macbeth. By Wm. Shakespeare. title role, All-Female cast. Actors' Shakespeare Project, Boston, 2007.

Twelfth Night. By Wm. Shakespeare. Role, Olivia. With,. Actors' Shakespeare Project, 2006.

Hamlet. By Wm. Shakespeare. Role, Queen Gertrude. with,. Strand Theater, Boston, Actors' Shakespeare Project, 2006.

Julius Caesar. By Wm. Shakespeare. Roles, Portia / Masala with,. Actors' Shakespeare Project, 2005.

The Olive Grove. By Gary M. English. Actress, For,. Founders' Theatre, Lennox, MA, Shakespeare & Company, 2006.

Richard III. By Wm. Shakespeare. Role, Duke of Buckingham, with,. Actors' Shakespeare Project, 2004.

Henry V. By Wm. Shakespeare. Role, Chorus. with,. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, 2002.

Lowry, Marya. ""Giving Voice to Your Hunger" and "Breath Support Series with Straw"." The Complete Voice and Speech Exercise Book and CD. Ed. Janet Rogers. NY: Applause Books, 2002

With Voice Raised. By Flaherty and Ahrens. Featured Narrator. Symphony Hall, Boston POPs, Keith Lockhart, conductor, 2000.

Lowry, Marya co-author, Walsh, Robert. "Voice and Combat - A Conversation." The Voice in Violence: and other contemporary issues in professional voice and speech training (2000).

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