ASH MARINACCIO

I am a Manhattan-based visual storyteller and multidisciplinary documentarian. I have created visual storytelling and nonfiction theatre projects in the Americas, Middle East, Europe, and Asia, focusing on youth activism, culture workers in places/times of conflict, class warfare, addiction, sexuality, patriotism, illness, and grief. As a queer woman raised by a paraplegic single mother, I am committed to telling stories that investigate multiple, intersecting identities. Each storytelling project is a collaboration, and the relationships I develop with my collaborators lie at the heart of my practice. I am committed to visual storytelling that elicits political action while also evoking a deep sense of compassion and justice.

Currently, I am a Visiting Assistant Professor in Media Studies at Queens College and an Artist in Residence at Purchase College. As a theatremaker and multidisciplinary artist, I have worked on collaborative projects in Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Taiwan, Thailand, Syria, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

My photography work has appeared in Time Out NY, NY Daily News, The Huffington Post, The Advocate, The Indypendent, Our Town NY, Huffington Post, The Signal House Edition, Arab Stages, Performance Research, HowlRound Theatre Commons, About Performance, Anthropology News, and other publications.

This site features my photography work. Visit ashmarinaccio.com to learn about my work as a theatremaker.