Martha Eies
marthacorrineeies@gmail.com
RECENT HONORS
Performer with JOHNNY SHOWCASE who was recently featured on America’s Got Talent
Wrote and performed world premiere of DUE TO THE SENSITIVE NATURE at Kimmel Center
Original song We Coulda Been was featured on NPR's SOUND OPINIONS
Named Knight Foundation's and Billy Penn's "Who's Next" for Young Leader's in the Music Industry
Theater Resident at Joe's Pub and the Kimmel Center in 2017
ACTING / DEVISING CREDITS
THE FLEECING Devisor/Performer Ben Grinberg Almanac Dance Circus Theater
Close Music For Bodies Devisor/Performer Michael Kiley/Rebecca Wright FringeArts Curated Production
The End Alternate Reality Game. Creator/Guide Adrienne Mackey Swimpony
The Devil's Auction Augusta Soehlke Adrienne Mackey Drexel Theater Residency
Mommy Queerest Performer John Jarboe The Bearded Ladies
I Promised Myself to Live Faster Creator Dan Rothenberg Pig Iron Theatre Company
99 Breakups Creator/Performer Quinn Bauriedel Pig Iron Theatre Company
La Giara: An Operetta Norma Patricia Haddad Minas and Blueazul Productions
Nightfall Creator/Performer Ben Grinberg Almanac Dance Circus Theater
Society for Civil Discourse Creator/Performer Alex Torra Team Sunshine Performance Co.
The West Creator/Performer Alex Bechtel Off Broad Street Theater
The Sincerity Project Choir Member Alex Torra Team Sunshine Performance Co.
PAY UP Narrator/Scenester Dan Rothenberg Pig Iron Theatre Company
Hackles Collaborator/Cynthia Mason Rosenthal Lightning Rod Special
A is for Anaconda Performer John Greenbaum BRAT Productions
Helen Athena Jeanne Willcoxon J&R Productions
Life & Times of Gallileo Andrea Gary Gisselman St. Olaf Theater
Urinetown Hope Karen Peterson Wilson St. Olaf Theater
CABARET CREDITS
Red 40 & The Last Groovement Lead Artist/Lead Singer/Songwriter
FringeArts Residency – 2014-2016
Presented Artist in Ars Nova Theater Festival
Joe’s Pub – The Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret Soloist/Back-up Singer
Ben Folds – Orchestral Tour 2011 Back-up Singer
1812 Productions Cabaret Performer/Soloist
FILM CREDITS
Blood In The Bathtub Woman Brian Melton Productions for TJ Kong & the Atomic Bomb
Slow Learners June Official Selection for Tribeca Film Festival - 9.14 Pictures
Outskirts Tabitha Productions for blip.tv
Scarf-face Scarf-face Peter English Productions
VOICE-OVER CREDITS
Narrator in PAY UP! James Sugg, Audio Engineer, Pig Iron Theatre Co.
TRAINING
MFA in Devised Theater - Pig Iron School for Advanced Performance Training
Philadelphia, PA - Graduated 2016
Physical theatre, Improvisation, Devised Theatre, Acrobatics, Clowning, Mask work, Melodrama
Instructors: Quinn Bauriedel, Sarah Sanford, Emmanuelle Delpech, Geoff Sobelle, Dito van Reigersberg, Dan Rothenberg, Nichole Canuso, Jean-Rene Toussaint
Movement
Modern and improvisational movement - Nichole Canuso
West African Dancing in Ghana - Koo Nimo, J.H.K. Nketia
Musical Theatre Movement - Linda Talcott-Lee
Ballet - Jennifer Bader
Physical Comedy Training - Nathan Keepers
Acting
Acting, Directing - Gary Gisselman, Jeanne Willcoxon, Dona Werner Freeman
Voice
Classical - Shannon Carthey Stuckey, Soo Yeon Kim, Alison Feldt
Musical Theatre - John Daniels, Tracey Gorman, Larry Weller
Cabaret - Dito van Reigersberg
Speech - Jean-Rene Toussaint
Piano
Classical - Shannon Carthey Stuckey
Accompanying - Alex Bechtel, Suzanne Torkelson
Other Education
B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology & Women's Studies at St. Olaf College with Distinction
SPECIAL SKILLS
Coloratura soprano, Character transformation, Impersonations, Piano, Guitar, Sight Reading, Drag make-up, Mime, Tumbling, Hand-to-Hand acrobatics, Spanish, Accents upon request, Stage Combat, Burping, Valid Passport, and Licensed Driver