About

Trusting yourself, interrogating the text and staying curious about the world around you are three things most important to me as an actor and a coach. The more we know the simple truths of where we are and what we're doing, the more we can let our spirits soar and surprise both the audience and ourselves. I value a safe, nurturing environment where actors may bring their whole selves to the craft. Through exercises, text analysis and scene study I encourage actors to investigate the world of the script and to discover there more of themselves. 

Bio

Maria Dizzia has taught Acting at the University of California-San Diego, Brooklyn College and The Freeman Studio in NYC, as well as master classes for Wheaton College, Penghao Theater in Beijing and the Sichuan People's Art Theater in Chengdu, China. She was a Beinecke Fellow at Yale School of Drama and a 2011 recipient of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship.

Broadway credits include: Macbeth with Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga, In The Next Room by Sarah Ruhl (Tony nomination Featured Actress). Recent theater credits include What We Did Before Our Moth Days by Wally Shawn directed by André Gregory, If I Forget by Steven Levenson (Roundabout Theater Company),  Belleville by Amy Herzog (Drama Desk Nomination; New York Theater Workshop, Yale Rep), Annie Baker's Uncle Vanya (Soho Rep), Drunken City by Adam Bock (Playwrights Horizons), and Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl (Second Stage, Yale Rep, Berkeley Rep). Outside of the United States, Maria has performed at The Gate Theater in London with The Civilians and at the Garasjen theater in Norway with Young Jean Lee's Theater Company.

Television credits include: “Before” with Bill Crystal, “School Spirits”, three seasons on "Orange Is the New Black" (SAG Award, Outstanding Ensemble), "Louie," "Master of None," "Newsroom," "Elementary," and "The Blacklist." Among her film roles are: My Old Ass, Christine, Martha Marcy May Marlene (Gotham Film Award nomination, Best Ensemble), While We're Young, and Margin Call.