Marybeth Berry

Marybeth Berry was born in New Jersey and raised in Rhode Island. She minored in theater at Longwood College in Farmville where she performed in various mainstage productions. A high school drama teacher for 2 years in Orlando, where she produced and directed over 10 productions, she left to pursue her graduate degree at Actors Studio in New York City, where she worked Off-Broadway on Sam Shepard's newest play, God of Hell and Off-off Broadway on Stuart Vaughan's As You Like It. She received her MFA in Theatre at Rhode Island College and has performed with various regional, summer stock, and community groups, as well as some film/tv credits. Some roles include Maria in Maria's Pictures (US Premiere), Kate Keller in All My Sons, Ouiser in Steel Magnolias, Julie in Miss Julie, Mistress Hibbens in The Scarlet Letter, Polly in The Boyfriend, Fraulein Kost in Cabaret, Nan/Katie/Lou Ann in Quilters, Twirler in Talking With, Evelyn in The Children's Hour, Alice in Alice in Wonderland, Cesca in the Business of Passion (world premiere). Film/tv credits include Young Susie in Ghost Town, Christiana in Pilgrim's Progress, Flo in Samuel Beckett's Come and Go, Sarah in Gooseberry Island.

In 2019, she made her Columbia debut as Donna in Town Theatre's Mamma Mia. She spent a few years as a youth faculty member at Town where she also directed Baskerville and Columbia's Best of 2022 Runner Up for Best Show for Bright Star. She was also nominated for Best Actress for her performance as Madam in Cinderella. Most recently she has toured the country with her musical show, On the Spectrum, about her son's diagnosis with Autism. From San Diego to Scranton to Italy and landing at Town Theatre, the show has been performed and received positive reviews.

Marybeth is also an active director on both stage and screen. Among her many directorial film credits, a short film adaptation based on Samuel Beckett's Come and Go can be viewed on YouTube and was a finalist in the avante garde category at the 2008 Cape Fear Film Festival. 

She just finished premiering a staging of her new musical with Alex LeFevre at Coastal Carolina New Works Festival, where you may hear a song from tonight and heads to Ireland to begin revision to On the Spectrum and new work on another solo performance musical.