Marissa Sanchez

Actor

Marissa Sanchez (She/Her) is a resident actor from the small agricultural town of Watsonville, California. She graduated from Humboldt State University. During her time at HSU, she played Ana in the production of Real Women Have Curves, and was in Hermanas Unidas production of Latinologues. She was also Scenic Designer for Lime Production’s Doubt & Gruesome Playground Injuries. She interned for the Arcata Playhouse’s Round Story Project bringing multi-generational members of Humboldt’s community and the student body together to address racial equity and justice through theatre.  She is an active member of the Advanced Gender Equity theatre collective. She made her writing debut during AGE’s Hear Our Voice event. Over the summer she was a teaching artist for Oregon Children’s theater providing theater based workshops to underrepresented youth in the local area. She’s a strong believer that theatre can be used as a catalyst for social change.