Marissa Emerson (she/her) is a bilingual, bubble-tea-loving Gryffindor from the Greater Philadelphia Area in Pennsylvania and is humbled to join Barter’s 90th Season as a Barter Player. Following her Global Citizen Year in Ecuador, Marissa graduated alongside Temple University Theater Department’s Class of 2022 with a Concentration in Acting. While at Temple, Marissa performed as a clarinetist with the Diamond Marching Band and served as a Dance Captain, creating and teaching original choreography for her 200+ bandmates for each home game. Marissa volunteers on the Board of Directors for the Philadelphia Independence Awards, a regional high school theatre awards program preceding the Jimmy Awards. Offstage, you’ll find Marissa playing clarinet and volleyball, crocheting, traveling, and practicing photography. Love and Thanks to Madre, Anastasia, Mom-Mom, Ariel, and her professors and friends for their support. @MarissaEmersonOfficial // Marissa-Emerson.com

Barter Player Credits: Rapunzel (Rapunzel), Friar Tuck (Robin Hood), May/Mom/Grace (Junie B. Jones: The Musical), and is currently in Where the Red Fern Grows.

Regional Credits: Sebastian in Twelfth Night (Hedgerow Theatre Company), Bianca/Duke of Venice in Othello, Boatswain/Spirit in The Tempest (Nebraska Shakespeare Festival), Titania/Hippolyta/Snug in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Fiasco Theatre 9-Week Conservatory).