About

Marina Rebecca Chan is a Brooklyn-based actor (AEA) and playwright (Dramatists Guild Member), with a soft-spot for musical theater and a commitment to advancing Asian representation.  Combining her various arts, she aims to spread joy, dispel stereotypes and tell stories that speak to the avant garde nature of our times.  She is also a proud Chinese adoptee! 

Marina graduated cum laude from Columbia University, where she majored in Drama and Theatre Arts, concentrated in playwriting and ate up all her philosophy courses!  Marina also interned at Das Films (Santa Monica, LA) and the New York Musical Festival.  Following graduation, she went on to conceive and produce the Asian Americans in Theatre: Art and Activism panel series at Asia Society and Barnard, involving theatre and Broadway professionals and scholars examining issues of diversity, equity and inclusion.  Marina’s plays have been developed and performed as staged readings, including at The Braid, Little & Fierce Theatre Company, Rachel Love’s AirPlay, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre and Theatre Row (in TGD Productions’ Monologue Festival).  During Covid, Marina acted in 15 Zoom productions, including her signature play Elizabeth’s Wonderland (self-produced, with 20 actors!).  When the world opened up, Marina started performing professionally again. NYC performing credits include: A Black and White Cookie (The Tank), A Tomato Can’t Grow in the Bronx (Chain Theatre), Dancing on Glass (staged reading at Dramatists Guild), Ellen Robbins Dance Concerts at New York Live Arts and Il Re Pastore (Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival).  Marina is also a proud member of Ted Sperling’s MasterVoices Chorus, with concerts on New York’s most exciting stages, including Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center and Radio City Music Hall!

Fun facts: Marina’s favorite role in a school production was Tin-Gal in The Wiz—“Slide some oil to me!”  Marina’s dream role is Nellie Forbush in South Pacific—Marina will continue pining away.  Marina also plays piano, violin and very beginner alto saxophone! 🎷!