2011
Twelfth Night
Written by William Shakespeare
Reading the role of: Olivia Instant Shakespeare Company NYPL Muhlenberg Branch 209 W. 23rd St NYC December 17th 2011 NYPL 1 p.m. FREE! |
The Otherworld
In the role of:
Dannan Directed by: Gisela Pereira Independent Film December 10, 2011 Shoot Location: New Rochelle, NY The Otherworld is an original story written by Gisela Pereira and inspired by Celtic legends and myths. It's a mythical and enchanting faerie tale where life has brought its magick, bringing with it the most mystical characters. One of the most fascinating characters in Celtic mythology, the Warrior Lugh, crosses Woodland heading to Tara to join the court of King Nuada and the Tuatha De Danaan. Nuada and his kingdom are at this time oppressed by the Fomorian tribe, and trying to retaliate for their land and freedom. During Lugh's travel, he is bewitched by a faerie (Immrama) to a Beltane celebration, when the line between the human and faery world become tiny and Lugh crosses unaware to The Otherworld . Lugh and Immrama fall in love. However, they live in different times and worlds.. |
Photoshoot with Michael Hiser Copyright: Michael Hiser 2011
I had a great shoot with photographer Michael Hiser on Friday, November 25th, assisted by Joe Barnes and Crystal Venters. Check out my portfolio for other shots from this session!
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Three from the Block: "The Police"
In the role of:
Librarian Directed by: Antonio De La Cruz Independent Film November 2011 Shoot Location: New York, NY “The Police" a story about a troubled teenager and how a song changes his life. When Tony robs a woman’s purse on a street corner and runs away after being urged by his friends, he ends up hiding in basement from the cops. While hiding out he happens to listen to a song by the music group The Police. He then proceeds to go to a local library to find out more about the group. He finds a librarian that introduces him to Greek tragedy and philosophy. He begins to stay away from his bad influences. In the end Tony ends up being arrested in an interesting twist of events. His life will never be the same. |
Photoshoot with Tracey G Photography Copyright: Tracey G Photography
I had a great shoot with up and coming photographer Tracey Goldsberry on Sunday, November 13th, which brought out the Vampire in me! Check out my portfolio for other shots from this session!
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Voodoo Macbeth (staged reading)
Reading the role of: Lady Macbeth An adaptation of Orson Welles' arrangement of William Shakespeare's work Modern Arrangement by: Matt Burchfield Mercia Entertainment Tuesday, October 18th 2011 Shetler Studios Room: PH 1 244 West 54th Street, Penthouse 1 New York, NY 10019 7:30 p.m |
Henry VIII
Written by William Shakespeare
Reading the role of: Queen Katharine Instant Shakespeare Company September 17th 2011 NYPL Bloomingdale Branch 150 W 100th St. 1 p.m. FREE! |
Pericles
Written by William Shakespeare
Reading the role of: Dionyza & Bawd Instant Shakespeare Company October 1st 2011 NYLP St. Agnes Branch 444 Amsterdam Ave at 81st St 1 p.m. FREE! |
Actor's Equity
As of October, I am now a proud member of Actor's Equity Association
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Quoted in BackstageI was quoted in Backstage's article by Simi Horwitz on 9/8/11 :
How Hair Style, Texture, Length, and Color Impact Casting |
Mad Mel and the Marradians
Written by Gary Morgenstein
*World Premiere Playing the role of: Anita 2011 Midtown International Theatre Festival Dates & Times: Monday, July 11 at 6:00 PM Saturday, July 16 at 2:30 PM Tuesday, July 19 at 8:30 PM Sunday, July 24 at 6:00 PM Thursday, July 28 at 8:00 PM Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex 312 West 36th Street New York, NY Tickets: $18.00; $15.00 Student/Senior |
PRESS:
NY Post Mention May 4, 2011 Announcement on Theatremania Sci-Fi Vision Pop Culture Zoo Worm Hole Riders Hudson Reporter NY Times Off Off-Broadway World Best American Poetry Downtown Express 
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Synopsis: The ambitions of Imperial Chancellor Larynx of Marradia -- a planet very far away -- to become High Priest Dubya are threatened by writer Melvin Worthington. In his best-selling "scholarly" books about the ancient aliens Marradians and their visit to Earth 30,000 years ago (which he thinks has totally made up), Worthington stumbles upon a secret that threatens the existence of the human race – bringing the Marradians to Manhattan to stop him.
Anna Nicole: Blonde Glory
Portrait of Anna-Nicole by Holly Picano
Written by Grace Cavalieri
*World Premiere
Playing the role of:
Anna Nicole
2011 Dream Up Festival
Dates & Times:
Sunday, August 21 at 7:00 PM
Wednesday, August 24 at 7:00 PM
Friday, August 26 at 9:00 PM
Xoregos Performing Company at
Theater for the New City (Cino Theater)
155 First Avenue, New York, NY 10003
(between 9th and 10th Streets)
Tickets: $15
*World Premiere
Playing the role of:
Anna Nicole
2011 Dream Up Festival
Dates & Times:
Sunday, August 21 at 7:00 PM
Wednesday, August 24 at 7:00 PM
Friday, August 26 at 9:00 PM
Xoregos Performing Company at
Theater for the New City (Cino Theater)
155 First Avenue, New York, NY 10003
(between 9th and 10th Streets)
Tickets: $15
As You Like It
Written by William Shakespeare
Reading the role of: Rosalind Instant Shakespeare Company June 18th 2011 NYPL Muhlenberg Branch, 209 W. 23rd St NYC 1 p.m. FREE! |
Shakespeare Snippets and Sonnets
Performing Sonnets 6 & 147 Shakespeare Anywhere at the Figment Festival June 11th & 12th 2011 Governor's Island 11:30 a.m. FREE! |
Mary featured in the Queens Tribune
June 30, 2011
Astoria resident and professional actress, Mary Riley will star in the play, “Mad Mel and the Marradians,” a sci-fi comedy by Gary Morgenstein that premieres July 11 and will run throughout the month at the Abingdon Theatre, as part of the 2011 Midtown International Theatre Festival.
There seems to be nothing the Virginia native can’t do. Besides acting, Riley also sings and models, while working at two other jobs to pay the hefty bill of living in the Big Apple. Despite her extensive theater resume, Riley considers herself a model as well, who most notably made several appearances on the pages of “Beauty Revealed,” a book by photographer and novelist, Jerry Harke.
Riley doesn’t stop there. She founded and served two years as the Artistic Director of the American Bard Theater Company. While she has handed that position over to someone else, she was appreciative of the perspective it gave her.
“Being an actress, all I did was act,” she said. “You don’t realize the work that goes into it to make a play happen. Being the Artistic Director, I handled a lot of the administrative tasks and there was something nice about that. You’re casting the actors, dealing with the paperwork, booking the place. I learned a lot.”
While it was a prestigious title and an enjoyable two years, Riley soon realized she loved performing too much. “It’s fun on the stage, and it’s fun for the audience,” she said.
She has been doing just that recently – performing. Besides upcoming performances as Anita in “Mad Mel and the Marradians,” she will play model and TV personality Anna Nicole Smith, in “Anna Nicole: Blonde Glory,” and is reading the role of Rosalind in Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” She also recently performed in the Lower East Side Festival of the Arts as one half of “Unstuffy Divas,” a singing duo that combines opera with comedy.
With so much on her plate, how does she find time for herself?
“It’s hard, but I love to travel,” she laughed.
Riley won’t be relaxing anytime soon, as she has plans to make a name for herself in the theater community for generations to come. “I don’t care about fame, about TV fame; I just want the theater community to know my name.”
“Mad Mel and the Marradians” will be performed at the Abingdon Theatre, 312 West 36th St., Monday, July 11, at 6 p.m., Saturday, July 16, at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 19, at 8:30 p.m., Sunday, July 24, at 6 p.m. and Thursday, July 28, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15-$18 and are available at ovationtix.com/trs/pr/834935 or by phone at (866) 811-4111.
Reach Intern Jing Chen at jchen@queenstribune.com or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 124.
There seems to be nothing the Virginia native can’t do. Besides acting, Riley also sings and models, while working at two other jobs to pay the hefty bill of living in the Big Apple. Despite her extensive theater resume, Riley considers herself a model as well, who most notably made several appearances on the pages of “Beauty Revealed,” a book by photographer and novelist, Jerry Harke.
Riley doesn’t stop there. She founded and served two years as the Artistic Director of the American Bard Theater Company. While she has handed that position over to someone else, she was appreciative of the perspective it gave her.
“Being an actress, all I did was act,” she said. “You don’t realize the work that goes into it to make a play happen. Being the Artistic Director, I handled a lot of the administrative tasks and there was something nice about that. You’re casting the actors, dealing with the paperwork, booking the place. I learned a lot.”
While it was a prestigious title and an enjoyable two years, Riley soon realized she loved performing too much. “It’s fun on the stage, and it’s fun for the audience,” she said.
She has been doing just that recently – performing. Besides upcoming performances as Anita in “Mad Mel and the Marradians,” she will play model and TV personality Anna Nicole Smith, in “Anna Nicole: Blonde Glory,” and is reading the role of Rosalind in Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” She also recently performed in the Lower East Side Festival of the Arts as one half of “Unstuffy Divas,” a singing duo that combines opera with comedy.
With so much on her plate, how does she find time for herself?
“It’s hard, but I love to travel,” she laughed.
Riley won’t be relaxing anytime soon, as she has plans to make a name for herself in the theater community for generations to come. “I don’t care about fame, about TV fame; I just want the theater community to know my name.”
“Mad Mel and the Marradians” will be performed at the Abingdon Theatre, 312 West 36th St., Monday, July 11, at 6 p.m., Saturday, July 16, at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 19, at 8:30 p.m., Sunday, July 24, at 6 p.m. and Thursday, July 28, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15-$18 and are available at ovationtix.com/trs/pr/834935 or by phone at (866) 811-4111.
Reach Intern Jing Chen at jchen@queenstribune.com or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 124.
Twelfth Night
Written by William Shakespeare
Performing the role of: Fabian Spontaneous Shakespeare Players May 28th & 29th Central Park's Summit Rock 3 p.m. FREE! |
The 16th Annual Lower East Side-
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Four by Tenn-
four works in rotating repertory by Tennessee Williams
 Playing the role of:
Flora A Perfect Analysis Given By A Parrot by Tennessee Williams |
American Bard Theater Company
Runs: April 12th-23rd 2011 (rotating) Location: Theater 54 at Shetler Studios |
Born into Silence:
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The Pencil EnemyIn the role of:
Beautiful Girl Directed by: Ludovica Mauri NYFA Short February 2011 Shoot Location: Brooklyn, NY |
Anna Nicole: Blonde Ambition
Written by Grace Cavalieri
Reading the role of:
Anna Nicole
Xoregos Performing Company
Date: March 26, 2011
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Roy Arias-Payan 300 W. 43rd St.elevator to the Fifth Floor (West of 8 Avenue)/ NYC
Tickets: The reading is free and the building is wheelchair accessible. Ms. Cavalieri will be present
MARY RILEY as Anna Nicole Smith *WILLIAM BECKWITH, DANIEL BROADHURST, MICHAEL EISENSTEIN, REAGAN PORTER & AMANDA ELIZABETH SAWYER
*member AEA
Hair/makeup consultant: Sarah Hindsgaul
Portrait by Holly Picano
Directed by SHELA XOREGOS
Reading the role of:
Anna Nicole
Xoregos Performing Company
Date: March 26, 2011
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Roy Arias-Payan 300 W. 43rd St.elevator to the Fifth Floor (West of 8 Avenue)/ NYC
Tickets: The reading is free and the building is wheelchair accessible. Ms. Cavalieri will be present
MARY RILEY as Anna Nicole Smith *WILLIAM BECKWITH, DANIEL BROADHURST, MICHAEL EISENSTEIN, REAGAN PORTER & AMANDA ELIZABETH SAWYER
*member AEA
Hair/makeup consultant: Sarah Hindsgaul
Portrait by Holly Picano
Directed by SHELA XOREGOS
New Headshots for 2011
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Written by William Shakespeare
Performed the roles of: Titania/ Hippolyta & Snug Spontaneous Shakespeare Co. Date: January 13, 2011 Time: 10 AM Location: Woodland Elementary School, Warren NJ Tickets: FREE |