Shelah Marie

Me. Shelah.

In the Summer of 2010, I took a huge step in the direction of my dreams and moved to New York City with a suitcase, a little money that I saved up, and my  laptop.  Within a few weeks of moving I started a rigorous (understatement) graduate program at Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.

During that time I used graduate school as an incubator to ground myself and decide who I was in relation to the hustle and bustle of NYC. I rekindled my love affair with experimental performance and ensemble work and entitled myself as a very dedicated and creative educator. By the time I graduated I had a much stronger sense of who I was, who I wanted to be and how to do it.

Most directly, I learned that being an artist in NYC  isn’t a knighthood, no one is going to knight you “Duchess Shelah Marie, Artist.” You just do it.

Also, being an artist doesn’t mean you’re starving.

At the moment, I’m doing exciting and fulfilling work as a teaching artist, helping young actors ace auditions as a private Drama Coach, creating and producing my own work and auditioning like a madwoman.

You can find me in Brooklyn. I’m that girl unashamedly following the GPS map on her phone with the huge hair.