Marnie Andrews
Quick Facts
Biography
Marnie Andrews (born 1951 in Cedartown, Georgia) is an American stage and television actress who has had parts on ER, JAG, Murder One, "Reasonable Doubts", (with Mark Harmon and Marlee Matlin) (1991-1993), The Wonder Years and made for TV movies "Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story," (1991), Shattered Mind (1996), among others. Andrews is also a director of theatre. As a singer and lyricist, she has composed with Christopher McHale, and Tyler Orr Sterrett. Much of her stage work comes from the development of new plays. She has originated several roles in world premieres.
As writer and poet (with articles published in such magazines as Natural History, CR, Amica and American Theatre), she writes often of her travels with Jeff Jacobson. Her writing focusses on the issues of environmental protection, working within community to effect change, and the advantages of long, sustaining friendships. Also a teacher. at New York University, University of Southern California Graduate Film School, and SUNY/Albany.
Personal
Married photographer Jeff Jacobson in 1979. Their son, Henry Jacobson, is a producer and co-owner of Mind Hive Films http://mindhivefilms.com. He works as a producer, director, and photographer.
Marnie is a subject of several books, including "50 Hours" by Eugene Richards and "The Last Roll" by Jeff Jacobson
Theater
As actor
- Emily, "The Realization of Emily Linder," by Richard Strand World Premiere, New Jersey Repertory Company.
- http://www.broadwayworld.com/new-jersey/article/BWW-Interviews-Marnie-Andrews-in-THE-REALIZATION-OF-EMILY-LINDER-at-NJ-Rep-2015040858#
- Amanda, "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams Oklahoma State University Theatre Department, 2011, Guest Artist
- Evelyn, 'Til Summer Comes by Mark McNease, New Jersey Repertory Company, 2002
- Rosemary, Touch of Rapture by Mary Fengar Gail, New Jersey Repertory Company, 2005
- Madeline Livingston, The Women of Lockerbie by Deborah Brevoort, New Jersey Repertory Company, 2006
- multiple roles, "Play by Play," Stageworks Hudson, Hudson, NY.
Extensive resume, see www.marnieandrews.com
Much of her career she worked with playwrights as actor, director, and dramaturge developing new plays. Member of Plays in Progress, Hudson Opera House, Hudson, NY, and New Jersey Repertory Company.
Filmography
- Jack Goes Home (film)Jack Goes Home Independent Film 2015
- "Love Is Hell" Independent Film, 2008
- * ER
- "Union Station" (1996) TV Episode
- Shattered Mind (1996) TV Movie
- JAG
- "Hemlock" (1996) TV Episode
- Murder One
- "Chapter Sixteen" (1996) TV Episode
- The Wonder Years
- "Unpacking" (1993) TV Episode
- Reasonable Doubts 1991-1993 Multiple Episodes
- "Two Women" (1993) TV Episode
- "Mercury in Retrograde" (1992) TV Episode
- "Moment of Doubt" (1992) TV Episode
- "Maggie Finds Her Soul" (1992) TV Episode
- "Dicky's Got the Blues" (1991) TV Episode
- Writer's Block (1991) TV Movie
- L.A. Law
- "Watts a Matter?" (1990) TV Episode
- Roe v. Wade (movie)|Roe v. Wade (1989) TV Movie [1]
Director
"The Mousetrap", Guest Director, Eastern Illinois University. 'Fifth of July", by Lanford Wilson SUNY/Albany, 2011 Merit Award in Ensemble Work and Technical Achievement, American College Theatre Festival, "Family: Can't Live with Them, Can't Live Without Them", one acts, including works by James Farrell, U/Albany, 2008, "Trojan Women" adaptation by Steven Wolfson, Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA 1999.
Writer
- Berrilla Kerr Playwrights Award. 2004.
- Based on the writing "Survival Secrets."
Poem-"The Trees of Miller Road" published in "The Last Roll," Daylight Books, 2013
Various magazine articles, see www.marnieandrews.com