Mary M. Riley

MARY M. RILEY was born in Portsmouth, Virginia and began her theatrical and musical career at the wee age of 6 as Mary in the church Christmas Pageant. Her love of singing led her to receive her Bachelor of Music from East Carolina University, and her Master of Arts from Radford University. She taught private and class voice for a year at Bluefield College, before deciding she needed to explore the country as a performer and took off for sunny California on a theater contract. Since 2000, Mary has appeared as a professional actress, singer and model across the US, internationally, and in her current home of NYC. Some of her favorite roles include: title role in the world premiere of Anna Nicole: Blonde Glory, Lady Macbeth in Voodoo Macbeth, Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, Hermione in The Winter's Tale, Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, and Claire in Proof. In 2013, Mary will take on the role of the glorious and very dramatic Cleopatra in Antony & Cleopatra. Mary performs annually with the Lower East Side Arts Festival at Theater for the New City. Producing Artistic Director at Mercia Entertainment, she is also currently one half of The Unstuffy Divas along with Jennifer Gelber. She was accepted as a part of the TRU - Theater Resources Unlimited Producer Development and Mentorship Program-Self Producing Artist (SPA) division for the 2011-2012 season and has also written her first short play, Last Chance Guy. As always, she thanks Julian, her family (including her five beautiful nieces: Grace, Sophia, Victoria and Isabella & Katherine (who arrives this July!), and friends for their love and support! Mary is a proud member of Actor's Equity.