Peter Michael Marino

Producer, performer, director, writer, teacher, and educational content creator. Member SAG-AFTRA, Dramatists Guild, AEA. His tiny production company PM2 Entertainment makes things happen - shows, festivals, and unique & affordable comedy events in NYC, Australia, Canada, and the UK.

Collaborator - The Kennedy Center & The Washington National Opera:

• Wrote, hosted, and directed a popular series of edutainment videos deep-diving into the weird and wonderful world of opera.

• Host of video that teaches kids how to put on their own show.

• Wrote the 2023 scripts for educational Opera Look-In: La bohème and Opera Look-In: Romeo & Juliet, performed on the Opera House stage.

• Creator/performer of very long-running family comedy “Show Up, Kids!” at The Kraine, Battery Park, Harlem River Park, Lower East Side LUNGS Fest, Stepping Stones Children’s Museum, CAST Northfolk. Playing Mile Square Theatre, this Spring 2024.

• Creator of Lemonade Island: Free Advice which provides no-charge guidance to complete strangers at various locations from parties to bars, and public spaces to corporate events.

• Writer/Host of MoonRise, an immersive cirque about the 13 Moon Goddesses, which recently enjoyed a sold-out residency at Paradise Club, Times Square.

• Live streamed hundreds of performances of Desperately Seeking the Exit, Show Up, Kids!, and the internationally acclaimed Planet of the Grapes Live.

• Originated idiotic Joules Volter character in Off-Broadway’s award-winning, immersive family show Pip’s Island.

• Provided comic relief in global smash STOMP for five years, Off-Broadway and internationally.

• Creator of social media content, characters, and lore for game-changing metaverse, Metropolis World.

• Appeared in dozens of Off-Broadway and regional productions. Heard on hundreds of voice-overs.

• Librettist of West End Blondie musical “Desperately Seeking Susan.” (2007 Novello Theatre, West End) (2009 Tokyo’s Theatre Creation, produced by Toho)

• Co-writer (along with Sheila Head) of Hollywood Nurses, developed at Phoenix Theatre Company, premiering soon-ish.

• Creator/co-producer SOLOCOM® at The PIT. Producer, The Unofficial Upper East Side EdFest. Producer LA-based sketch duo Charles at The PIT. Producer David Carl's Celebrity One-Man Hamlet and Jason Kravits' Off the Top.

• Solo, comedy, marketing, and development coach. Former professor of Sketch Comedy at Pace University and William Paterson University. Teacher at The PIT, Toronto’s York University and Soulo Theatre, and The Actor's Centre in London. In 2022 taught playwriting for LEAP at Hillcrest High School.

• Pete’s writing on numerous topics published in: TDF, Medium, The Mighty, and Stigma Fighters.