MORIAH MARTEL
Actor::Artist︎︎
I’m an actress from rural New England. I started acting in the attic of a Victorian carriage house with a bunch of other scrappy country kids. We put on a play every summer and did everything ourselves, the writing, directing, design and promotion. I was the youngest when we started, 6, so I grew up this way, playing a mermaid, a ghost, a duchess, a prince…
This says a lot about me and I’ve been acting and creating independent work ever since. I’ve worked with The Kennedy Center, NBC, NPR, Audible, Shakespeare and Company, Classic Stage Company, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Second City and the CalArts Center for New Performance. My first feature screenplay was selected for Full Spectrum Features inaugural producers lab and my short films have screened throughout the US. In 2019 I founded Look at This, a creative platform focused on arts activism. In 2023 I wrote, produced and performed my first solo show, The Mermaid on Stage. I’m a graduate of CalArts with a BFA in acting and a self designed minor in film.
In all my work, I seek to ignite and engage my audiences - to make them feel alive. An alive audience realizes their agency to actualize their lives and create a better world.