Is an independent record label and start up production company established
to create and present original musical and theatrical performance works
for an international audience and to bridge the gap between people across cultural and linguistic barriers. In 2009 the company will be presenting work in Japan, France, Central Africa and the United States.
Is a chanteuse-accordionist and theater artist from New York City.
She started singing and accompanying herself on the accordion in soup kitchens, hospitals and at The Immigration Naturalization Service. There she performed traditional and folk ballads she learned from her mother, amateur singer and song collector. As a vocalist, she studied classical repertoire and languages at
The New England Conservatory in Boston, MA. and Theater at The Trinity Rep Conservatory in Providence, RI.
Internationally, she has appeared as a solo performer (voice & accordion)
at The Edinburgh International Fringe Festival, UK, The Montreal Fringe Festival, Canada, The Avignon Festival OFF, France, The Stuttgart Tribuhne Festival, Germany, The Cultural Festival of Tuscanny, Italy, and The songs of Edith Piaf on The Hungarian National Radio.
In the United States she has performed as an actress and singer in theatrical productions directed by Oskar Eustis, Ann Bogart & Tom Fontana at Regional
and Off Broadway theaters. As a vocalist with the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Series and as an accordionist and composer, her original music has been featured at Dance Festivals in France and Holland with Pedro Pauwels Company, and with the MUD/BONE production of 365 plays in 365 days at the Joseph Papp Public Theater in New York City. She also performs with her rock band ‘Marni Rice & Le Garage Cabaret’ featuring original songs in French & English. For samples of the band music please visit: http://www.myspace.com/marniricelegaragecabaret