ABOUT MARINA
Marina Tempelsman is a New York-based writer, director, and a former Academic Director for the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. She is half the comedy duo Marina & Nicco, whose work has been featured by Comedy Central, Fusion, The New Yorker, College Humor, Funny or Die, Wondery, Audible, Radiotopia, and many other places. Their play Room 4 was a New York Times critic’s pick, and their pilot, Smüchr, won Best Comedy at The New York Television Festival in 2018. Their four-episode audio drama series The Off Season about the #MeToo movement was included in The Guardian's list of Best Home Entertainment and Refinery29's list of Best Podcasts of 2018.
Marina has also been a resident artist for several organizations, including Ars Nova, The Kennedy Center, The Flea, and Foundation House. She wrote the first season of the Ambie-award winning series "Scamfluencers" (which debuted at #1 in iTunes), as well as the first season of "The Big Flop" (Ambie nominee for Best Comedy). She recently co-wrote and co-directed her first feature film ("Intervention"), which will be touring the 2025 festival circuit.