Marianna Bassham*

MARIANNA BASSHAM* (Director) returns to SpeakEasy having previously directed
Heroes of the Fourth Turning and Every Brilliant Thing.  Other recent directing credits include Romeo and Juliet (Actors’ Shakespeare Project) and The Mad Ones (Boston Conservatory at Berklee). As an actor, Marianna has appeared in Blackbird (Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Actor); In the Next Room (or the vibrator play); Reckless; A Future Perfect; Hand to God; Admissions; Small Mouth Sounds (live as the voice of The Teacher!); People, Places, and Things (Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Actor); POTUS; and Pru Payne. Recent acting credits include productions with The Huntington (most recently in The Triumph of Love), The Gamm in Rhode Island, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, and many others. Marianna also teaches acting at Boston Conservatory at Berklee. (she/her)

Shows

JOB

Jan 16 – Feb 7, 2026

by

max wolf friedlich

directed by

marianna bassham

One viral video. One career on the edge. One hour to decide: is she ready to go back? Jane wants her Big Tech job back. Loyd, the therapist assigned to assess her, isn’t so sure. As their session spirals, Job …

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PRU PAYNE

Oct 18 – Nov 16, 2024

by

Steven Drukman

directed by

paul daigneault

East Coast Premiere! Prudence “Pru” Payne is a contemporary Dorothy Parker: a sharp-tongued intellectual and critic who recently signed on to share her extraordinary life in an eagerly-awaited autobiography. But when Pru’s memory starts to fade, her son sets her …

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POTUS

Written by

Selina fillinger

directed by

paula plum

“The likelihood that you will laugh until your face hurts is one of near certainty”– Entertainment Weekly Direct from Broadway! It’s 9 to 5 meets Veep in this riotously funny comedy that celebrates the women who keep things running behind …

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The Band’s Visit

Nov 10 – Dec 17, 2023

music & LYrics

David Yazbek

Book by

Itamar moses

based on the screenplay by

eran kolirin

directed by

paul daigneault

chroeography by

daniel pelzig

music direction by

josé delgado

a co-production withthe Huntington Performing at:The Huntington Theatre264 Huntington Ave. In this Tony Award-winning, feel-good musical, an Egyptian band of musicians is stranded in a small Israeli town after a transportation mix up, and with no lodgings available, the locals …

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People, Places & Things

Jan 28 – Feb 5, 2022

Written by

Duncan Macmillan

Directed by

David R. Gammons

New York Times Critic’s Pick! Boasting! critically acclaimed, sold-out runs in both London and New York, People, Places & Things is an exhilarating new play about surviving in the modern world. The story focuses on Emma, a thirty-something actress who thinks she is …

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