Marina Zurita (she/her) is a theater maker, playwright, and director born in São Paulo, Brazil, and based in New York City. Marina is a former resident artist at the Target Margin Theater (NYC), and is currently a Directing Fellow at Et Alia Theater (NYC), Kenan Fellow at the Kennedy Center (DC) and resident artist at the Lab at A.P.E (MA). Marina is member of the artistic team at the Bechdel Group, a NYC based theater company focused on the development of new plays by queer and fem artists. Marina’s theater directing credits include ‘Saudades’ (LaGuardia Performing Arts Center; Consulate General of Brazil in NY); ‘Riven’ (NYC Women's Fund and Brooklyn Arts Council grantee); ‘For The Time Being’ (NY Winterfest; Dixon Place). Current and future projects include ‘Fanny Unpacked’ (developed in residency at The What Co.; part of the upcoming 2023 ESTIA Festival); ‘Nurse/Juliet’ (workshop) by Beth Hyland produced by the Kenan Fellowship at the Kennedy Center; and ‘The Vulgar Tittle That Deals With Race’ (reading) by Brandon Bautista performed the Kennedy Center ACT Festival.