Marissa Saroca

We sing we act we dance we playyyyy ☄️
NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812
Helene + Marya understudy + Assistant Music Director


ID: 1. Deep purple background with lighter purple font saying ‘DTC’ and ‘Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812’. Twelve circular gilded photo frames around the faces of the cast, showing the family tree of characters.

2. Deep purple background with text of the title and venue of the musical. Marissa’s headshot takes up the whole tile within a circular gilded photo frame. Text says Helene/Marya understudy.

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Thanks to and everyone who came to see , just melbs+perth+adelaide+edinburgh (?!) to go!! From Fringe Pick to award nominees, we had a chaotic evil time >> and I are ready to hit next
🍒👩🏽‍💻💨🎉🧹🍻

ID. 1. Screenshot of Sydney Fringe promo material featuring that says 2022 Award Contenders. Katy Perry and some of the team are tagged.
2. Myself, Katy Perry, Sarah and Astra our lighting operator in a pic outside with the Fringe Picks poster.
3. Production shot with quote from Theatre Thoughts Australia “could be a recurring crowd favourite production at fringe for years to come”.
4. Mid show selfie. Oops, cut out Sarah, but my parents are in the front row hey peeps.
5. Pink tile with review quote from Olivia Croker “this cabaret-meets-comedy spectacular is sugary nostalgia and a sincere sentiment wrapped up in a shiny pink bow”.
6. Screenshot capture of a live tweet through the show from me that says “first show for omg already fu**ed up!!” Literally missed a cue while tweeting oopsie.
7. Cherry team shot in the green room >> Marissa (music director/sound design/stagehand/performer), Lungol (marketing), Sarah (writer/producer/performer), Katy Perry (Sarah’s muse/plays herself), Astra (lighting op).
8. Marissa and Sarah, co-presidents of the We Love Victoria Falconer fanclub, selfie-ing with a winking promo Vicky.
9. Pink tile with review quote from theatre Red “The Fringe provides a perfect arena for a little bliss bomb like Cherry”.
10. New Fringe friends Zoe and Linda from our NEIGHbours. Get on that show too ps.

I think you’re probably aware by now (lol) that I’m joining in her as music director/musician/stagehand/onstage lighting operator/right hand man. Links in bio for tix for Sydney AND Melbs Fringes >> so excited for all you Katycats (Team Sarah) and Not-Katycats (Team Marissa) to see my sprinkle of magic over this already incredible show ✨🍒🍒

ID: 1. Blue and pink ombré background with pink heading “Meet The Creatives”. Diagonally places smiling headshots of Marissa Saroca (they/she) and Sarah Carroll (she/they).

2. Big headshot of Sarah in bright makeup laying on a bed of confetti. Text shows name of show and category “Cherry. Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre, Comedy.”

Contrary to what we’ve all been shown and told what is possible, what you’re seeing in these pictures is a *whole* cast of Black actors, and a creative team of *more than half* who are not white. Honoured to be part of making this such a great rehearsal space full of laughter, tears, growth, learning, unlearning, and fun 🧡

PASSING STRANGE
Casting by
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ID: Ten black and white photos of Passing Strange cast and creatives during rehearsals. Lots of joy, lots of aaacting, lots of excellence, lots of love.

How it started >> how it ended ✨

Lots to catch up on and lots to post about, but first, sleep. 💤

UGH THIS TEAM
What a privilege

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Have I mentioned I’m the musical director?!!!!!!!!
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🎤🥁🎸2 WEEKS TO GO🎤🥁🎸

Just two weeks until sees its first audience!

Tickets are selling fast - book yours at antipodestheatre.com/passingstrange!

PASSING STRANGE
Meat Market Stables
June 24 - July 10
Tickets on sale now!

PASSING STRANGE CAST ✴️
Love working with these peeps, and can’t wait for you to see them on stage.
Tix link in bio >>

Posted • WE FOUND THE REAL
cast announcement for PASSING STRANGE
presented by Antipodes Theatre Company
directed by Dean Drieberg
music directed by Marissa Saroca
associated directed by Cessalee Stovall

casting by Evolution Casting

cast
Youth - Grant Young (he/him)
Narrator - Augustin Tchantcho (he/him)
Mother - Sasha Hennequin (she/her)
Ensemble 1 - Gabriela van Wyk (she/her)
Ensemble 2 - Tier Ataing (he/him)
Ensemble 3 - Zahrah Andrews (she/her)
Ensemble 4 - Theo Williams (he/him)
Swing - Asha Khamis (she/her)
Swing - Guillaume Gentil (he/him)

from june 24 at Meat Market Stables, VIC
link in our bio for tickets

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[image description: cast announcement of Passing Strange. the background is a bright orange. eight actors headshots are organised into two columns on the left hand side. a photo of Grant Young, wearing a black t-shirt takes up the right side of the image. he is staring blankly at the camera.]

39 ✨ My birthday present to myself is releasing my first track in ten years (wtf) >> I prefer albums to singles but if I waited for Album #3 to be finished who knows what birthday I’d be at. Preorder link coming soon. So thankful to 👾

Life is short. Do the art.

In loving memory of ILMA DIERENDFELD
30 July 1936 - 12 March 2022
Survivor. Activist. Proudly working class. Cryptic crossword lover. Much loved and always in our hearts. Fly.

The memorial inscription my mum and sister wrote for Nan ~ I think it’s perfect.

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ID: a digital photo of a black and white printed photo of my hottie Nan in a long strapless dress and her signature perm in her late 20s (?). There’s a tear in the photo where she ripped her ex husband from it when they divorced. Lol I love her.

So I made a goal for this year to be in at least two musicals, but what I could never have imagined in my wildest dreams is that for the second one of 2022 I would be the goddamn fu***ng

💥MUSIC💥DIRECTOR💥!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️

WTH, my third musical in profesh land in this country and I’m already a Creative 💁🏽‍♀️

So thrilled to be working with and and hashtag fu***ng blessed that they are bringing me on for this incredible project with .

*I am still shook and can’t believe I’m even writing this post, what is life*

CASTING BRIEF LINK IN BIO >>
NOW I NEED TO PUT TOGETHER A BAND 🧡🧡🧡

ID: The casting brief for PASSING STRANGE in the colours orange, white and black. There’s a pic of a Black man on the first tile >> the brief is calling for Bla(c)k identifying artists of any genre and experience to submit for auditions. On the third tile it says Music Director, followed by my name in bold. I did ask for that specifically.

THESE🪓PEEPS🪓
OPENING🪓NIGHT🪓HOTTIES🪓

We were so stoked to have even reached opening, I first auditioned a year ago, our original dates were postponed due to covid, and even the announcement was postponed week after week after week for months. I couldn’t really let myself believe the show was happening until we got to the theatre for the first time incase it was taken away from me. As a performer you somehow have to be prepared for opportunities to fall through in an instant, but it’s even more brutal at the moment. I’m so beyond appreciative of everyone for making it such a fun, creative and safe experience. I LOVE YOU ALL AND WE DID SOMETHING FU***NG INCREDIBLE 🍐



ID: Ten tiles of the cast, some creatives, and some Hayes staff all dolled up on opening night with photos taken against the LIZZIE poster backdrop. We all look pretty damn happy, grateful and thankful. ❤️‍🔥

It feels like an unbelievable dream, but I have these to prove it happened… ❤️‍🔥

…and will happen again 😈


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Congrats to Hayes Theatre Co >> proud to be part of your history and looking forward to your future!! ❤️‍🔥

HAVE I MENTIONED HOW MUCH I LOVE WORKING WITH THESE PEOPLE EVERYDAY?!?!?!!!!! Absolute best ❤️‍🔥

Two sold out shows today to close out our first season, the Australian Premiere of .

Ecstatic, exhausted, grateful, hopeful, fulfilled.

I AM, QUOTE: *AN EMOTIONAL AND VOCAL POWERHOUSE* ✊🏽🪓❤️‍🔥

Three more days to see our ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2⭐️ “must see show”


ID: A digital screenshot of a review for LIZZIE in the Sydney Morning Herald. The title is “Superb blend of pathos and hilarity in true-crime fable”. It is very very good and the reviewer is clearly in love with us.

Dedicated to our legend ASM // assistant stage manager for you normies .squires 🪓🩸

ID: red background with red word fridge magnets with black text that say “his blood is on both of our hands literally like get a towel or something”

This post was going to be about opening but we had such a wild show tonight I had to commit to memory 🪓🪓
In the dialogue just before the first love song a phone started going off. We kept going and started the song, noticing a few people shuffle about seeing if it was theirs - I even had a mini heart attack thinking I might have absentmindedly put my phone in my pocket(!). After the first verse, birthday girl Stefanie Caccamo] stopped, looked out to the front row and said “you can turn it off you know, we’ll wait … … … no? Okay.” Then turns back to me, takes a deep breath, and starts the most beautifully dramatic re-entry into the chorus, with the alarm still going off >> creepily in the same key and tempo as the song. The alarm is still going towards the end of it, there’s grumbling in the audience about it, Stef and I {REDACTED FOR SPOILERS} and there’s a bit of nervous laughter because tbh the whole thing is fu***ng ridiculous. We think it’s stopped and start the next scene but no, alarm still going. It’s a punk rock number so somewhat covers the alarm still ringing (gotta be 5-10 minutes by now) and by the end of that song it’s beyond ridiculous. Our SM calls a show stop while I’m shaking and crying holding the last scene and the perp finally realises it’s theirs and starts apologising profusely. , as the maid Bridget, looks down at her from the mezzanine of the barn and kindly says “it’s okay… it’s just a show…”. Audience laughter. 🪓🪓 LIZZIE WAS NOT HAPPY. With both the emotional turmoil of the audience disruption and laughter and the clear dishonour of the gravity of her *SPOILER ALERT* pigeons’ murder, and still focused on the bundle in my arms and shaking with anger, tears, and snot bubbles from my nose, angrily out of my mouth came “MY PIGEON’S ARE FU***NG DEAD”. Laughter. Lighting change. And then the show resumed.
Anyway, Happy Birthday Stefanie Caccamo], we love you. 🎈

ID: Grainy, dirty selfie from opening night. Marissa’s hair is slicked back, full face of makeup with a bold lip, double strand pearl necklace, and a leopard print dress. Holding a G+T in front of the neon pink with greyscale axes LIZZIE photo wall.

★★★★1/2 "[...] so much to love in this must-see show." The Sydney Morning Herald

Don't miss out on the Australian premiere of LIZZIE.

Must close Feb 5.

LIZZIE | Jan 13- Feb 5.
Directed by Maeve Marsden
Starring Stefanie Caccamo, Ali Calder, Marissa Saroca, Sarah Ward
In association with Sydney Festival
Book tickets: https://hayestheatre.com.au/event/lizzie/

📸 Clare Hawley

Overjoyed for my first ever opening night flowers, from my agents .management >> somehow, this past year I’ve ticked off some epic things on my career wish list. Having caring, supportive acting agents has been high on the list for a very long time. Here’s to the first of many opening nights 🌻🥂💛

ID: A selfie of Marissa with a huge bouquet of sunflowers and greenery. She’s wearing a full face of makeup with a dark bold lip, and a massive smile. The picture has a Polaroid filter, with the image repeated in the background in black and white.

🪓🪓TONIGHT WE OPEN 🪓🪓

Tix link in bio for the rest of the season until Feb 5 🕊 ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

I woke up so hungry and exhausted that I ate a rice and salmon meal for breakfast. Who? Am? I? My Filo dad will be so proud 🍚🇵🇭

DOUBLE PREVIEW DAY I’M READY TO CHOP OFF SOME FACESSSSSS 🪓🪓🪓🪓🪓

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All previews $35 for under 35’s. Starting Thursday!! That’s ID age not stage age, friends ❤️‍🔥

https://hayestheatre.com.au/event/lizzie/

>>> 🪓🪓
Hayes Theatre Co $35 UNDER 35. Pay less for amazing musical theatre. Anyone 35 and under can enjoy the Australian premiere of q***r rock musical, Lizzie, for only $35 on ALL previews. No strings attached. A revenge fantasy meets fatally flawed love story with heart and rhythmic electricity. Follow the link to secure your tickets!



ID: neon pink and orange LIZZIE poster background with greyscale axes. Black text “$35 under 35. Pay less, enjoy more musical theatre.”

Cast and creatives of LIZZIE in The Sydney Morning Herald 🪓

Hayes Theatre Co

ID: Cast - Ali, Stef, Marissa, Sarah, Director Maeve, Musical Director Vicky, Movement Director Ghenoa on the LIZZIE set looking pretty serious and scarily at the camera.