PARYSA POURMONESHI

is a native of Los Angeles, who speaks fluent English, Persian, and Italian. She received a voice scholarship from California State University Northridge where she studied opera with Dr. Larry Jarvis, but soon realized her passion was for theatre. She has studied acting with Peter Grego and Roy London; after years of acting and singing in Los Angeles she moved to Rome in 1997. Favorite singing roles include Maria in West Side Story, and Marsinah in Kismet. She has been a member of Miracle Players (summers, Roman Forum) and most recently acted in The Broad Cloth Trilogy, portrayed Mary in The Melville Boys. With The English Theatre of Rome she has performed in Dinner With Friends, Nightfall, Homeward Bound, and Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love to name a few.

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