All the world's a stage.

- As You Like It II, vii

I’m Mary Rose Valentine, modern-day bard and all around nerd. In many aspects of my life, I’m drawn to exploring how we experience, interact with, interpret, and express stories, both individually and as communities. 

This includes taking on roles such as:

My interests are varied, but I love discovering how they overlap and complement one another. One life-long constant is early modern theatre, particularly Shakespeare.


A Few of My Favorite Things 

Theatre

I’ve been performing onstage my whole life, and started my scholarship in Shakespeare in middle school. Since then, I’ve studied acting and directing under multiple established theatre artists, including at the American Shakespeare Center. I’m currently working with multiple theatre companies in central Pennsylvania, and I’m the director of theatre at the Colerain Center for Education, Preservation, and the Arts.

Music and Dance

I started ballet lessons at the age of three and continued throughout high school and on and off through college. I also learned various other styles of dance including tap, modern, and jazz.

I currently teach beginning dance classes to ages 3-12.

I sing and play multiple instruments, and enjoy arranging music for and leading music ensembles.

Games

I’ve been playing all kinds of games my entire life. I’ve contributed to several tabletop roleplaying games, such as the award winning Dinosaur Princesses from Ardens Ludere and After the War from Genesis of Legend. I’ve worked with James Mendez Hodes and Amanda Valentine as a consultant. Now, I’m writing and designing a game about vampires and consent, called Their Fearful Teeth.

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