ACTING REEL
To live a creative life, one must lose their fear of being wrong.
Joseph Chilton Pearce
CURRENT NEWS
Love & Spumoni
Hey Everyone! Come check out my latest role in the world premiere romantic comedy, Love & Spumoni at the Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury, CT. Play written by Jacques Lamarre and based on the book by Mary Lou Piland. Performances are from 1/30 - 2/23. For show and ticket info click on the button below.
In Search of Maria Teresa
Check out my video for The Women's Cycle event at the Cell Theatre in New York City where I premiered my new one woman show In Search of Maria Teresa. Produced by Ebony Vines and Heather Hay. Stay tuned for more details on upcoming performances for In Search of Maria Teresa, the story of a modern day woman having a mid-life crisis!
Playing the Mom with the mostess in this Mrs. Dash commercial. Good-bye salt!
Voyage ATL Online Article
Recently featured in the online publication, Voyage ATL. If you have quick sec, give it a read by clicking the button below!
Miami or Bust - A Hoboken Bet
It was a pleasure of playing the feisty and loyal neighborhood girl, Angela in this slapstick comedy about three crazy guys from Hoboken who need to drive to Miami in 24 hours to a win a bet.....what could go wrong?
Official selection in the Bergenfield Film Festival, Garden State Film Festival and Coney Island Film Festival.
Boston Taps
Playing the lead role of Liz in the TV pilot, Boston Taps, starring Robert Walhberg (The Departed, Mystic River). Also, featuring Comedian, Tony V (The Town, Brotherhood) and former Boston Bruin, Shawn Thornton. Boston Taps follows the lives, habits, personal, social and sexual dysfunctions of the workers and patrons at the Cornerstone Restaurant & Bar in South Boston, MA.
Vignettes of an I-talian American Girl
A one woman show written by and starring ME! The story of a goody-goody Italian American girl who clashes with her rebellious younger sister and through a shared twist of fate, she reveals there is more to La Famiglia than The Sopranos, cannoli, and guns. It's sautéed with garlic and caramelized with humor! Winner of the Shortened Attention Span Festival 2010. Official selection of the New York International Fringe Festival 2011, Main Stage theatre selection for the Seven Angels Theatre 2012 with return encore performances in 2013. Check out my one-woman show page on this site for more info!
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ONE WOMAN SHOW
So what happens when a goody-goody Italian American Girl clashes with her family's old world values, her rebellious younger sister, and her own desires to fit into an American culture? A hilarious performance that is not only entertaining but also packs a punch!
Through a shared twist of fate with my younger sister, I am forced to question not only my identity but also my upbrining. This journey reveals that there is more to La Famiglia than The Sopranos, cannoli and guns. A one woman show sauteed with garlic and caramelized with humor!
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REVIEWS
" Baratta is a master at conjuring up the many family members who had a hand in her coming of age, all of them hell-bent on teaching her the rules of Italian Catholic propriety....well-acted, well-staged, and engaging....palpable - and affecting. An entertaining and at times moving chronicle, Vignettes reminds us that barriers to assimilation come from both within and without." - Theasy
“Stunning in its accuracy and honesty….this is an excellent work by a writer/performer who has an abundance of theater skills. Her performance is charged with energy and passion. This is a universal coming-of-age story that fits just about every culture in the great melting pot, America.” 4 ½ stars - Republican-American
“Actress Maria Baratta prides herself on being real and raw, and along the way she is also filled with personality and promise…..willing to show herself, Italian-American roots and all, down to her soul, which she bares to the audience openly and honestly…..brought to life through Baratta’s skills as an impersonator, so true to life that you can see each member of the family interacting with her like a well spiced spaghetti sauce to her narrative meat balls.” – CT Critics
“When the lovely Maria Baratta began her monologue, we knew we were in for a great show…..an excellent actress who switched effortlessly from character to character and back to herself….the actress covered a lot of topics during the two acts; nothing was taboo. There was an effective mix of comedy and tragedy and it was much more than what I expected.” – Patch
ONE WOMAN SHOW
My NEW One Woman Show
IN SEARCH OF MARIA TERESA