Cynthia Hennon Marino

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Brooklyn, NY

General Manager
Director of Production

 
© Katy Beth Barber

© Katy Beth Barber

Cynthia Hennon Marino has been with Teatro Nuovo from its inception in 2017, first as the Stage Manager, then Director of Production, and now with the added title of General Manager. She was the Stage Manager for the last 3 seasons of Bel Canto at Caramoor where she first met Will Crutchfield. She has spent the last 15 years working in opera, splitting her time between new works and found spaces and traditional bel canto operas. She has worked as a stage manager at companies such as Portland Opera, Boston Lyric Opera (where she did the world premiere of Burke and Hare) Opera Omaha, San Diego Opera, Piedmont Opera, Opera Naples and Long Beach Opera (where she was part of the resident stage management team from 2010-2016). She was the Director of Production at Tri-Cities Opera from 2015-2017 and Production Supervisor at Opera Philadelphia for their Festival Os from 2017-2019 (including the world premiere of Denis and Katya).

Cindy is currently the Director of Production for Death of Classical and Production Manager for events at Green-Wood Cemetery. Cindy holds a BA in Theatre with a minor in Behavioral Psychology from University of the Pacific in California as well as a MFA in Theatre Design and Technology with an emphasis in Stage Management from The College Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati. She sat on the board of the Stage Managers Associate for 2 years as the recording secretary and is a member of the American Guild of Musical Artists.