Ash Marinaccio

Ash Marinaccio Ash Marinaccio is a multidisciplinary documentarian working in theatre, photography, and film.

Website: ashmarinaccio.com
Photography Portfolio and Website: introublewiththeking.com

I had two very special photography jobs on Saturday. This first set is from (one of my all time favorite groups) Theatre...
05/11/2026

I had two very special photography jobs on Saturday. This first set is from (one of my all time favorite groups) Theatre of the Oppressed NY’s “The Melting Point/El pinto de fusión,” in Queens.

Theatre of the Oppressed is a type of participatory theatre that encourages spectators and audiences to actively engage in solving onstage scenarios. Saturday’s work dealt with ICE and rehearsing solutions for dealing with mass surveillance. The play was created by ESCUCHA, a forum theatre troupe composed of Spanish-speaking immigrant activists from Queens. ESCUCHA creates and performs a repertoire of plays about workers’ rights, tenants’ rights, and access to healthcare. In addition, its members are trained in Theatre of the Oppressed facilitation to foster community dialogue. It’s always an honor to be in community with these folks.

A few more moments from Sunday’s at ARTNY - a beautifully curated liberation carnival created by , , .mello and . It...
04/15/2026

A few more moments from Sunday’s at ARTNY - a beautifully curated liberation carnival created by , , .mello and . It was an afternoon of beautiful performances, music, trainings, games, and the community coming together to raise money to support local Brooklyn families impacted by immigration actions and South Brooklyn Legal Aid.

I was in Ohio last week working on a theatre project with students at Ohio State - Marion where history students worked ...
04/13/2026

I was in Ohio last week working on a theatre project with students at Ohio State - Marion where history students worked in archives at the Women’s Club and created plays about local feminist history. We created a one act play festival and members of the local community participated as readers. Pieces of the archive the students worked with were incorporated into the reading. The performances were followed by a community conversation about the issues presented in the play led by the company Artistic Director, Julia Hansen. We discussed the draft, voting, and war.

It was such an honor to work alongside Julia (and Stephen Cedars), and the community in Marion on this project. I loved how everyone was invested in it and came out to participate and support. We had a cast comprised of students, professors, Deans, club members, farmers, and everyone in between. There was pizza and homemade cookies. The work is so relevant and meaningful to this moment we’re in. I am proud to be part of it.

Sneak peek from today’s UP! at ART NY - a beautifully curated liberation carnival created by , , .mello and . It was...
04/13/2026

Sneak peek from today’s UP! at ART NY - a beautifully curated liberation carnival created by , , .mello and . It was an afternoon of brilliant performances, music, trainings, games, and the community coming together to raise money to support local Brooklyn families impacted by immigration actions and South Brooklyn Legal Aid.

On a personal note, it was also a wild convergence of the many worlds I walk in. I saw folks from various communities I’ve been part of over the last 20 years in NYC… friends, former students, colleagues, theatre folks who didn’t know I am a photographer and photography folks who don’t know I am in theatre. A reminder that NYC can be small sometimes.

So much fun.

A carousel of Spring in NYC. I’m wrapping up an intense week of grant writing for (and good news that 2 grants came thr...
04/04/2026

A carousel of Spring in NYC. I’m wrapping up an intense week of grant writing for (and good news that 2 grants came through) but happy to spend time with my old friends the daffodils and cherry blossoms. 🌸

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A few moments from yesterday’s “For the People! For the Streets!” workshop at ART NY with Radical Evolution’s () Street ...
03/15/2026

A few moments from yesterday’s “For the People! For the Streets!” workshop at ART NY with Radical Evolution’s () Street Theatre Crew. We had a fabulous group of artists, activists, and community organizations join us for games, conversation, performances, and building together. Always a spring highlight. 💥

I love how New York wakes up when the temperature goes above 65. I packed my bag this morning like Coney Island was abou...
03/10/2026

I love how New York wakes up when the temperature goes above 65. I packed my bag this morning like Coney Island was about to be a regular thing again and it’s not going to be 35 degrees again next week… Anyway, blessing the timeline with a little “fake spring” action.

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Indigenous community members from Guam arrive in NYC to take their ancestors home for a proper burial.These images are f...
03/06/2026

Indigenous community members from Guam arrive in NYC to take their ancestors home for a proper burial.

These images are from today’s repatriation ceremony at the American Museum of Natural History. The museum is working to actively repatriate thousands of stolen Native American ancestral remains and cultural artifacts. This is due to federal rules that require museums to obtain tribal consent before displaying cultural items.

Over 128,000 stolen Indigenous human remains and sacred objects are being held by museums and universities across the US. These numbers don’t include an estimated 90,000 ancestors and 700,000 funeral objects that have not been identified. (Source: National Parks Service).

Thank you for the invitation to witness this moment.

Some rainy-day cyanotypes from my sketchbook. I found some old 35mm film negatives lying around and have been developing...
03/03/2026

Some rainy-day cyanotypes from my sketchbook.

I found some old 35mm film negatives lying around and have been developing them myself. I have piles of them. This was my first round today. It’s a surprise to see what turns up. The first image is when it works (yay!), and the second is when it doesn’t (still yay - because it left a fine print). 🎞️

I’m updating my photography website. In the past, I made the decision to not include theatre in my portfolio because so ...
02/24/2026

I’m updating my photography website. In the past, I made the decision to not include theatre in my portfolio because so much of my life is connected to it and I didn’t want to be pigeonholed as only a theatre photographer. I’m happy with the direction my work is moving in and ready to incorporate some of these into my portfolio. It’s been a wild ride to look back on some of these adventures. These images are of artists and projects that thrill me. They are artists and activists who are responding to the moment, using performance to engage their communities, take their rightful place history, and activate their local communities in building a better future.

Slide 1: Table of Silence at
Slide 2: Backstage at with the fierce
Slide 3: Donna Couteau in ‘s “Please Do Not Touch the Indians” at
Slide 4: Brooklyn Arts Council’s afterschool theatre programs with young people
Slide 5: The iconic backstage before “What a Witch” at Dixon Place
Slide 6: Bread and Puppet Theater in Glover, Vermont
Slide 7: Backstage with at Lincoln Center for Skeleton Canoe.
Slide 8: ’s International Youth Theatre Festival in Ramallah, Palestine
Slide 9: ’s Street Theatre Crew at
Slide 10: in Glover, Vermont
Slide 11: performs in the streets of Ramallah, Palestine
Slide 12: Ashtar International Youth Theatre Festival in Ramallah, Palestine
Slide 12: Teatro Le Plaza’s “Hamlet” in Santiago, Chile

… just a few of the many exciting performances I’ve witnessed and documented over the years.

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