Maggie Cino is a playwright and theater director based out of New York City.
Plays include: Warm Enough for Swimming, a four character dramatic comedy about death, coffee and the financial crisis (FringeNYC Encore Series, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference semi-finalist); Decompression, a nine character farce about Bushwick, Burning Man and the randomness of fortune (FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award for Playwrighting, Chain Theater Minor Variations Series); and Ascending Bodily, a one character short surrealistic romance featuring teeny tiny llamas and eleven handbags (Kraine Theater, Galapagos). Her plays are published by Indie Theater Now and excerpts appear in the Smith & Krause Best Men’s and Best Women’s Monologue series. She is currently working on an apocalyptic drama about infertility and frakking. A nominee for the Doric Wilson Independent Playwriting Award, The Villager called her “A writer of extraordinary versatility and imagination” and Time Out NY says “Cino has a gift.”
Her production of Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters Three Sisters won two 2017 Innovative Theater Awards: Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role (Moira Stone) and Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role (Ivanna Cullinan). It was nominated for two more, including Outstanding Revival of a Play. Time Out NY lauded her for “bringing the audience into this world of the idle rich. The cast's performances mine the often-overlooked comedy inherent in Chekhov, evoking an Arrested Development circa pre-revolutionary Russia.” She also directed the world premiere of Fred Backus’ Bonedive Scrounger at the Brick Theater, and she is currently directing and developing Ophira Eisenberg’s cross disciplinary solo storytelling comedy Scars.
As an actress and co-creating ensemble member she has appeared throughout New York City at venues including but not limited to: Ohio Theater, Incubator Arts Project, and the Public Theater. Professional voice over credits include narration for educational sex ed videos and voices for Todd Solondz’s Life During Wartime.
A former Senior Producer for the Peabody and MACEI award-winning organization, The Moth, she directed storytelling shows nationally and internationally at venues including BAM, Lincoln Center, and the mainstage of the Sydney Opera House. The hundreds of stories she discovered and developed are still being featured on the Moth Radio Hour.
She is a Brick Theater Master Mason and an Indie Theater Person of the Year.
Plays include: Warm Enough for Swimming, a four character dramatic comedy about death, coffee and the financial crisis (FringeNYC Encore Series, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference semi-finalist); Decompression, a nine character farce about Bushwick, Burning Man and the randomness of fortune (FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award for Playwrighting, Chain Theater Minor Variations Series); and Ascending Bodily, a one character short surrealistic romance featuring teeny tiny llamas and eleven handbags (Kraine Theater, Galapagos). Her plays are published by Indie Theater Now and excerpts appear in the Smith & Krause Best Men’s and Best Women’s Monologue series. She is currently working on an apocalyptic drama about infertility and frakking. A nominee for the Doric Wilson Independent Playwriting Award, The Villager called her “A writer of extraordinary versatility and imagination” and Time Out NY says “Cino has a gift.”
Her production of Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters Three Sisters won two 2017 Innovative Theater Awards: Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role (Moira Stone) and Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role (Ivanna Cullinan). It was nominated for two more, including Outstanding Revival of a Play. Time Out NY lauded her for “bringing the audience into this world of the idle rich. The cast's performances mine the often-overlooked comedy inherent in Chekhov, evoking an Arrested Development circa pre-revolutionary Russia.” She also directed the world premiere of Fred Backus’ Bonedive Scrounger at the Brick Theater, and she is currently directing and developing Ophira Eisenberg’s cross disciplinary solo storytelling comedy Scars.
As an actress and co-creating ensemble member she has appeared throughout New York City at venues including but not limited to: Ohio Theater, Incubator Arts Project, and the Public Theater. Professional voice over credits include narration for educational sex ed videos and voices for Todd Solondz’s Life During Wartime.
A former Senior Producer for the Peabody and MACEI award-winning organization, The Moth, she directed storytelling shows nationally and internationally at venues including BAM, Lincoln Center, and the mainstage of the Sydney Opera House. The hundreds of stories she discovered and developed are still being featured on the Moth Radio Hour.
She is a Brick Theater Master Mason and an Indie Theater Person of the Year.
