Marina Kondo
Marina Kondo
BFA in Musical Theatre, University of Michigan
AEA
She/Her
Marina is a first-generation Japanese-American actor, producer, and translator.
She began performing professionally at the young age of nine, singing around jazz bars in Tokyo, Japan, and has since continued to participate in many concerts, musicals, T.V programs, and recordings internationally. She received her BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Michigan. Other notable programs include Interlochen Arts Academy and Mosaic Theatre of Detroit. Marina has garnered multiple placings from winning High School Theatre/Musical Theatre/Opera Competitions nationally including the Hal Leonardo Voice Competition, Glen Miller Voice Competition, Verdi Vocal Competition, Sphinx Stars: Detroit, NATS Competition, Barry Alexander International Competition, MTNA National Competition, and Young Arts. She made her Broadway debut in the original cast of “KPOP” the Musical at Circle In The Square. Her other theatre credits include the national tours of the Company Revival (Original cast – Susan/Priest, understudy Bobbie), Disney’s Frozen (Original cast – Queen Iduna, understudy Anna), Lincoln Center’s The King & I (Understudy Tuptim and Lady Thiang). NY/Off-Broadway shows include Ragtime (New York City Center), See What I Wanna See Revival (Out Of The Box Theatrics), Austen’s Pride (Carnegie Hall), Road Show (New York City Center Encores!), KPOP (Ars Nova). Regionally she worked three seasons at The Muny. TV, Succession (HBO). As a music ambassador of Minami-soma, Fukushima, Japan, she also has performed in many international concerts and festivals in the US (Pendleton, Oregon Round-Up Rodeo), Japan (Hiroshima Peace Memorial- Genbaku Dome & Kochi Jazz Festival), and Brazil (three years at the Sao Paulo “Festival Du Japao”). Today, she is dipping her toes into new multi-creative projects beyond performing, translating and starring in Michael John LaChuisa’s Off-Broadway revival of “See What I Wanna See” which was nominated for a 2025 Drama Desk Award for best revival of a musical, project managed and produced Disney’s Frozen AAPI month music video “Girl Of My Dreams”, as well as creating and producing New York fashion brand Bobblehaus’ community music series at their Flagship Store in SOHO called “Bobblehaus Sounds”. @marinakondo
