Marisa entertained her classmates from a very early age and at sixteen she performs her first professional role as a pit singer in the musical THE Wizz (1996).  She joins a amateur theatre group and forms part of an opera group existing out of PACOFS opera singers (1996 -2002).  She completes her BA Drama and Theatre Arts degree with merit in 2002 at the University of the Free State and perform as a soloist in The Singing Christmas Tree. She tours to several arts festivals with SHARDS – a cabaret,  Limerieke Sonder Brieke – word program, and two Afrikaans jewels of theatre; Die Proponentjie as Klein Griet and Poppie in ‘n SEDER VAL IN WATERKLOOF. Other theatre credits include The Sound Of Music as Sister Bertha, My Fair Lady, Chava in Fiddler On The Roof, Tuptim in The King And I, Mariaan in ONS VIR JOU, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, Mrs Darling in PETER PAN PANTOMIME, Polly in The Boyfriend, Elmira in one of Moliere’s most loved plays Tartuffe and a ‘dof poppie’ in Chef, Rattle & Roll and later this year Anna in THE KING AND I at the Guild Theatre in East London. Marisa’s television credits include Begeertes, a drama for kykNET, as Sandy and Ester in a Willie and Pieter Esterhuizen sitcom Hester En Ester Bester also for kykNET.  She is a voiceover artist and added to her resume are several TV- and radio ads. Marisa is excited to be back at The South African State Theatre and is looking forward to this run of The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townwomen’s Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery.