Marnie Schulenburg
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Marnie Schulenburg is an American actress. She is known for her role as Alison Stewart
on As the World Turns
(2007–2010).
in Hyannis, Massachusetts
in 1994. Marnie's other brother, Allan, is a music teacher in Connecticut.
“My main love is musical theater,” says Schulenburg, who graduated from DeSales University
in Center Valley, Pennsylvania
, with a degree in acting and directing. Upon arriving in New York she went on auditions for theater, TV, and film roles. Her manager arranged a general meeting with Mary Clay, the casting director for As the World Turns.
She took dance and voice lessons at the Cape Cod Conservatory in West Barnstable, appeared in musicals, and sang in the vocal jazz ensemble at Barnstable High School, from which she graduated in 2002. She got into acting, particularly Shakespeare and the classics, in college. For the last two years she worked at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
.
When she's not playing Alison Stewart, Schulenburg plans to devote her spare time to pursuing acting jobs in theater.
then moved to As the World Turns
as Alison Stewart
. The appearance began a crossover between ATWT and TYaTR that included a special online-only series called L.A. Diaries.
Schulenburg, a Cape Cod native, was cast on the daytime drama As the World Turns and signed to a three-year contract.
Alison Stewart (ATWT)
Alison Stewart is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera As the World Turns. She has been portrayed by Marnie Schulenburg since March 23, 2007, and she made a guest appearance on The Young and the Restless on February 22, 2007. Alison also appeared in a 2007 web-only miniseries called L.A...
on As the World Turns
As the World Turns
As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light...
(2007–2010).
Private life
She was not looking for a soap job when she left her parents' home in Barnstable, Massachusetts, for New York and moved in with her older brother Gus, a playwright who graduated from Barnstable High SchoolBarnstable High School
Barnstable High School is a public high school in the village of Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA, Town of Barnstable. It is the largest high school in Barnstable County on Cape Cod. It is divided into 5 "houses", described as "schools within a school". In the 2010–2011 school year, it had...
in Hyannis, Massachusetts
Hyannis, Massachusetts
Hyannis is the largest of seven villages in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Also it is the commercial and transportation hub of Cape Cod and was designated an urban area as a result of the 1990 census. Because of this, many refer to Hyannis as the "Capital of the Cape"...
in 1994. Marnie's other brother, Allan, is a music teacher in Connecticut.
“My main love is musical theater,” says Schulenburg, who graduated from DeSales University
DeSales University
DeSales University is a private Catholic university for men and women, located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Before 2001, it was known as Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales.- History :...
in Center Valley, Pennsylvania
Center Valley, Pennsylvania
Center Valley is an unincorporated village one mile north of Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 309 and Pennsylvania Route 378 in Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States....
, with a degree in acting and directing. Upon arriving in New York she went on auditions for theater, TV, and film roles. Her manager arranged a general meeting with Mary Clay, the casting director for As the World Turns.
She took dance and voice lessons at the Cape Cod Conservatory in West Barnstable, appeared in musicals, and sang in the vocal jazz ensemble at Barnstable High School, from which she graduated in 2002. She got into acting, particularly Shakespeare and the classics, in college. For the last two years she worked at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival is a professional theatre company in residence at DeSales University and the Official Shakespeare Festival of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Festival is organized as a non-profit 501 in Pennsylvania. Each summer, PSF produces six or more plays and...
.
When she's not playing Alison Stewart, Schulenburg plans to devote her spare time to pursuing acting jobs in theater.
Career
She made her debut on The Young and the RestlessThe Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
then moved to As the World Turns
As the World Turns
As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light...
as Alison Stewart
Alison Stewart (ATWT)
Alison Stewart is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera As the World Turns. She has been portrayed by Marnie Schulenburg since March 23, 2007, and she made a guest appearance on The Young and the Restless on February 22, 2007. Alison also appeared in a 2007 web-only miniseries called L.A...
. The appearance began a crossover between ATWT and TYaTR that included a special online-only series called L.A. Diaries.
Schulenburg, a Cape Cod native, was cast on the daytime drama As the World Turns and signed to a three-year contract.
Filmography
- 2007: The Young and the RestlessThe Young and the RestlessThe Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
as Alison StewartAlison Stewart (ATWT)Alison Stewart is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera As the World Turns. She has been portrayed by Marnie Schulenburg since March 23, 2007, and she made a guest appearance on The Young and the Restless on February 22, 2007. Alison also appeared in a 2007 web-only miniseries called L.A...
(1 episode) - 2007: L.A. Diaries as Alison StewartAlison Stewart (ATWT)Alison Stewart is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera As the World Turns. She has been portrayed by Marnie Schulenburg since March 23, 2007, and she made a guest appearance on The Young and the Restless on February 22, 2007. Alison also appeared in a 2007 web-only miniseries called L.A...
- 2007-2010: As the World TurnsAs the World TurnsAs the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light...
as Alison StewartAlison Stewart (ATWT)Alison Stewart is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera As the World Turns. She has been portrayed by Marnie Schulenburg since March 23, 2007, and she made a guest appearance on The Young and the Restless on February 22, 2007. Alison also appeared in a 2007 web-only miniseries called L.A... - 2008: Canterbury's Law as Annabeth Mills (1 episode)
- 2009: Made for Each Other as The Waitress (1 episode)
- 2010: Army WivesArmy WivesArmy Wives is an American drama series that follows the lives of four army wives, their families, and an army husband whose wife is in the army. The series, shot at ABC Studios, premiered on Lifetime on June 3, 2007...
as Megan Meyer (1 episode)
Live Theater
- 2006: As You Like ItAs You Like ItAs You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the folio of 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility...
as Celia, at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare FestivalPennsylvania Shakespeare FestivalThe Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival is a professional theatre company in residence at DeSales University and the Official Shakespeare Festival of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Festival is organized as a non-profit 501 in Pennsylvania. Each summer, PSF produces six or more plays and...
. - 2011: South PacificSouth Pacific (musical)South Pacific is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. The story draws from James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 book Tales of the South Pacific, weaving together characters and elements from several of its...
, lead role as "Nellie", at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.