Mary Faber is an American

United States

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 singer, actress, and dancer. Faber graduated from the Governor's School for the Arts

Governor's School for the Arts

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 and Brandeis University.

Stage career

Faber made her Broadway

Broadway theatre

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 debut on December 26, 2005, replacing Stephanie D'Abruzzo

Stephanie D'Abruzzo

Stephanie D'Abruzzo is an American actress and puppeteer.-Early life:D'Abruzzo grew up in McMurray, Pennsylvania, a Pittsburgh suburb she has described as a "plastic bubble kind of town." She graduated from Peters Township High School, where she was active in the theater program, and attended the...

 in the musical Avenue Q

Avenue Q

Avenue Q is a musical in two acts, conceived by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, who wrote the music and lyrics. The book was written by Jeff Whitty and the show was directed by Jason Moore and produced by Kevin McCollum, Robyn Goodman, and Jeffrey Seller...

. She played the big-hearted Kate Monster and the easy Lucy T. Slut. Starting October 30, 2006, she took a leave of absence from Avenue Q to appear as Clea in the Playwright's Horizon's production of Floyd and Clea Under the Western Sky. Faber returned to Avenue Q on December 19, 2006. Faber's last appearance in Avenue Q was on October 9, 2008.

Faber has appeared in off-Broadway

Off-Broadway

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 shows including Saved! at Playwright's Horizons, Slut, and The Tutor

The Tutor

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. Faber also previously worked in the TheatreWorks

TheatreWorks

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 musical Junie B. Jones

Junie B. Jones

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. Mary helped to develop the character of Natalie in Feeling Electric (which would eventually be redeveloped into the Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize

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 winning Next to Normal). She starred in The Corn is Green alongside Kate Burton at the Huntington Theater in Boston. Between theater jobs, Faber is known to moonlight at improvisational clubs including the Upright Citizens Brigade

Upright Citizens Brigade

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, The Riot Act, and The Second City

The Second City

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.

Faber originated the role of Heather in the musical American Idiot

American Idiot (musical)

American Idiot is a one-act, through-sung stage musical. The show is an adaptation of punk rock band Green Day's concept album of the same name. Additional Green Day songs were interpolated from other sources, including 21st Century Breakdown, American Idiot b-sides, and an unreleased song called...

while the show was being developed at Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Berkeley Repertory Theatre

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. She continued the role of Heather from the opening of its Broadway

Broadway theatre

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 run until December 12, 2010.

She is currently starring as Smitty in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert, based on Shepherd Mead's 1952 book of the same name....

along side of Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe

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 and John Laroquette as of February 26, 2011.