New Manager
12/2/22
I’m now managed by Mark Schumacher at Schumacher Management!
You can now watch my award-winning short film, Walking through Peanut Butter, on YouTube: click here to watch.
Watch Walking through Peanut Butter online
7/16/22
New Story Pirates Album
You can hear me singing on the newest Story Pirates album, The Strawberry Band. Listen to “Glowy and the Friend Adventure” and you just might recognize a familiar, totally whale-like voice.
Variety Magazine
7/15/21
Click here to check out the coverage for this year’s Bentonville Film Festival, including a write-up of “Walking through Peanut Butter” (written/produced by/starring yours truly)!
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Bentonville Film Festival (Geena Davis!)
7/15/22
Bentonville is a huge win for my short, “Walking through Peanut Butter.” Blown away & stoked to be a part of their 2021 US Competition Shorts lineup!
Each year, the Gina Davis-led Bentonville Film Festival amplifies female, non-binary, LGBTQIA+, BIPOC and people with disabilities’ voices in entertainment.
2021 RespectAbility’s Summer Lab Fellow
5/27/21
Holy cow, I am honored to be part of @respecttheability 's Lab for Entertainment Professionals with Disabilities! To learn more, check us out in the Hollywood Reporter.
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Over-the-Rhine International Film Festival
4/31/21
Hey hey hey, “Walking through Peanut Butter” is an Official Selection of the Over-the-Rhine International Film Festival!
Signed! Aqua Talent Agency
2/11/21
Excited to sign commercially with Aqua Talent. I’m now represented by Blake Viglione for all things Commercial.
FINALIST: Jelly Film Festival
1/16/21
We're a Jelly Film Festival Narrative Short Finalist! This means we're eligible for awards at this spring's JellyFEST. Thank you, Jelly!
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Los Angeles Women in Film Festival
8/5/2020
So proud that “Walking through Peanut Butter” is an Official Selection of the LA Women in Film Festival!
Independent Shorts Awards: Award Winner!
6/4/2020
“Walking through Peanut Butter” has won the Best Women Short Award at the May 2020 Independent Shorts Awards in LA! Congratulations to our whole team on our first official selection + award.
“Walking through Peanut Butter” poster art
3/14/2020
Unveiling our new official poster art! Many thanks to our fabulous graphic designer, Elle Wales. You can follow her at @falling_asleep_elle.
“Walking through Peanut Butter” - Seed & Spark
2/25/2020
The Seed & Spark campaign for the short pilot I created/wrote/produced/starred in is live!
This fall, we shot a proof of concept for “Walking through Peanut Butter,” a ½-hour single-camera dark comedy based on my own experiences navigating the comedy world of New York City while living with narcolepsy. We’ll use this 10-min short pilot to pitch the series for further development and submit to film festivals.
Check out the campaign here to learn more about the project. (Don’t miss our pitch video with sneak peeks at footage from the short!)
UCB Cage Match Champs
2/21/2020
It was a joy to be back in NYC—mostly because my longtime, long-form improv team, My Brother’s Girlfriend, made it to Cage Match @ UCB Hell’s Kitchen and WON! Say hello to your new champs.
Storytelling Event
2/16/2020
Brief stint back on the East Coast! I performed my new comedic story about dating & chronic illness at Tandem in Bristol, VT to an incredible crowd. Thanks to Suffering the Silence, Zeno Mountain Farm, and The Moth (Burlington).
New Sketch!
1/04/2020
What a sweet treat for the New Year—a new sketch! Peep “How To Talk To Your Kids About Food” for a reminder of just how dangerous a Cronut can be. (And to see me in my element: apologetic teen!)
Move to LA
11/08/19
I’ve relocated to Los Angeles! After a tearful “see ya later” to NYC and a road trip across the country (ask me about it—it was beautiful & got weird!), I now call LA my home base. Thanks, New York, for putting me together like Mrs. Potato Head over the past 6.5 years.
BUT: I’m bi-coastal! Here’s where I can work as a local hire:
LA
NYC
Chicago
Cleveland
Story Pirates Podcast
10/17/19
So grateful to be singing on the Story Pirates podcast this week! Check me as Glowy the Whale here.
Cage Match @ UCB
9/23/19
My longtime improv team My Brother’s Girlfriend has made it past 3 rounds of Indie Cage Match… which means we’re headed to the big leagues, baby! Catch us at Cage Match at UCB Hell’s Kitchen on 2/20/2020!
Filming of Proof of Concept!
9/22/19
We’ve finished filming for the proof of concept for "Walking through Peanut Butter," a dark comedy based on my experiences navigating the NYC comedy world with narcolepsy. As the creator of the project, I was the producer, writer, and lead actor.
Over only 2 days, the scrappiest, kindest crew shot a proof of concept for the series that will also serve as a 10-minute stand-alone short film to submit to festivals. Energy empty, heart full!
Look out for some teasers and our post-production crowdfunding campaign, coming soon…
Podcast Interview
Had a blast chatting about the use of comedy and storytelling in spreading awareness of sleep disorders and chronic illness! Listen here or wherever you listen to podcasts (search “Narcolepsy360”).
Want to book me to write or speak about the stigmas of sleep and laziness and how they contribute to burnout culture or how to use first-person storytelling in advocacy and spreading awareness? Email me at annaleighmarr@gmail.com.
BECCA Cosmetics
Your resident lady-who-once-had-bags-under-her-eyes here! Peep my face wherever you find BECCA Ultimate Coverage Longwear Concealer. Thanks, BECCA & Abbey Lynn Models! Pics here.
I’m a Miranda.
Honored to play the “Miranda” in a Sex and the City parody, “Sex and the Country.” Produced by Headcow Productions, we shot in Old Greenwich and chomped happily on MoonPies.
Had a blast filming a branded content shoot for Elite Daily through Bustle Digital Group. Look out for two BFFs in their gorgeous Brooklyn loft very soon.
Bustle + Elite Daily
My webseries, NANNIES (series regular, co-writer, producer), is screening at the 2nd annual NUEA Arts Festival, showcasing music, theatre, film, visual art, and more from Northwestern University alum in New York City. For more info: East Arts 2018.
NUEA East Arts Festival
Abbey Lynn Models
Thrilled to be working with Abbey Lynn Models in their commercial print department! Find my portfolio on their site here. Head over to Photos for new lifestyle print portfolio shots. (Looking for someone to help you build your portfolio? Hit me up via email.)
Manhattan Film Festival
Last April, I shot the lead role in "Everyone You Hate is Here," a dry new comedic pilot. It's been accepted into the 2018 Manhattan Film Festival, taking place this April! To watch the pilot, click here.
Emerson Loses her Miand
Come see me in the titular role in this new 90-minute ensemble comedy set on a pedal trolley tour of Nashville!
"When Emerson Greene's friends gather to celebrate her engagement to Zeeshan Mian, they quickly realize she's keeping a secret that threatens to derail the wedding. As the bridal party pedals towards the Opry, no subject – be it interfaith marriage, Islamophobia, or the Dixie Chicks – is left untouched."
Jan 8 at 9pm / Jan 10 at 9pm / Jan 13 at 3:30pm
Part of New York Winterfest
Tickets: http://newyorktheaterfestival.com/emerson-loses-miand/
Weekly Show at UCB
I'm performing with a hilarious team of advanced improvisers at UCB every Tuesday at 11pm this September. The form is a classic but difficult one: The Movie. Watch a new movie premiere each week! Find all the details here.
Welcome, VO Demo.
Hello folks, my voiceover demo is complete! Many thanks to my wonderful teacher, John McKinney of Pomann Sound. For all your hungry pre-teen, adventurous high schooler, Valley Girl texter, nervous first dater, and snarky bank teller vocal needs, listen here.
NANNIES: the webseries is live!
I'm excited to announce that NANNIES: the webseries is now available in full—all 6 toddler-sized episodes. You can watch it HERE. I hope you enjoy this short-form comedic webseries, which is my first foray into film producing, as much as we loved making it.
NANNIES: coming 6/27/17!
After a year of producing behind-the-scenes, we're releasing NANNIES: the webseries in full on Tues. 6/27/17!
NANNIE is about three less-than-stellar 20 somethings entrusted with taking care of the next generation while their parents are at yoga. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram for daily teasers and release info, and watch the series on YouTube!
Sound Bites 4.0
@ The Signature!
I got to work with my good friend Rebekah Allen again & finally debut "Franklin Pierce: Dragon Slayer (The Untold Story of America’s Debatably Least Effective President)," book & lyrics by Preston Allen, music by Will Buck. It was part of TheatreNow NY's Sound Bites festival, an annual showcase of 10-minute musicals. We were so lucky to perform on the Irene Diamond Stage at The Signature! Most importantly, "Franklin Pierce" was brought to life, like the title character is in the show, and I got to judge & berate him as I've always wanted.
Pictures here, video coming soon!
Livin' that yacht life! I had a blast filming my first pilot, "Everyone You Hate Is Here," this April. I play the lead, Mary—a high school junior & aspiring chef with few social skills who is hired to run the kitchen at a Long Island yacht club. (Think "Party Down" for teenagers.) Look for it in a few months!
Check these photos from set.
Everyone You Hate is Here
In The Boys' Club
I'll be performing in "In the Boys' Club," a new cabaret show created by Steph Brandon, Mary Bolt, and myself on Sept. 18 & 19 at Bar 9 in Hell's Kitchen! We'll be singing songs originally written for and traditionally performed by men. Check us out & RSVP here: www.intheboysclub.com
NANNIES
My self-produced webseries, which I also co-wrote and starred in, is currently in its post-production phase. We're looking to premiere soon... Stay tuned!
Story Pirates!
Year 1 of Story Pirates: complete! I'm excited to start another year of blowing kids' minds with the greatest comedians in this city. Here's a picture from my most recent show and one of my favorite shows yet at Pegasus Therapeutic Riding Camp in Brewster, NY:
