Marissa is a performance artist and theatre-maker originally from New York City having attended The New School for a bachelor’s, and received her MA in Performance Studies from NYU. She is the Artistic Director and founder of Mad Paradox, a Montreal-based performance company. Marissa runs Espace Freestanding Room—a non-profit multidisciplinary studio and performance space; she also organizes Freefalling Monthly —a short-form performance festival the last Friday of each month.