Daria Miyeko Marinelli (they/she) is a Japanese-Italian playwright, screenwriter, and climate storyteller who delights in using the heist genre, stories of wildness, and bifurcating narrative structures to challenge current and construct new cultural mythologies. 

Daria’s work has been performed at Victory Gardens, Ensemble Theatre Company, La Jolla Playhouse’s WOW Festival, Atlantic Theatre Company, The Flea, and HERE Arts Center, among others. Mx. Marinelli has developed work with Cirque du Soleil, Roundabout Theatre Company, The Playwright’s Realm, Fault Line Theatre, SPACE on Ryder Farm, The New Harmony Project, Jackalope Theatre, pseudonym productions, Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA, and The Kennedy Center’s MFA Playwrights Workshop and TYA/USA’s New Visions New Voices at The Kennedy Center. 

Playwriting accolades include being a three-time Finalist and a two-time Semi-Finalist for The O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, a Bay Area Playwrights Festival Finalist and Semi-Finalist, and a showcased writer at the Consortium of Asian American Theaters & Artists. Daria serves on the Board of Directors for The New Harmony Project (Vice-Chair) and Fault Line Theatre.  

Mx. Marinelli is currently developing a TV series with Hill District Media and their original pilot (We are Your Villain) was a Finalist for The Black List’s NRDC Climate Storytelling Fellowship. 


Based in LA, Daria is a forever New Yorker at heart.  | BA: Brown University. MFA: University of Texas at Austin.