Marella Martin Koch is a multidisciplinary creative writer.

 

Born in California to a family of classical musicians, she began her career as an actor, where her strong ear for rhythm and tone and physical training in clown, commedia dell'arte, and improvisation made her equally comfortable in Shakespearean amphitheaters and on indie film sets. Her deep curiosity about human behavior, especially the unique ways people communicate and pursue their needs and desires, led her to writing: first plays, then musicals, and, eventually, operas. Now, her text has been spoken and sung across more than one quarter of the United States.