Marc Casabani

Marc Casabani is of Egyptian nationality. As a young boy, he learned English by watching Sesame Street (1969), Zoom (1972), and The Electric Company (1971). He is a veteran of regional theatre where at Wisdom Bridge Theatre in Chicago his portrayal of Song Liling in David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly, won him the Chicago Academy of Theater Artists' Artisan Award for Best Actor in a Drama. Marc's more recent theatre credits include his "sensitive yet light heartedly funny" performance of Xavier in December Imbalance. The "calm and intelligent" Ahmed in Divided at the Trueblood Theatre in Anne Arbor, Michigan; the "hilariously funny" Stevey in Allison, also at the Trueblood Theatre. His "edgy portrayal" of a very troubled drug addict named Frankie in the play Miranda at the Third Stage in Burbank, California, led to his first Prime-Time TV role on UPN Channel 13. Some of his most memorable Chicago theatre performances include Peter Cratchit in A Christmas Carol on the Goodman Main Stage