Expression Specialist
Connect, Move, Impact
A professional actor and director for more than 30 years, Marcus Weiss has worked extensively in theater, film, television, radio, and voice-overs across the country and in Europe. Having performed and directed for many prominent Las Vegas companies—Nevada Conservatory Theatre (Macbeth, Take Me Out), The LAB LV (Iphigenia), A Public Fit (W;t, The Glass Menagerie (Vegas Valley Theatre Awards Best Lead Actor Nomination) Incognito (Valley Awards Best Ensemble Nomination) Small Mouth Sounds (Valley Awards Best Ensemble Winner), and Cockroach Theatre (Bright Side, Every Brilliant Thing, for which he won the Valley Awards Best Lead Actor), Still Dance The Stars, director). Marcus also received particular critical acclaim for his starring role in the Las Vegas premiere of Hedwig and The Angry Inch, winning a Best Actor nod from The Las Vegas Review-Journal and was named Best Local Theatre Actor by NPR’s Desert Companion “Best of the City,” 2019 Edition. Some of his favorite screen credits include Life Is Beautiful, The Trust, All My Children, 21, and Scrubs. Born in New York and raised in Switzerland, Marcus received a B.A. in Drama from Dartmouth College and an M.F.A. in Acting from Temple University. While working as an original cast member of Blue Man Group Las Vegas, Marcus simultaneously performed for the world-renowned improvisation and sketch comedy show, The Second City for over 7 years. A former clown in Le Rêve--The Dream at The Wynn, Marcus is a current clown for O at The Bellagio. Marcus has directed for Vegas Theatre Company, Opera Las Vegas, and many schools throughout Las Vegas. He has taught improvisation for The Second City Training Center and countless classes and workshops in acting, movement, voice, and speech for students of all ages. When not onstage, Marcus is a Teaching Artist for The Smith Center For The Performing Arts’ Disney Musicals in Schools and Southern Nevada Wolftrap programs, an original, core faculty member of the Las Vegas Performing Arts Initiative, an adjunct faculty member of Acting and Improvisation in the Theatre Department of The College of Southern Nevada and the University of Nevada Las Vegas, a former teacher and director for The Adelson Educational Campus, and a Teaching Artist in Cirque Du Soleil’s Arts Nomades program. In between it all, Marcus enjoys juggling his family life, which includes his lovely wife, Anastasia, and two nutty kids, Jacob and Lukas.
Marcus Weiss offers individual and group coaching in acting, improvisation, clowning, voice, movement, public speaking and presentation.
