Mara Rich Tunnicliff

Biography

Mara Rich Tunnicliff is props supervisor at Syracuse Stage and an instructor in the Department of Drama.

Tunnicliff has been working in props for the past 10 years at community college, the University of Arizona, several summer stocks, the College Conservatory of Music at University of Cincinnati, the Chicago Shakespeare Company and as a freelance artisan. Her specialty is realistic fully articulated dead animals for stage through mostly vegan means. Despite how macabre that might sound, she loves to keep things light and find the humor in her work.

Education

• M.F.A., University of Cincinnati
• B.F.A., University of Arizona