Bea Martino

Bea Martino (they/them) is a multidisciplinary performance artist, producer, designer, stage manager, and grief advocate. They are a producing partner of Edge Effect Media Group in NYC, Assistant Stage Manager at Oregon Ballet Theater, and a freelance artist and creative consultant working on both coasts. Bea is delighted to be joining Orpheus PDX’s team for the production of The Rose Elf. Bea holds a B.A. with honors in Dance and Psychology from UC Santa Barbara, and an M.A. in Grief Studies from NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study (Artistic Thesis: What Remains: Ritual Spaces for the Contemporary Mourner). Driven by multiple experiences of significant personal loss, Bea has been exploring themes of grief, memory, loss, and identity since 2007. Their artistic work advocates for the value of adequate and appropriate ritual spaces, by providing a holistic model for processing the universal human experience of loss. Learn more at https://www.beatricemartino.com/