Mishy Jacobson
ACTOR ARTIST
ACTIVIST
REVIEWS
for Mishy Jacobson in "Ada and the Engine" by Lauren Gunderson, directed by Debra Wise
“In Mishy Jacobson's vibrant, all-out performance, Ada is a mind on fire and eager for the thrill of discovery when we first meet her at age 18.”
— Don Aucoin, The Boston Globe
“Now, shared intellectual excitement is not necessarily the easiest state to communicate onstage, but Jacobson and Arciniegas make that connection palpable.”
— Don Aucoin, The Boston Globe
"Jacobson, in a breath-taking debut at Central Square Theater, is a revelation as Ada. She beautifully captures her free spirit, intellectual intensity and vulnerability as a Victorian wife. Jacobson convincingly speaks as Ada of connections between music and math as well as her algorithm for Babbage's Analytical Engine."
—Jules Becker, South End News
"Mishy Jacobson is engaging as the eccentric, rambunctiously curious Ada in whom art and science have apparently converged; she plays a mean piano onstage.”
— Joyce Kulhawik, Emmy Award-winning Arts and Entertainment Critic, President Boston Theater Critics Association
“Mishy Jacobson is a revelation: charming, brilliant, hilarious, and heartbreaking (and a good pianist!).”
— David Foss
"As Ada, Mishy Jacobson shines!...The actress evokes her character’s lively nature: fun, strong-willed, and self-confident. Her mathematical genius is simply a gift — no scenes of hard study necessary.”
— David Greenham, The Arts Fuse
Mishy Jacobson is a classically trained actor who is skilled in new play development and devising. She has studied with some of the most respected teachers in America and abroad, including the late John Barton, as well as faculty from Yale School of Drama, RADA, and Juilliard. The Boston Globe has praised her as a "vibrant, all-out performer," while other reviews have described her as a "breathtaking revelation" who "plays a mean piano onstage." Mishy also trained intensively with Christopher Bayes (Head of Physical Acting, Yale School of Drama) in red nose clowning and Commedia.
She worked extensively on new play development during the 2017 National Playwrights Conference and National Music Theater Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, where she performed in staged readings. Mishy was an apprentice for Queens, written by Martyna Majok (Pulitzer Prize Winner in Drama and Tony nominee), and directed by Danya Taymor. She also collaborated with Tina Packer, Founding Artistic Director of Shakespeare & Co., on Honor, Shame, and Violence: A Shakespeare Anthology Project, where she played Juliet. Additionally, Mishy produced The Renaissance Reborn with Ty Jones (Producing Artistic Director of the Classical Theatre of Harlem) and Carl Cofield (Associate Artistic Director of the Classical Theatre of Harlem and Chair of NYU Grad Acting).
Some of her notable roles include the eponymous roles in Ada and the Engine at Central Square Theater and Shakespeare's Coriolanus, as well as Charlotte L. Pierce in Allegory written/directed by Sammi Cannold (Evita at A.R.T./STC, Broadway's How to Dance in Ohio) and Emily Maltby (Evita at A.R.T./STC) with music by Arianna Afsar (Hamilton) at La Jolla Playhouse (Without Walls). Select additional credits include: Sit with Us at The O'Neill Theatre Center directed by Oliver Butler (Broadway's What The Constitution Means To Me), Under Milk Wood at Ovalhouse Theater (Off West-End, London) directed by Hugh Wooldridge. Mishy's full resume is available here.
Mishy is also a passionate visual artist, writer, photographer, and singer who studied classical piano for 14+ years at the Levine School of Music and with Juilliard alum and world-class pianist, Jose Ramos-Santana.
It's not just about the art we make,
but the good we do while making it.
Mishy is also a seasoned writer and researcher specializing in gender equity initiatives and human rights, with extensive experience in policy analysis and reporting. When she isn't acting, she works for a United Nations human rights initiative on gender equality, for which she writes anti-discrimination reports, including the annual report on CEDAW (The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women). Mishy graduated Summa Cum Laude from Boston College, where she ranked 45th out of a class of 1,500, was a member of the Honors Program, and was on the Dean's List each semester.
PORTFOLIO
HEIGHT 5' 7.5'' HAIR COLOR BROWN EYES BROWN BUST 34" WAIST 24" HIPS 34" SHOES US 8
HAUTEUR 171.45 CM CHEVEUX BRUN YEUX MARRON BUSTE 86.5 CM TAILLE 61 CM HANCHES 86.5 CM CHAUSSURE 39
