FILM AND VIDEO:
HBO series The Wire ……………………………….. …………. Marla Daniels (recurring)
HBO mini-series The Corner ………………………………. Bunchie (recurring)
NBC Homicide:Life on the Streets (eps. 703)…….. Suzanne Taylor (featured)
NBC The West Wing (eps.20)………………………………. Cathy Holland (principal)
Warner Bros. Clara’s Heart …………………………………… Felicia (principal)
NEMA In a Flash …………………………………………………… Host/narrator
American Heart Assn. Jackie ………………………………… Jackie (principal)
Jamesy Boy……………………………………………………………..Parole board chairwoman
THEATRE:
Pass It On……………………………………………………….. Henry Street Playhouse/NY
Les Blancs………………………………………………………. Center Stage/Baltimore
Racing Demon/Pericles…………………………………. Theatre Hopkins/Baltimore
Raisin in the Sun/Little Ham ……………………….. Arena Playhouse/Baltimore
Romeo and Juliet……………………………………………. Cockpit in Court/Baltimore
Reservations/Prozac in Pandora’s Box…………..Theatre Project/Baltimore
Closets………………………………………………………… Splitting Image Theatre Co.
Can I Speak for You Sister (one woman)……… African American Drama Co.
Hair (the musical) ……………………………………………. Berlin, German
Directed: Jungle Book…………………………………….. Pumpkin Theatre/Baltimore
Directed: Once on This Island ………………………. CCBC Essex/Baltimore
Directed: Pippin.………………………………………………. Cockpit in Court/Baltimore
MEDIA:
General news reporter ………………. WPLG TV, ABC affiliate Miami
Featured news reporter …………….. WJZ TV, ABC affiliate Baltimore
Host/producer ………………………….. Mayor’s Office of Communication, Baltimore
Arts program host……………………… WEAA FM/Morgan State University
DANCE:
Fulbright Scholarship: Morgan State University to Berlin Dance Academy
UCLA: Dance arts of Bali, India, Japan, Java
Goucher College: Masters program in Dance Therapy
Traditional Hula: Kohala, Hawaii
Former Dance Artist in Residence: Fisk University of Nashville, Tennessee
Guest Instructor: University of Hawaii, Johns Hopkins University, Vanderbilt University, MICA, Lesley University, Coppin University, University of Iowa, Marymount University, Peabody Preparatory, Kripalu Center for Yoga
Performances/Workshops: Germany, Hawaii, Uganda, Ghana, Poland, India
CURRENT WORK:
Baltimore School for the Arts ……… Instructor in Theater Department
The Story Mother …………………………. School assemblies and workshops
Dance Medicine …………………………… Workshops for women, children
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra…… Host for Music Box Concert series
Author of “The Village Bully”…….. (see page: The Village Bully)
ADDITIONAL:
Performing artist (20 years) with Young Audiences/Arts for Learning
Diversity Coordinator and dance instructor: Park School, Baltimore
Recipient: 1993 Eubie Blake Award
Recipient: 1998 Sarah’s Circle Award
Recipient: 2004 Governor’s Arts Award for Individual Artist
Recipient: 2004 Open Society Institute (OSI) Community Fellowship Grant
Recipient: 2007 Young Audiences of Maryland’s Artist of the Year
Recipient: 2011 Zeta Phi Beta Award: Woman of the Year in Cultural Arts
UNIONS: AFTRA/SAG
CURRENT BIO SKETCH:
Although nationally recognized as an actress for her recurring roles in HBO’s The Wire and The CornerMaria Broom is also a storyteller and dancer with more than forty years of performing and teaching across the globe, and now, the author of The Village Bully. A Fulbright Scholar, an OSI Fellow, and a former featured news reporter for Baltimore’s WJZ TV… Maria has received many awards and honors including the Eubie Blake Award, the Sarah’s Circle Award and the 2004 Governor’s Arts Award for Individual Artist. She was named Artist of the Year in 2007 by Young Audiences/Arts for Learning. Currently, Maria is on the theater faculty at the Baltimore School for the Arts, a guest instructor for Peabody Preparatory and Center Stage,and is the host for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s popular Music Box series. In 2014 she was invited to present her Village Bully Project at OSI’s Big Change Baltimore and at the Maryland Restorative Justice Conference.