Hi!
At 8 years old, Molly was quite the social butterfly. So when all her friends decided to take an acting camp one summer, Molly knew she had to be there too. What started as an activity to be with friends, turned into a passion. Through the years following that one summer in 2009, acting morphed from hobby to purpose.
She started her training in sectors of theater like Absurdist theater and Shakespeare and became interested in the wide variety of genres that theater contained. From there, Molly pursued an Acting BFA from Marymount Manhattan College. Her training there prepared her to approach any script with skills of analysis and understanding. Dissecting a story and developing a character felt like adventure to Molly. In college, she fell deeper in love with the craft while being able to showcase characters from contemporary to classical works.
In her day to day life, Molly finds solace in a slow morning, walks in the rare bits of nature in Brooklyn—where she resides—and finding new music to become the soundtrack to her life. Everyday, Molly tries to find the balance of adding structure and routine to her life while managing the uncertainty of the acting industry that keeps her on her toes. Human connection is something that motivates her everyday and helps to inform the characters she inhabits. Being able to create meaningful connections on and off stage is important to Molly—whether that be the people on stage with her, people in the audience, or the people whose stories she carries with her.
Molly chases theater and screen work that does not shy away from reality, that invites discomfort, and that asks us to look deep within ourselves. She uses her art making as the vehicle to tell those stories.
This past fall, Molly produced, directed, and acted in her first ever short film “Cherry-Cola.” Although a huge undertaking, Molly was determined to not wait for the acting opportunities she wanted to come, so she made them herself. “Cherry-Cola” is the result of that ambition. The film is set to come out in 2026. For now, you can learn more about it through Molly’s sub stack platform, linked here: https://mollyb242.substack.com/?utm_campaign=profile_chips
Up next, Molly will be playing Maud in Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research’s production of Minotaur. Catch her there December 12th-20th
Email: mollybrennan242@gmail.com
Phone: (631) 466-4256