Artist Biography
Mary Couvée (she/her) is a Senior Performing Arts major with a theater concentration and a minor in music from Bedford, Massachusetts. Her previous Endicott Mainstage credits include “Ensemble/Beggar Woman” (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street), “Sonya Rostova” (Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812), “Minstrel Sister” (Something Rotten!), “Friar Lawrence” (Romeo & Juliet), “Ensemble/Pythio/u/s” (Head Over Heels) and “Ensemble/Narrator/u/s” (She Kills Monsters). Some of her other past roles are “Enid Hoopes” (Legally Blonde) with Broken Leg Productions, and most recently “Olivia Keating/Ensemble/ Dee Dee Allen u/s” (The Prom) throughout her fall internship at the New York Film Academy. A few of her notable high school roles include “Donna Sheridan” (Mamma Mia!), “Kitty” (The Drowsy Chaperone), “Madame Thenardier” (Les Misérables), and “Vivienne Kensington” (Legally Blonde). Additionally, Mary is an active E-Board member and participant of Spotlight Drama Club here at Endicott and has acted/directed in several of their productions, most recently acting as “Mrs. Soames” in Our Town. She would like to thank her family, friends, and teachers for all their support.
Thesis Abstract
I have always felt that the performing arts can help guide me through troubling times, whether it’s simply watching a performance, creating my own, or even just listening to music. I have loved being involved in the arts ever since I was little, but as I grew older I found myself plagued with self doubt: or, as you may have heard it called, ‘Imposter syndrome.’ Imposter syndrome means believing that you do not deserve the good things that happen to you, or that your success is not warranted. I am constantly worrying that what I do is not enough, and oftentimes people brush that aside because they say ‘worrying won’t change anything.’ Although that may be true, I have always believed that addressing the problem is better than burying it. As someone who has struggled with mental health and imposter syndrome, I feel that it is something that is not talked about enough- not only in the Performing Arts, but all over.