Norman Thomas Marshall is an actor and was active in the Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway movement in the 1960’s. He is the founder, and for 10 years was the Artistic Director, of the Merry Enterprises Theater Company. He is also the co-founder, with George Wolf Reilly, of the No Smoking Playhouse, which was active from 1974 to 1985. His Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway acting credits include: THE GORILLA QUEEN (1967), SNOW WHITE (1967), BOY IN THE STRAIGHT-BACK CHAIR (1969), VINYL VISITS AND FM STATION (1970), CHARLIE WAS HERE AND NOW HE’S GONE (1971), THE BROKEN PITCHER (1981), MANDRAGOLA (1986), and BLOOD KNOT (1993). He also worked with the Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective, where professional women playwrights produced feminist plays. Marshall co-wrote a one-man drama with Reilly titled JOHN BROWN: TRUMPET OF FREEDOM. It centered on John Brown writing a farewell letter to his compatriots in the Abolitionist Movement. The plays, containing 31 characters, were all portrayed by Marshall. It premiered Off-Broadway at St. Mark’s-in-the-Bowery on October 21, 2004. 

Marshall was born in Richmond, Virginia. His New York debut was as Queen Kong in Ronald Tavel’s THE GORILLA QUEEN at Judson Poets’ Theater, which later moved to the Martinique Theatre. He has also worked on film and television series; his film credits include: Rx for the Defense (1973), Shamus (1973), and For Pete’s Sake (1974). His television work includes: “Kojak,” “As the World Turns,” “Texas,” “The Guiding Light,” and “The Edge of Night.”  In addition to doing voiceovers, he has also written episodes for “Sesame Street.” He has taught at the East Stroudsburg State University in Pennsylvania and the Rutgers-Newark Theatre Program in New Jersey.