Cyrus Mooney

An actor grounded in the work.

Cyrus Mooney is an actor, playwright, and physical performer based in Maryland and working throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, including Northern Virginia. His work moves across classical and contemporary theater, screen, voiceover, and solo performance, supported by training in movement, stage combat, clowning, mask, voice, and speech.

A graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University with a BFA in Performance and a Minor in Creative Writing, Cyrus approaches performance through character, physicality, collaboration, and a curiosity about how stories live beyond the page.

An actor grounded in the work.

Cyrus Mooney is an actor, playwright, and physical performer based in Maryland and working throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, including Virginia. His work spans classical theater, contemporary plays, solo performance, screen, and voiceover. He holds a BFA in Performance and a Minor in Creative Writing from Virginia Commonwealth University.

His classical stage work includes multiple productions with The Classical Theatre of Maryland, where he has appeared as Lennox in Macbeth, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Putnam and Willard in The Crucible, and Young Scrooge/Future in A Christmas Carol.

His contemporary work includes Drew in the world premiere of Cross Stitch Bandits with Cadence Theatre Company and Senator Lauis in VCU ARTS’ Anon-ymous. Cyrus has also performed solo work including Solow – Volume I, Sunday@Chalse’s (The Love Letter), and As We Are – ALL CAP. His screen and voice work includes Fatal Attraction for Jupiter Entertainment, Holy Chime for the 48 Hr. Film Project, and voice performances in Desire’s Night and Safety First.

Cyrus’s training extends beyond text-based performance into movement, stage combat, clowning, mask, voice, and speech. He has trained in stage combat with David Leong and studied movement, clowning, and mask with Stephanie “Tippi” Hart and Aaron Anderson. His writing practice is complemented by a Minor in Creative Writing and a playwriting masterclass with Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm.

His additional skills include basic single sword and unarmed combat, intermediate guitar and piano, improvisation, juggling, stilts, swimming, and dialect work. Across disciplines, Cyrus brings together text, movement, and character with an approach centered on collaboration and the demands of the work.