Muriel Minot`s stage debut was at age 10 in Lorca`s "Blood Wedding" with Olympia Dukakis at Boston`s Charles Street Playhouse. She graduated from Oberlin College Conservatory with a B.Mus. in Voice Performance, then toured with Martyn Green`s G&S Co.(Goodspeed Opera House; Westport Country Playhouse) for 2 years.