| Midtown International Theatre Festival Keeping It In Retrospect Book, music and lyrics by Zoe Rosario Presented by Writers' State - Directed by Judith Fredricks A look at a seventeen year old girl thru her songs and dialogue (monologues) in her own words. A timely & charming show by a teen for teens. Running time: 40 minutes Thursday, July 23 at 6:30PM Friday, July 24 at 5:30PM Venue: Where Eagles Dare Studio Blackbird 347 W. 36th St. 13th floor New York, NY 10018 Between 8th & 9th Aves. Buy tickets General Admission General $15.00 Student $12.00 Senior $12.00  |
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Concert-Diary Performance in NYC!
"Les Misérables"
"Les Misérables"
role: Eponine
Center Stage Theatre Company
Westport, CT
Directed by Ivan Rutherford (Broadways' Jean Valjean)
Musical Director: Lynn Riegler
with Adam Riegler
of Broadway's "SHREK" as young Gavroche
May 2008
Ivan Rutherford as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables
"Intervention - the musical"
Intervention- the musical
book by Jill Jaysen
music & Lyrics by Matt Corriel
Winner of the Moss Hart Memorial Award
Original Musical
presented at: Center Stage Theatre Company
Seabury Center, Westport, CT
Invited to the NYMF festival 2007
Acorn Theatre, NYC
Staged Equity Reading, York Theatre NYC
"Miss Saigon"
Zoe cast as Kim in "Miss Saigon"
Thuy- played by Nolin Horton
Tam- Miss Paschal
Staples Summer Theatre 2007
Directed by Al Pia
Musical Director: Ryan O'Neill
Producer: Matthew E. Deedon
Westport, CT
Tribute to Stephen Schwartz
Center Stage Theatre Company brings Broadway to Westport in a tribute to Stephen Schwartz.
"Simple Joys" tribute directed by Walter ONeil, Boq of WICKED, includes Broadway's Douglas Crawford,
Chad Kimball and special guest star, Saycon Sengbloh.
Zoe performed "Stranger in the Rain". It was an extraordinary evening.
Grizabella in "CATS"
Zoe cast as Grizabella, the "Glamour Cat", a disheveled and withered old grand dame.
Directed by Dodie Pettit
August 2006
aged 14
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
"Beyond Me" A song cycle in the key of survival
The true story of Rachel Miller and her extraordinary triumph of spirit, as she overcomes the loss of her family to the Holocaust and her son to AIDS.
A multi-media musical written and composed by Suzanne Tanner Meisel.
Zoe plays the young Rachel Miller.
Directed by Jill Jaysen. Design by dal Lowenbein
young Rachel sings "Reign"
CBS-finalist "Live from your Living Room"
CBS- The Early Show -finalist - "Live from your Living Room"
march 2007
song: "Waiting For Life to Begin" from Once on This Island.
book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
music by Stephen Flaherty.
Based on the novel My Love, My Love by Rosa Guy, the musical is a retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid.
"06880- the musical"
Following the performance at Center Stage, 06880 was invited to off Broadway’s Beckett Theatre as part of The New York Musical Theatre Festival.
Zoe knows who she is
From the moment in 2004, Zoe and her mother stepped
into the newly opened drama school in Westport Connecticut, and heard the first Showcase performer, Eugene Brancoveanu, the Tony winner from Broadway's La Bohéme sing, Zoe knew what she wanted. At 11 years old she turned to her mother and said; "I belong here".
It was Jill Jaysen's "vision" to bring professional performers, directors and choreographers to Center Stage Theatre Company so young people who were serious about learning their craft, could do so "with the best so they can be their best". Zoe was blessed to study under the legendary, Moss Hart (New England Tony) award winning director and author, Al Pia, and take Master Classes with Broadway and film performers; Anthony Rapp (Rent), Kevin Gray (Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon), Ivan Rutherford (Les Misérables), Dodie Pettit (Phantom, CATS), and many, many more.
Zoe could never imagine that in less than three years, she would have the chance to develop her own character in one show (06880-The Musical), and have a comedic role in another, (Intervention- A Teen Musical Comedy). Both shows would win their own Moss Hart Memorial Awards with (06880-the Musical) invited to perform at The New York Theatre Musical Festival.
Nor could she imagine that in 2009, a short five years later the seventeen year old would be invited to the Midtown International Theatre Festival to perform a one-teen show of what she deems comes naturally, composing, expressing herself through music and lyrics and monologue.
Thank you Jill Jaysen. Thank you Eugene Brancoveanu.
2002 Honorary Tony Award Winner Eugene Brancoveanu
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