MERRIDETH ZIESSE
EQUITY MEMBERSHIP CANDIDATE
HEIGHT: 5’4” WEIGHT: 135 HAIR: RED EYES: BLUE

THEATRE: (represented)
GYPSY                                                             Swing / Mezzeppa /Agnes           Upstage Left Nat’l Tour, NYC
Dames at Sea                                                   Ruby                                           Stage Door, GA
Blue Ridge Moonshine Flyer                             Ensemble                                   7 Stages, Atlanta, GA
Parallel Lives (Kathy & Mo)                               Multiple Roles                             Onstage Atlanta, GA
Marietta the Soap                                             Olga & Wanda Lou                     Square Globe Theatre, GA                
Joseph and the Amazing…                               Ensemble                                    Stage Door, GA
Marathon                                                          Krystal                                        Pope Theatre Co., FL
Meet Me in St. Louis                                         Rose Smith                                 Show Boat Dinner Theatre, FL
(W/Margaret O’Brien)
Phantom of the Opera                                      Meg Giry                                    Show Boat Dinner Theatre, FL
Nunsense II                                                       Sis Mary LeoU.S.                       Show Boat Dinner Theatre. FL
(W/Dody Goodman)
Singing in the Rain                                           Ensemble                                      Broadway Palm Theatre, FL
Shannondoah                                                   Ensemble                                     Theatre West Virginia, WV
Hatfields & McCoys                                           Mary Butcher                                Theatre West Virginia, WV
Stonewall (Premiere)                                        Faye Magil                                    Theatre West Virginia, WV
Honey in the Rock                                            Vocalist                                         Theatre West Virginia, WV

MUSICAL REVIEWS: (represented)
The Fabulous Fifties                                  Soloist/ Ensemble                              Musicana Supper Club, FL
The Beat Goes On                                     Soloist/ Ensemble                              Musicana Supper Club, FL
The Jerry Herman Show                             Soloist/ Ensemble                              Musicana Supper Club, FL
Around The World                                     Soloist/Ensemble                               Musicana Supper Club, FL

CHILDRENS THEATRE: Patchwork Players, SC
Rumplestilskin                                          Princess Rosalie
Aesop’s Fables                                        Mistress Ant, City Mouse et.al
Twas the Night...                                      Chrismouse
Alice in Wonderland                                 White Rabbit, Caterpillar, March Hare Tweedle Dee

FILM:
Flirting With Danger                                  Dangerette                                          Blind Eye Productions, GA

GRADUATE THEATRE:  FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY, FL
Holy Ghosts                                           Mrs. Wall                                                  Main Stage, FAU
Caucasian Chalk Circle                          Natella                                                     Main Stage, FAU
The Provoked Wife                                Mademoiselle                                           Main Stage, FAU
Harvey                                                   Myrtle Mae                                                Broward Center, FAU
The Bacchae                                         Greek Chorus                                           Main Stage, FAU
Happiness is…                                      One Person Show                                     Studio II, FAU
Working                                                 Featured Vocalist                                     Main Stage, FAU

UNDERGRADUATE THEATRE: HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY, NC
The American Clock                                  Rose Baum                                          Main Stage, HPU
Nature and Purpose…                               Eleanor Mann                                      Black Box, HPU
A Funny Thing Happened…                      Domina                                                Main Stage, HPU
At Liberty                                                   Gloria La Green                                   Black Box, HPU
The Diary of Anne Frank                           Edith Frank                                          Main Stage, HPU
Fools                                                          Lenya Zubritsky                                   Main Stage, HPU
Godspell                                                    Ensemble                                             Main Stage, HPU
The Odd Couple                                        Gwendolyn Pigeon                               Main Stage, HPU
The Crucible                                              Sara Good                                           Main Stage, HPU
Girl Crazy                                                   Tessa                                                  Main Stage, HPU
Anything Goes                                           Sailorette                                             Main Stage, HPU

EDUCATION: MFA -Acting, Florida Atlantic University. BA- Theatre, High Point University, Minors: Music & English
Communications.

TRAINING: TAP 8yrs Bill DeRico, Malhory Graham, JAZZ 7yrs Bill DeRico, BALLET 1yr Juan Sanchez, VOICE 4+ yrs
Alexa Jackson Schlimmer, Bill Newberry et al., ACTING Matthew Wright, Gail Garrison, Ron Law.

SPECIAL SKILLS: Tap Dance & Instruction, Working W/Children, Character Voices, Shooting Water from Teeth.
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