Theatre
Ann has worked coast to coast as an Actor, Director and Choreographer. From NYC at Circle in the Square, Lincoln Center, and the Cherry Lane Theatre, and many theatres up and down the west coast, and some in the middle! As a director/choreographer, some of her favorites are Music Man (three times!), My Fair Lady, Quilters, Chicago, and The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds. She has directed/created adaptations of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as well as Peter Pan and a musical called Giants for ACT in Ridgefield, CT. Her favorite roles as an actor include Aldonza in Man of La Mancha, Nettie in Carousel, Kate in Taming of the Shrew, Mother in A New Brain, and Mona in Dames at Sea. She has recorded two albums, Chamber Music and Crossword, with her son, music director Evan Zavada.
News
May 2023 - September 2023
Ann is thrilled to be returning to a part of the country where she spent many summers as an artist at The Diamond Circle Theatre in Durango. She is directing and choreographing “The Great American Trailer Park Musical” for Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts.
Professional Theatre Experience
Artistic Staff: (representative—complete resume available upon request)
The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Director/Choreographer - Pagosa Springs Center For The Arts
Peter & Wendy, Director - ACT of Connecticut
Songs for a New World, Producer - Raggedy Z Productions
Quilters, Director/Producer - Emerging Artists Collaborative
Chicago, Choreographer - Seattle Playhouse
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Director - Seattle Playhouse
My Fair Lady, Director/Music Director - West Seattle Theatre Arts
West Side Story, Director/Choreographer - Washington Academy of Preforming Arts
The Black Caldron, Music Dir./Choreographer - Seattle Children’s Theatre
The Music Man, Director/Choreographer - Hope Lutheran School
The Effects of Gamma Rays…, Director - Washington Academy
Starting Here, Starting Now, Director/Music Dir./Chor. - Washington Academy
Quilters, Director/Music Dir/Chor. - West Seattle Theatre Arts
AEA Performance Experience: (representative—complete resume available upon request)
7 Brides… (w/Edward Watts), Mrs. Saunders - 5th Ave Theatre
My Fair Lady (w/Judy Blazer), Mrs. Hopkins - 5th Ave Theatre
Nunsense, Mother Superior - CDA Summer Theatre
…La Mancha (w/Jack Bannon), Aldonza - CDA Summer Theatre
Floyd Collins, Miss Jane - Stage Right Theatre
john & jen, jen - Emerging Artists Collaborative
Songs for a New World, Woman 2 - Raggedy Z Productions
Taming of the Shrew, Kate - Edge of the World Theatre
Damn Yankees, Gloria - Village Theatre
Terezin, Berte - Village Theatre
Animal Farm, Snowball - Seattle Children’s Theatre
Dames at Sea, Mona Kent - Oregon Cabaret Theatre
