Associate Professor
Education
- M.F.A., Acting, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- B.F.A., Acting and Directing, Ithaca College
Courses Taught
- Acting
- Musical Theatre Techniques
- Stage Movement for Acting Majors
- Stage Movement for Musical Theatre Majors
- Voice and Speech
Background
Zeva Barzell has trained in NYC and London. She is a member of AEA, AFTRA, VASTA and is a recognized actor/combatant by the SAFD (2002,2003) with Examiners Award for Excellence in unarmed combat.
Prior to joining Point Park, Barzell taught in the B.F.A. programs at the University of Illinois and Bradley University. She was ranked twice as an "Outstanding Teacher" at the University of Illinois' Directory of Teachers Ranked as Excellent and is listed in Who's Who Among American Teachers (1998, 1999). She was named Most Outstanding Teacher by the senior class at Point Park University in 2006 and 2007 and special mention in 2009.
Professional credits include Off and Off Off Broadway (where among other roles she originated the Great Lady in Robert Patrick's Orpheus and Amerika), regional theater, summer stock, dinner theater, daytime television, industrials and national voiceover work. Credits include: Sweeney Todd (Mrs. Lovett), Broadway (Lillian Rice), My Three Angels (Madame Parole), the Midwest premiere of Mikel Rouse's Dennis Cleveland (Bilbo), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Titania), Annie Get Your Gun (Annie), Hello, Dolly! (Dolly), Anything Goes (Reno), Applause (Margo), Annie (Miss Hannigan), Fiddler on the Roof (Golda and Yente), Memory of Water (Theresa), and Angels in America (Hannah).
Her director/choreographer credits include: Pride and Prejudice, Dracula, Once Upon a Mattress, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Bye Bye Birdie, Hello,Dolly!, Red Hot and Cole, Peter Pan, and Godspell.
At Point Park University, her credits include: associate director of Parade (director: Michael Rupert), director of Alice in Wonderland, choreographer of Ragtime, Hair and The Frogs, director/choreographer of Starmakers and co-director of the 2009 New York/LA showcase. She also worked as a casting assistant in NYC (Joe Abaldo Casting).
Barzell was trained and mentored by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan. She also trained with Robin McFarquhar, Henson Keys, Brennan Murphy, Chuck Kelly, Phil Black, Frank Hatchett, Louis Falco, Andrezej Szozueski (Warsaw Mime Troupe), Ronald Hedlund, Joan Kobin, Bill Reed (Circle in the Square). Supplemental training includes Anne Bogart (SITI Company), Royal Shakespeare Company, Aquila Shakespeare Company, Struan Leslie, and Bill Mason (Chicago Shakespeare Company).
Professional Memberships
- AEA
- AFTRA
- VASTA
Selected Awards and Honors
- Recognized actor/combatant by the SAFD (2002,2003)
- Examiners Award for Excellence in unarmed combat