ALL ABOUT 'ZAZZIE!'
Zazzie Sings! is the new feel-good musical about a cat that loves to sing. Tonight, she’s performing a concert of her most favorite songs in front of a sold-out crowd - there's an electricity and excitement that fills the air! That's, of course, until Roz, The Rat, The Reviewer shows up. She hates everything! With a chip on her shoulder and a bit of figurative poison in her pen, Roz heckles Zazzie; a rat bully through and through.
As Zazzie's friends give into peer pressure and jump on the bullying band wagon, our feline heroine rushes off vowing never to sing again. How does one deal with being bullied? Zazzie and her friends learn the importance of self-confidence, friendship, kindness, and finding ones calling in life.
Based on the Fiely Matias book Reebee Dedoo Dada, the new musical Zazzie Sings!, along with being hilarious and uplifting, melodically tackles the subjects of bullying, peer pressure, and forgiveness.
Jax Grey (Kirby), Monika Milani (Zazzie)
WORKSHOPS & DEVELOPMENT - COAST TO COAST
The book, music, and lyrics of Zazzie Sings! are written by the creators of the Off-Broadway musical-comedy hit Disenchanted! (which continues to perform around the globe on 5 continents in 13 countries in 5 languages). Successful workshops of Zazzie Sings! have been performed in developmental workshops in front of packed houses at both the Hickory Community Theatre and Old Post Office Playhouse in North Carolina as well as the Majestic Theatre in Oregon.
Cast of the North Carolina workshop
Catawba Valley Festival of the Arts, NC
Zazzie took her first bow at the Jeffers Theatre in Hickory, NC as well as the Old Post Office Playhouse in Newton, NC in September 2023 as part of the juried Catawba Valley Festival of the Arts. The production garnered overwhelming local press and audience raves, filling almost every seat in the house!
The Majestic Theatre, OR
A west coast theater patron, after seeing the workshop performances in North Carolina, brought Zazzie Sings! to the Majestic Theatre in Corvallis, Oregon in February 2024. The show once again played to much ballyhoo: packed houses, audience raves, and great press! The production resulted in authors/composers Fiely Matias and Dennis T. Giacino receiving a bronze star out front of the Majestic Theatre.
Community Outreach
The creators of Zazzie Sings! have facilitated readings of source material for the musical (Reebee Dedoo Dada) as well as anti-bullying workshops and discussions in schools, boys and girls clubs, and libraries on both coasts of the USA. In addition, the Salem-Keizer School District purchased 100 copies of Reebee Dedoo Dada to distribute to school counselors throughout the system.
Matias and Giacino read Reebee Dedoo Dada and facilitate a discussion about
bullying awareness in classrooms from North Carolina to Oregon.
