BECKI ZARITSKY
Hi there! I'm Becki.
the quick & dirty:
East Coast & Southwest based • EMC • Performer & Improvisor
the less abridged:
I grew up in the suburbs of Philly and am a self-proclaimed middle child (I've got an older sister and a one-minute-younger twin brother, so technically I am!).
Since graduating from Temple University, I've worked all over the country and the globe. Notably, I was the ASM for the International Centennial Tour of West Side Story. During the 16-month tour, we performed in 26 cities in 18 countries across Europe, Asia, and even New Zealand - from Dublin to Tokyo and everywhere in between!
Recent performing credits include Indecent (Halina), As You Like It (Rosalind), The Importance of Being Earnest (Miss Prism) and The Winter's Tale (Paulina) with Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival, Once Upon A Flame (Fairytale Characters) with The National Theatre for Children, and Look Up: Tales of the Sky (Stella) & The Bremen Town Musicians (Harriet the Hound Dog) with The REV on Tour. Fun fact, I've actually been to Bremen, Germany!
Recent stage management credits include The Polar Express (on a moving train!) w/ Rail Events Productions & Warner Bros. Inc, Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival, Bigfork Summer Playhouse, Creede Repertory Theatre, and Asolo Repertory Theatre.
You can usually find me practicing aerial (I'm studying trapeze and pole!), wandering around a local farmers market, or lost in a really good cup of tea.
Thanks for stopping by!
ongoing projects:
Tune in on the third Sunday of every other month to listen to the Untamed Shrews: Women Talk Theatre podcast.
"Just listened to 'Showmances' and boy howdy do I look at a box of donuts differently!"
"I particularly like the balance between discussions about more serious and ore fun stories to interlude."
Available for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, YouTube, FlagShakes.org, or SunSounds.org!
Catch me as Rosalind in Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival's video game adaptation of As You Like It, directed by James Cougar Canfield.
"Zaritsky’s deft navigation of Rosalind’s amorous love of Orlando and platonic love of Celia situates her as perhaps the best Rosalind I’ve seen."
- Cason Murphy in Shakespeare Bulletin
"You've never seen Shakespeare like this... Equipped with 16-bit animation and avatars... a nostalgic video game score... this film is sure to delight!"
Link available for purchase at FlagShakes.org! Also available: Hamlet (Horatio) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Quince), both directed by renowned Shakespeare director Jim Warren!
Spreading holiday cheer as Mrs. Cratchit and Fan in Hank Curry's audio adaptation of A Christmas Carol, that raised awareness for:
1. Artist Relief (distributed $5,000 grants to 4,682 artists who faced dire financial emergencies due to Covid-19)
2. Theatre Philadelphia Emergency Relief (awarded 485 micro-grants of up to $500 to theatre workers in the Philadelphia region and whose theatre income had been impacted by Covid-19. A total of $344,000 was distributed)
Available for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Anchor, Pocket Casts, Radio Public! Search for A Christmas Carol: An Audioplay for Artist Relief.