Acting
Benita has tackled numerous roles on-stage including performing her one woman cabaret ALWAYS ASKING QUESTIONS. She’s appeared in a number of independent movies, worked as background on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
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Performing Experience
Benita Zahn: SAG-AFTRA /AEA
Film:
CRYPTO Featured, Examiner The Film, Inc
Hobo Heysus Featured, Jon Russell Cring Productions
Life on the Run Featured, BBH Digital Film Productions
The Engagement Party Lead, Ryan Lewis Merritt Film
TV:
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, BG, seasons 4 and 5
Sister, INC BG, Hallmark Films
Theater (Partial List)
Majestic Theater: Shear Madness
Lake George Dinner Theater: Shear Madness
Capital Repertory Theater: Gypsy, Shakespeare In Love
Playhouse Stage Co: Assassins, Ragtime, Hands on a Hardbody, Always, Patsy Cline
Fort Salem Theater: Steel Magnolias, Agnes of God, They’re Playing our Song, Getting My Act Together and Taking it on the Road
The 2 of Us Productions: Cabaret, Sweeney Todd
Upstage Productions: Steel Magnolias
Theater Voices: The Little Foxes Regina
Commercials List Available Upon Request
Cabaret (Partial List) Solo Show, The Singing Anchors 60's Review, Holiday Show
Training SUNY Oswego Acting, Lou Vuolo Studio / Voice SUNY Oswego, BW Voice
Special Skills Singing, viola, accents, and teleprompter reading, bicycling, running
Best Performer In A Play (Professional)
STEEL MAGNOLIAS - Fort Salem Theater -2022
AGNES OF GOD - Fort Salem Theater -2024
Best Actor, TIMES UNION POLL 2022, 2023,2024,2025
Images from the production of Cabaret.
Acting Reviews
One more brilliant aspect of this production is the casting of Benita Zahn as Fraulein Schneider, the landlady .. Zahn has two solos which touch deeply into the heart. I would defy anyone who isn't moved by Zahn's "What Would You Do?" in Act Two. This is fine acting in song.
-J.Peter Bergmann TheBerkshireEdge Review Cabaret The2OfUs productions
The cast continues to offer a pool rich and deep in its talent, exemplified by Benita Zahn’s striking portrayal of Emma Goldman, a role she seems destined to keep recreating and perfectly inhabiting …
- Bill Kellert - Nippertown