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

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,

  • 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

  • Training SUNY Oswego Acting / Voice Oswego, NY

 Special Skills Singing, playing the viola, accents, and teleprompter reading. 

Benita Performing
Benita at Emmys
Benita on Stage Singing
Benita Acting in Play
Benita Singing on Stage

Best Performer In A Play (Professional)
Winner: Benita Zahn - STEEL MAGNOLIAS - Fort Salem Theater
2022 Award Winners

Best Actor, TIMES UNION POLL 2022, 2023

 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