Calista Zajac

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Calista Zajac

Actor/Singer/Dancer

Six: The Musical in Concert

USC band to make Walt Disney Concert Hall debut! The USC Concert Band will present Six: The Musical in Concert in conjunction with the USC School of Dramatic Arts.

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Cleveland Magazine

Playhouse Square’s Dazzle Awards Send Local High School Students to Broadway

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Taking Flight
Calista Zajac

By Bob Ableman

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5dfbf50036555.image.jpg — Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical:

Calista Zajac
“Tuck Everlasting”
French Creek Theatre
The Best Theater of 2019 Cleveland Jewish News by Bob Ableman

The Rising Star Award 2019

“The Nether”
2019 Cleveland Critics Circle Theater Awards

2016 Rising Star Award

Cleveland Critics Circle
Broadway World-Cleveland Theater Tributes

about me!

I’m a singer, dancer, and actress originally from Cleveland, Ohio. My love for the stage began at an early age, and I’ve spent my life training and performing in theater. Currently, I’m pursuing a BFA in Musical Theatre at the University of Southern California, where I’m focusing on developing my technique in voice, dance, and acting. I’m passionate about embracing new challenges and expanding my range as an artist. I’ll be graduating in May 2027, and I’m eager to bring my skills, passion, and dedication to the professional stage. Thank you for visiting my site!

“Calista Zajac came fresh off a performance in “SIX: The Musical In Concert!” with the same amazing voice seen just a short time prior. Zajac took on the role of Shelley and sang the co-lead’s numerous songs with great skill. She continues to prove herself as a very strong member of the musical theatre program at the School of Dramatic Arts.”

— Daily Trojan

“Calista Zajac, who has a fantastic voice backed with equally strong acting, plays Winnie Foster. With spunk, a sense of adventure and just a touch of rebellion, Zajac perfectly embodies the character who I looked up to and longed to be when I was younger—and there’s sure to be little girls in the audience who are now doing the same.”

— The Morning Journal

“Young Calista Zajac as Iris, a child avatar, whose purpose is to welcome and satisfy the “guests” in Papa’s Nether Hideway, proves herself to be one of the few child actresses in the area, capable of being an equal of the professionals with whom she is surrounded. Hers is an amazing performance.”

— Broadway World

“Now we come to the grand prize winner of the evening, Calista Zajac as Tina Denmark. I know for myself at 11 years old, the only thing I could focus on was a shiny object. But Ms. Zajac is a focused tour de force in tap shoes. She is the demonic principle in this play and carries a lot of the show on her precocious shoulders. Zajac is fearless, as she exudes confidence whether she is singing, dancing or acting her little sweet face off. This Bad Seed turns in a brilliant performance, and I am sure she is on the radar for musical theater programs all across the states.”

— Cool Cleveland

“Calista Zajac delights as Tina. This is a tiny keg of dynamite who has potential “Broadway star” stamped on her forehead. She can sing, she can dance, she can act. She can!”

— Broadway World

“In the role of Tina, Calista Zajac is enormously entertaining without ever getting on your nerves as child actors are wont to do. She can sing and even belt, and she has some dandy comic timing.”

— Cleveland Scene

“Our ambitious young star, third-grade student Miss Tina Denmark can do it all: act, sing, dance. But it turns out Tina (the brilliantly self-possessed Calista Zajac) has a dark side; we learn what it means to “stop at nothing to be a star.” I remember Zajac as poor little Cosette in Les Miserables. She still looks just as appealingly sweet and innocent as she did then, so it’s delightfully jarring to see what her character carries off in Ruthless!”

— Cleveland Scene