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Jillian Nyhan
Zygo
Raised in the Saratoga region of upstate New York, Jillian Nyhan
Zygo has employed her natural beauty, character and talent to
entertain others since childhood. Her clarion vocal talents,
precise comedic timing, energetic dance and compelling dramatic
ability combine to provide what one critic called "eye magnets"
for the theatre audience-you just cannot take your eyes
off Jillian when she is on stage. Theatre goers from coast to
coast have applauded Jillian's Ado Annie, played opposite her
husband, J. Michael Zygo, as Will Parker in the National Tour of
Rogers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! Off-stage, this Field Hockey
playing SUNY Geneseo graduate combines vivacious charisma with
compassion serving meals in soup kitchens and organizing scores
of benefit cabarets to raise money for AIDS, cancer
research, and other worthy causes. Some of Jills favorite roles
include Violet in Violet, Meg Brockie in Brigadoon, Ellie in
Showboat, Maureen/Queenie in Honk!, Sister Amnesia in Nunsense.
She has worked coast to coast from dinner theatre at the
Broadway Palm West in Mesa AZ to Regional theatre at the Fulton
Opera House in Lancaster PA. She has also played great venues
such at the Pantages in Hollywood to the Orpheum in Memphis!
J. Michael Zygo
Ever since he was cast as the
title role in Peter Pan in 8th grade, J. Michael has made
musical theatre his life. From the innocence of Huck Finn in
“Big River”, to the downright filthiness of the Emcee in
“Cabaret,” he’s been a part of every show he could wrap his
voice around. Traveling in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!,
as Will Parker to his wife Jill’s Ado Annie, has been the most
rewarding theatrical experience in his life. Although he’s been
called a “dancing and gymnastic machine,” which hails from his
martial arts background (he’s a black belt by the way), his true
goal is to become a world famous Country singer. He is currently
in development of song material to bring to Nashville.
Apple country is the best way to describe where J. Michael grew up. His
western New York hometown of Williamson has a celebration called
the Apple Blossom Festival, and an orchard greets him when he
walks out his back door. He’s even worked at the Mott’s factory
located in his hometown. The first time he ever laid eyes on his
beautiful wife was at an audition on stage at SUNY Geneseo, the
college where they met… a little too storybook really. Together,
there’s no stopping what they can do!
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