Zenobia Shroff in EXOTIC OBSERVATIONS

Zenobia Shroff
www.zenobiashroff.biz

Zenobia Shroff has been an actress for twenty years, she got her start in Mumbai under the mentorship of the legendary Pearl Padamsee. With Padamsee’s encouragement, she came to study acting at New York’s Circle in the Square theatre school. Soon after she honed her craft at the off- Broadway theatre Castillo, where she played several and diverse roles such as Nora in Ibsen’s ‘ A Dolls house’ to German avant-gardist Heiner Muller.

She also performed in Mario Frattis “Erotic adventures in Venice” at the famed La Mama and Milan Kunderas “Jacques and his master”.

She has taught drama and movement extensively throughout the new York city area, primarily for inner city and low income children.

Most recently she was in Sooni Taraporevalas “Little Zizou”, presented by Mira Nair. For that role she was nominated as best actress at the Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council film festival in 2008. Look for her in ‘When Harry tries to Marry’, an independent film, out in September 2010.

Zenobia is an accomplished Bharat Natyam dancer and writes and performs sketch comedy. Her work can be seen on www.theajnabee.com She holds a Masters degree in Psychology. Say hello on face book or youtube.com/zrshroff

Her acting reel is available on www.youtube.com/zrshroff

ZENOBIA RESUME
zrshroff@aol.com
www.zenobiashroff.biz
Height: 5'3,
Weight: 120lbs,
Eyes: Dk. brown,
Hair: Dk.brown,
Voice: Mezzo Soprano

THEATRE

EROTIC ADVENTURES IN VENICE	Rosetta, the Manicurist	La Mama E.T.C
IT HAD TO BE YOU	Theda	New York Comedy Club
TO BE OR NOT TO BE	Nora, Alma, Honey1*	Castillo Theatre
AN OBITUARY : HEINER MULLER	Heiner Muller	Castillo Theatre
MARAT / SADE	Voltaire /Mother	MidtownInternationalTheatre Festival
LENIN’S BREAKDOWN	Edie	Castillo Theatre
REVISING GERMANY	Margerete Steffin	Castillo Theatre
JACQUES AND HIS MASTER	Justine /The Daughter	Riant Theatre
RATS IN THE TUNNEL*3	Marietta	Performance of a Lifetime
GALILEO	Various Roles	Castillo Theatre
A CATSKILLS STORY	Jill	Coney Island Theatre Festival
SNAPSHOTS IN AMBER	Nancy	Coney Island Theatre Festival
TROUBLE	Trouble	Performance of a Lifetime
CAMINO REAL	Dancer	Columbia University
THE WIZ	The Flying Monkey / Dancer	Laezer Productions
BEST OF BROADWAY	Anita (WestSide Story) /Dancer	Champs Productions
LES LIAISONS DANGEROUS	Emily	Magnum Productions

FILM & INDUSTRIALS

WHEN HARRY TRIES TO MARRY	Geeta Shankar	September 2010
LITTLE ZIZOU	Roxanne	Best actress nom. MIAAC
PERCY	Vera
C.A.R.E.	Live Promotional Industrials

*VOICEOVERS*	List upon request

COMMERCIALS	List upon request

TRAINING

ACTING:	Performance of a Lifetime: Developmental Theatre Workshop Circle-in-the-Square: Scene Study with Alan Langdon Circle-in-the-Square: Summer Intensive Leicester Square Haymarket Theatre Company Intensive
IMPROV: COMMERCIALS:	David Nackman, Joy Newman Weist-Barron: Ed Ferron, Frank Spencer
VOICE:	HB Studio, Elizabeth Hodes Performance of a Lifetime, Maura Ellyn
*SPECIAL SKILLS*	Member - Castillo Theatre Company Foreign Languages - Hindi, Classical Indian Dance, Jazz & Modern Dance Asst. Acting Teacher - The Little Actor’s Club & The Young Actor’s Club Asst. Dance Teacher - After School Program for Inner city Youth- Spring 1995 Costume Design / Swimming Own Saris and Traditional Indian Costumes *1: A Dolls House, Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf

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