Be Our Guest with Patricia Zehentmayr & Jan Roper

<p>Patricia has a long background in theater arts. She attended the Booker T. Washington School for Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, TX as a performer, studied dance at The University of Texas at Austin with scholarships from The National YoungArts Foundation and the Igor Yousekevitch Endowment, and graduated from UCLA with a degree in English Literature. Her senior project was a highly praised song cycle based on the works of Edith Wharton. While at UCLA, she received the Barry Manilow Scholarship for lyric writing. As a songwriter, Patricia has collaborated with writers in a number of musical genres; from Rosie Flores (Queen of Rockabilly) to John Axelrod (Artistic and Musical Director of&nbsp;the Royal Symphony of Sevilla).&nbsp; Her musical theater works include&nbsp;<em>Wanting Miss Julie</em>,&nbsp;<em>The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice</em>, and<em> Madwomen.</em> Patricia’s pop music works are licensed by A Matter of Sync and she is a member of the Dramatists Guild, SAG-AFTRA, ASCAP, and Society of Composers and Lyricists. For more information, visit <a href="https://url.emailprotection.link/?bQ6-WL2umvy076R6CjhnhtYrMGUR3KE1lJZksPZL2cnPbt4zZ-g1V6rbGu5rjM64MqKyw8may_I-ZpA-M_27ahg~~">www.patriciaz.com</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Jan<strong> </strong>is a composer and music director based in Los Angeles, California. Her theater career started with the full-scale production of her own original rock opera, <em>Jerusalem A.D. </em>in 2006. Another original work, <em>City of Light,</em> was chosen for the ASCAP Stephen Schwartz workshop (2016) and the sheNYC Festival (2017), where it won Best Score. <em>City of Light </em>has also been featured as a “new work to watch” at Feinstein’s/54 Below in NYC after a sold out concert reading there in 2018. In 2019 Jan had a featured song in the new world premiere, <em>Girlhood</em>, produced by CPA Theatricals. Another new work, <em>América Tropical</em>, won the 2020 Raise Your Voice playwright competition, sponsored by Inclusion Media Group, and is a semi-