Carl Zurhorst
About Me: SAG eligible. Cast as Bully Boy 1 (principal speaking role) "12 Dogs of Christmas". Performed in fourteen children's theater productions in the past seven years including leading roles with singing and dancing. Eight years of jazz, tap and ballet dance instruction. Plays piano, saxophone and violin. Competes in varsity soccer, alpine and Nordic skiing, track and field, and enjoys basketball, baseball, gymnastics,fencing, tennis, volleyball and other recreational sports such as in-line skating hiking, biking canoeing, kayaking and swimming. Hobbies include making short animation films and reading. Has an active U.S. passport.
Short Resume: Has an active U.S. Passport
*~Film~*
Barefoot Country Girl: Teen James, Directed by Larry "Buck" Bisbee
Mud: Featured as Frank the Bully, Directed by Andy Davis (finished)
Color of Cannibals: Featured as Antoine's Friend, Directed by Dylan Tyson
The 12 Dogs of Christmas: Featured as Bully Boy 1(principal), Directed By Kieth Merrill, Produced by Sean Covel, Paul Jasper, Ken Kragen, Megan Lombardo, Daenen Merrill, Roland Sonnenburg, and Chris Wyatt.
*~Theater~*
Footloose - Ren McCormack- Community Little Theater, Lewiston, Maine
Miss Maine America Pageant - Featured Performer and Dancer Along with Miss Outstanding Teen Maine Contestants- Miss Maine America, Brunswick, Maine
Bye Bye Birdie - Albert -Mountain Valley High School, Rumford, Maine
High School Musical In Concert, On Stage-Jock-Community Little Theater, Lewiston, Maine
High School Musical, On Stage- Jock- Community Little Theater, Auburn, ME
Dude, Where's My Planet?- Mr. Browning- Rumford Public Library
Wooing Wed Widing Hood- Strong Prince Justin- Mountain Vally Middle School
Finding Nemo- Gil- Rumford Public Library
The Mouse & The Storyteller- Mr. Fields (lead)- Mountain Valley Middle School
Toy Story- Woody (Lead)- Rumford Public Library
Oliver Twist- Artful Dodger- Children's Stage Adventures
Ace of Hearts- Shoeshine Boy- Dixfield Community Theater
Jungle Book- Mowgli (Lead)- Rumford Public Library
Excalibur- Young Sir Kay- Children's Stage Adventures
Mary Poppins- Chimney Sweep and Elder Mr. Dawes- Rumford Public Library
Treasure Island- Sing Sing Sam- Missoula Children's Theater
Belinda and the Beast- Varmint- Rumford Public Library
Beauty Lou and Country Beast- Part of the Chorus- Missoula Children's Theater
Cinderella- Pumpkin (solo song)- Missoula Children's Theater
*~Training~*
Capoeira Class: Capoeira, Martial Arts- Duggan Hill- Boston City Lights North, Farmington, ME- 6/15 to 6/25
Fencing Class: Fencing, Stage fighting- Duggan Hill- Boston City Lights North, Farmington, ME- 6/15 to 6/25
Ballet Dance Intensive: Ballet- Ashley Richardson, Boston City Lights and Paramount Dance Center, Boston, MA- 7/10 to 7/16 2006
Young Ballet and Hip Hop Camp (Assistant Instructor): Teaching Beginner Ballet, Teaching Beginner Hip Hop- Ashley Richardson, Daisy Richardson(Assistant), Carl Zurhorst(Assistant)- Boston City Lights and Paramount Dance Center, Boston, MA- 7/10 to 7/15 2006
Young Performers Workshop: Mime, Improvisation, Physical Acting, Physical Comedy(slapstick), Juggling, Scriptwriting, Drama, Speech, Character, Skit writing- Fritz Grobe, Michael Miclon, Amanda Houtari- Celebration Barn Theatre, West Paris, ME- 7/3 to 7/8 2006
Summer Dance Intensive: Ballet- Ashley Richardson- Boston City Lights North, Farmington, ME- 6/26 to 7/1 2006
Summer Fencing Class: Fencing, Stage fighting- Duggan Hill- Boston City Lights North, Farmington, ME- 6/19 to 7/1 2006
Summer Dance Intensive: Hip Hop Dance, Break Dance- Duggan Hill- Boston City Lights North, Farmington, ME- 6/19 to 6/24 2006
Physical Eloquence: Mime, Improvisation, Physical Acting- Karen Montanaro- Celebration Barn Theatre, West Paris, ME
Mime, Improvisation- Craig Babcock- Montanaro Studio, Casco, ME
Writing, Improvisation, Voice, Physical Acting- Rory Kozoll- Deertrees Theatre Summer Workshop
Mime, Physical Acting, Improvisation- Tony Montanaro- MDTC Summer Dance Workshop
Reading, Narration, Voice, Movement- C.A.S.T. Summer Theater Camp
*~Special Skills~*
Member of Boston City Lights Performance Troupe- Director: Duggan Hill and Tiane Donahue
Dance: Ballet (5 years instruction), Jazz (8 years instruction), Tap (8 years instruction), Hip Hop Workshops. Has performed in recitals for all years, and was featured at the 2005 Miss Maine Scholorship pageant.
Musical: Piano (intermediate), Saxophone (intermediate), Violin (intermediate), enjoys singing and is part of the School Chorus
Sports including Soccer, Baseball, Softball, Basketball, Track, Nordic (Cross Country) Skiing, Alpine (Downhill) Skiing, Gymnastics, Karate
Enjoys hiking, biking, swimming, water-skiing, kayaking, canoeing, rollerblading (in-line skating).
Dabbles in slight of hand magic and juggling, enjoys sketching. Computer literate, builds and designs Lego Robotics inventions and creates stop-action animated films.
Exceeds Standards for all academic subjects at Mountain Valley Middle School
First Place, 7th grade Inventions, Maine State Middle School Science Fair, 2005
Member of Kids on the Block Puppet Theater Troupe.
Kennebec Valley Music Educator's Association 2005 Honor Band Member Saxophone section
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