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Now, Zacharias’s childhood hasn’t always been the most normal of childhoods, but it has been a happy one (which is what really matters, right?). His mother’s always been Very Much Jewish and, ironically enough, a hippie of sorts (oxymoron? Just a bit). She’s obsessed with the arts and is quite talented when it comes to them (particularly, drawing and painting), and worked as an art teacher for many years. His father, however, is quite Scottish, much more conservative than his liberal wife, and more involved with politics and history than anything else. Needless to say, while the couple’s personalities and interests conflict quite a bit? There’d never be a doubt in anyone’s mind as to how much the two love each other, and really, there’s nobody else out there for either of them. Because of this, Zacharias can safely say that his childhood was never once even remotely boring. See, when your mother has very traditional beliefs and ideas despite her talents and passion, and your father’s upbringing contradicts quite a bit with those, you quickly learn what a ‘healthy balance’ is and how to manage things to please both of your parents.

Zacharias is the younger of the their two sons, born a few years after his brother Elias and being born into two vastly different cultures meant learning a lot, screwing up a lot, and trying to find ‘his place’, so to speak, but he’s come along quite nicely. Not once in his life was he the ‘quiet’ sort of child, oh no. He was outgoing from the time he was born and when he was old enough to form questions, pelted his parents (and strangers!) with them left and right. He’s never been the shy sort and probably drove plenty a people mad with his need to know things. Like his brother, he’s a little strange, tends to be dramatic, but he doesn’t get particularly close to most people.

Growing up, he took much more to his father than he did his mother. Oh, he loved his mother, and obviously still does! Art and music, as much as he does love and appreciate it, viewing it to be just as important as anything else, was never what drew him in. No, he became obsessed with history and politics and practically devoured the subjects. He’d find books in the children’s section of the library that explained historical events, places, and general history, until he was old enough to move on to more ‘adult’ sections. He’s been a bit of a ‘geek’ his entire life and has never once been ashamed of it. But that’s never meant he doesn’t have a sense of humor, keeps to himself, or takes everything seriously, oh no. Quite the opposite, as a matter of fact! In class, he was the first to start up debates or make a sarcastic joke/quip, and the first to point out that something might be wrong or biased. It got him into detention on more than one occasion, but meh. It was more than worth it!

So, it came to no surprise to everyone when he majored in history with a side of education. But somehow along the way, his mother's interests wound up getting to him as much as they had his brother and he was exploring the arts more than anything else. He was finally starting to see just what made her and his brother so obsessed and passionate about the subject. What had started out as being intrigued by reading about theater and history and performers grew into a desire to perform - and he ended up doing just that. He auditioned for plays in the like at school and community theater, earning bit roles here and there and gaining experience bit by bit. Eventually, he tried his luck with musicals only to crash and burn on the first few goes, having no real 'experience' with that sort of thing other than the instruments he'd learned how to play. He'd never been one to give up, however, and with help from students who were heavily into the music and theatre, managed to start earning bit parts here and there. The more he worked and auditioned, the more in love with theatre he fell - and he ended up being pretty damn good at it to boot. Once 'polished', he found that he had a pretty spectacular voice and acting chops to boot.

As soon as he was able, his major was switched from history to performance arts - quite a leap to make, but he's certainly not complaining or has had any regrets about the change. As a matter of fact, he loves it, because now he can't see himself doing anything else. As much as he enjoys history and geeking over that sort of thing, he's certainly found his true calling in the creative arts (just like his mother had always hoped). He is, more or less, still just really starting out with his career, but he's been pretty lucky in all of it so far and is more or less riding along as it comes - he's not thinking too much about the instability that this sort of career holds - or even the praise and acclaim he's getting for his current role - and is letting himself enjoy it while he can.

2009: Hair - Berger
2003-2004: BKLYN - Taylor Collins


2008: Hair - Berger
2005: Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead - Matt


2006-2007: RENT - Roger Davis
2005: Aida - Radames


2007: The Who's Tommy - Tommy
2004: Beauty and the Beast - The Beast