Mackenzie Zielke

Mackenzie received her Master of Arts in Theatre from Regent University and a Bachelor of Arts in Music Theatre from the Conservatory at the University of Missouri in Kansas City where she appeared in numerous productions including Most Happy Fella (Rosabella) and Pirates of Penzance.

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Mackenzie has performed at many Kansas City venues such as Union Station City Stage, Theatre in the Park, Musical Theatre Heritage and the Barn Players Theatre. Favorite KC roles include Jo in Little Women, Florence in Chess, Fran in Promises Promises, Elsa in The Sound of Music and Maureen in Rent.

Locally, she has worked with the Blue Barn Theatre (Heather Chandler in Heathers), the Omaha Community Playhouse (Narrator in Murder Ballad, Fiona is Shrek, Francesca in Bridges of Madison County, Irene Molly in Hello, Dolly!), the Chanticleer (Phoebe in Gentleman’s Guide) and the Bellevue Little Theatre (Judy in 9 to 5).

From 2009-2018 she was the director of the musical theatre program Grace University where she taught classes and voice lessons, directed 11 fully staged productions, and created and directed 10 cabaret showcases. She was also the Director of Education at Omaha Community Playhouse from 2017-2020.

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Mackenzie is actively involved in the Omaha community theatre scene as both a performer and director and serves as an adjudicator for the Omaha Performing Arts High School Theatre Awards program.