Pets! The Musical at Manatee Performing Arts Center

Alexander Zickafoose has been teaching at Booker High School for five long years and is going into his sixth. For the last four of these years, he has also served as the Director/Music Director for Spotlight Theatre Productions. One thing he often hears is that “You’re a busy person!” However, he loves to perform in the community on the side of his work because it allows him to learn and collaborate with his friends and express himself in ways that teaching cannot do. Alex does shows because he wants to have fun, and he believes the stage is the best place for it. Performing in roles such as the title role in Pippin, Jamie in The Last Five Years, Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Crutchie in Newsies, and Peter in Peter and the Starcatcher, Alex has had MANY amazing experiences performing in the community. A notable experience this summer was at the Asolo Repertory Theatre where he had the incredible opportunity to perform alongside students, community members, and professional actors and directors to put on a reading of a new Musical, Fountain. Learning brilliant new material from scratch, with such amazing people, has forever changed his outlook on performance and life. He is beginning to direct in the community, making his directorial debut in Pets later in the fall. It is a silly revue of songs about pets and their owners. He hopes this cute show will lead to larger endeavors down the line in directing at MPAC and other theaters in the area.