Itanza Wooden is a native Floridian.  She relocated to New York City two years ago.  Itanza has traveled extensively throughout the East Coast and Midwest doing regional theatre.  She has performed in 7 states and done over 40 productions.  She got her start of course in her home state of Florida where she attended the University of Florida and received her BFA in Musical Theatre Performance.  Some of her first roles were in shows such as Baby, Company, Godspell, Much Ado About Nothing and Cabaret.   She got her first production credit when she mounted a production of A…My Name is Alice which was continually mounted and moved from a 45 seat venue to 90 seats and eventually into a 350 seat house.  After college Itanza began her professional career at the Hippodrome State Theatre where she performed And the World Goes Round.  She then traveled to Indiana and starred in Big River and Young Abe Lincoln at the Lincoln Amphitheatre.  She returned to Florida and starred in South Pacific as Bloody Mary in Jacksonville, FL.  Her travels were just beginning, going from Miami to Connecticut to Illinois, South Carolina, back to Indiana and again throughout Florida from West Palm Beach, Gainesville, Ft. Lauderdale and Orlando.  Some of her favorite roles include Calpurnia in To Kill A Mockingbird, Amiens in As You Like It, Crystal in Little Shop of Horrors, Nell Carter in Ain’t Misbehavin’ and Jewel in Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.  Itanza is especially proud of her 2 years spent at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, FL where she created the role of Zawadi in the Festival of the Lion King at Disney’s new theme park Animal Kingdom.  This gave Itanza the opportunity to appear on the Regis and Kathy Lee show and numerous other ABC specials including Disney’s annual Christmas and Thanksgiving Day Parades as well as numerous television commercials including National Rental Car and McDonalds.  She then made the move to New York City to continue to pursue her dreams of continuing to produce and perhaps to one appear on Broadway.  Since moving to New York she has done a few gigs around town.  Most recently she appeared in “Women’s Voices from Union Square” at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum.  This is her first cabaret show and she is delighted to be able to perform with friend Diane Bearden.   A big up to friend Peter Zachari for all of his help.