ABOUT
Jianzi Colón-Soto is an actor, singer, dancer, writer, linguist, director, mixologist, and hospitality professional based in New York City. Jianzi grew up in Kissimmee, FL, before relocating to NYC to study in the CAP21 Program at Molloy University, from where she graduated with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Arts.
Throughout her time at CAP21, Jianzi became acquainted with the acting styles of Stanislavsky, Meisner, Hagen, and Michael Chekhov, and studied Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, Anton Chekhov, and numerous contemporary playwrights. Her training in musical theatre familiarized her with great the American standards, Rodgers and Hammerstein and the Golden Age, and the contemporary musical theatre of today. She trained in speech and vocal technique, becoming proficient in several dialects and the International Phonetic Alphabet, and received dance training in ballet, jazz, musical theatre, hip-hop, contemporary, modern, and tap. She joyfully continues to hone her craft every day.
Since then, Jianzi has had the great privilege to find work in musicals, classical and straight plays, film, voiceover, and modeling. She has picked up credits as associate director, composer, hip-hop vocalist, foley artist, dramaturg, creative consultant, and more. Jianzi is also currently represented by SW Artists Agency, and is a proud brand ambassador for Earth Harbor Naturals!
Outside of work, Jianzi is an ardent appreciator of maps and geography, dinosaurs, fuzzy animals, sci-fi and horror, outer space, and planet-conscious skincare. In her free time she enjoys doing yoga, finding small sustainability swaps in her life, dabbling with foreign languages, reading, writing songs and poetry, crafting new cocktails and mocktails, playing video games, and plunking on musical instruments. Her superobjective: to use storytelling and kindness to leave the world a little better off than how she found it. Every day, she is lucky to pursue this path in her favorite city in the world.