I am an aspiring music director/conductor, and in a pre-COVID world, whenever I saw a B’way musical I would stand outside the pit after a performance ended and speak to whoever was conducting about my dreams and goals.
This is how I met Meg Zervoulis at “The Prom”. Of the MDs I have met so far, I have gotten the most support from her and we’ve been close ever since. She felt so inspired by me when I first met her that she said she would do anything to help me along the way.
When my schedule was free a few months later, she invited me to observe/audit her associate one evening at “The Prom” and took me backstage afterwards, which is when my profile picture was taken. The whole experience felt unreal. She also invited me to a rehearsal of one of her works in development, where I first met her “Mean Girls” cohorts Liz Doran and Mary-Mitchell Campbell.
The amount of love and appreciation I have for Meg is endless. I feel so lucky to have someone like her in my life right now, and she is always a text message or phone call away.
“I am furious, but I am sailing.”