Nicole Zelka finds laughs in revised 'Cinderella' → March 16, 2018 Nicole Zelka Check out some press I did for Cindy! See you soon, Sioux City, IA!March 29th @ 7:30pm playing at the Orpheum Theatre FULL ARTICLE “Growing up in Albany, New York, Zelka started performing when she was 10, setting her sights on a career in entertainment. As high school graduation approached, she applied to a number of musical theater programs and didn’t get in any. “I thought it was the end of the world,” she says. “I didn’t know if I wanted to do it anymore.” Then she applied to AMDA, a two-year program, and found it was the perfect fit. Since classes were held at night, she could audition during the day and get a taste of the real world. Last summer, she appeared in “Mamma Mia” in Albany, then landed the “Cinderella” gig. The one-two punch has been ideal, particularly since “I’d be a junior in college if I had gotten into one of those programs. Now, I’m actually working.”” — BRUCE L. MILLER, Sioux City Journal