RIZO: HOME

Saturday, July 20th at 7:30pm
LIVE at The Circa 1799 Barn
105 Simons Road, Ancramdale, NY

Rizo uses her trademark blend of songs, stories, performance art, comedy and glamor to explore the nature of home and how it informs our identity. Does where you hang your hat define who you are or how you think about yourself?  

Exploring the concepts of Home, the prodigal daughter and Joseph Cambell’s reported quote that  “Women don't need to make the journey, they are the place that everyone is trying to get to."

Join Rizo as she reflects on returning to her home state of Oregon, and the land of her art hippy childhood from living in New York City and traveling internationally for over 15 years.

"It’s really all about the songs and that incredible voice...deserves a full house every night." - Herald Sun

"Rizo practically has the word ‘talent’ tattooed on her forehead." - Wall Street Journal

"Sensational.. Rizo makes connections between performer and audience that are impossible in any other context" - The New York Times

"The glamor puss Lady Rizo is the alter-ego of Amelia Zirin-Brown, and a diva par excellence. The character and the real woman meld in a show that displays plenty of wit but also real tenderness." - The Guardian

Rizo herself is patently bright, a witty raconteur blessed with an incandescent talent... a real glamourpuss. But it’s the “real” Rizo, not just the surface image, which is especially appealing. - The Times London

About Rizo

The New York Times once referred to Rizo as “SENSATIONAL… A fierce but kindhearted fusion of comedy, burlesque, performance art and rock ‘n’ roll.” Taking a cue from Piaf, Rizo (né Amelia Zirin-Brown) fully embraces the role of chanteuse. In recordings, she is a mysterious figure, a siren ushering you through tableaus of heartbreak, lust, and the murkiness in between. Live, she is an eyeful. 

An international cult favorite, her stage shows bring her powerhouse vocals together with seductive storytelling and wild hilarious audience experiments.  Rizo is a provocateur with an electric wit, and has been called a “diva par excellence” by The Guardian. In the studio she has collaborated with Moby, Reggie Watts, and Yo-Yo Ma; whose album Songs of Joy & Peace, which features Rizo, won a Grammy Award.

Rizo has also received a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, a Time Out London theater award, and a London Cabaret Award. Rizo recently starred in the role of Madame Zinzanni in the revival of the much beloved Teatro ZinZanni and is in development for a television project with Michael Carbonaro of the popular series “The Carbonaro Effect.”

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About the Circa 1799 Barn

The Circa 1799 Barn in Ancramdale offers an intimate setting for music, theater, and other cultural events. Situated on 10 acres of land, visitors can enjoy sweeping views of the Taconics, verdant fields, and woods that stretch out to the horizon.