Young Stars of the Future

February 3, 2012

Young Stars of the Future is the Premiere county-wide Performance Competition & Concert. Winners are selected by a Jury of distinguished musicians. The criteria are exceptional talent, virtuosity, artistic individuality, projection as a performer, and promise. The musicians compete against a standard of excellence – not each other. There is a limit of three First Prize Winners. Each winner receives a $1000 US Savings Bond and a performance with the Symphony. This year’s concert features Broadway star Krysta Rodriguez, a past alumna of the Young Stars Competition.

Krysta Rodriguez

Broadway Star

Krysta Rodriguez first appeared on Broadway in the short-lived musical, Good Vibrations. She was later featured in the Broadway revival of A Chorus Line in 2007 as a replacement in the role of Bebe. She has played numerous chorus and understudy parts in the Broadway productions of Spring Awakening, In the Heights, and regional productions of The Boy Friend.. In the 2010 film The Virginity Hit, she appears as “Krysta”.

Starting in March 2010, Rodriguez originated the role of “Wednesday Addams” in the Broadway musical The Addams Family at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, leaving the role on March 8, 2011. In 2009, she had played the role in the show’s Chicago tryout. Other credits include the title role in Gidget the Musical which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. She also appeared in an Encores! production of Bye Bye Birdie. Rodriguez also guest starred on Gossip Girl as “Jordan Steele”. Krysta appeared with the South Coast Symphony on January 18, 2001 as one of our Young STARS of the Future Competition winners!