The New York Optimist
January 2009
Bio



I sing, model, write poetry and prose, paint, draw, write
music, make beats, collaborate, take photographs, do graphic
design and editing, take a lot of videos, act, direct, and I read
a lot.
Feel free to contact me about any of the above.


Resume
Modeling:

Represented by: Bloom Model Management

Time Out NY - Cover and inside spread

Footwear Plus - Worldwide Ad Campaign

Promotion

AT&T Godiva Radio Appearances:

WRHU - Hofstra University - Live Performance and Interview

Stonybrook Radio - FIRST EVER Live Performance and
Interview on this station!

Performance:

Carnegie Hall Choir Performance

RENT - Mimi (Bennington - TIP)

Miss Merleen (Lead)

Songs of the Valley - Gwendolyn (Lead)

Les Miserables - Cosette (Lead)

Oklahoma - Gertie Cummings (Lead)

Sweet Charity - Chorus

Guys and Dolls - Sarah (Lead)

Cinderella - Joy (Stepsister)

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Narrator
(Lead)

Jesus Christ Superstar - Simon Zealotes (Lead)

Annie - Star to Be (Solo)

Godspell - Disciple/All Good Gifts (Lead)

West Side Story - America/Somewhere (Solos)

Bye Bye Birdie

Evita

Carousel - Snow Child

The Wizard of Oz - Munchkin (Solo)

Fiddler on the Roof - Solo

The Sound of Music - Brigitta (Lead)

Our Lady of Victory Cantar - 1998 - 2006

Long Island Sounds (Select Choir)

Sacred Heart Academy Womens Chamber Choir

Bennington College Chamber Choir

Talent Showcase:

" Still Hurting " - The Last Five Years

" One Song Glory " - RENT

" Light My Candle " - RENT

Recordings:

Trained by Julie Last - 2004-2006

" Until You Do " Sam Clement on guitar. Recorded by me,
2005

" A Capella " Recorded by me, 2005

" Something We All Face ", by Trevor Wilson, featured Tara
Mackey. Recorded by me, 2005

" Tired of Trying ", Sam Clement on piano. Recorded by me,
2005

" Visual Exchange", Johnny on piano. Recorded by me, 2005

Musical Achievements: The Ticker - Review

Featured artist on PartyRadio.com












TaraMackey@gmail.com
Tara Mackey
.ignite.


when i try to tan

i burn

and everything i make

i burn

and every life i shake

i burn

and every coffee break

i burn

and every winter night

i burn

and every time i write

i burn

and every summer storm

i burn

and when i try to warm

i burn
.discipline.


i was raised on broadway

and catholic mind pull

but all that taught me was

to be mindful

of what i was doing

and when

and if i should do it

again
Poetry
.Prose

Stop the "Intimacy".


jamaica station. train waiting:

Stop the "Intimacy"

[ mozart mozart mozart ]

the rhymes have stopped. it's impossible to tell which cloud of
smoke they left on. blurred vision is all that remains (i wouldn't
want to take it with me, either). i'm not a mass e-mail, never
forget you kind of gal. more and more each day i play games.
remember before computers when things were simple and written
down? we take liberties now and nobody cares.

this train just brought the sun in. wrong track, though.

i guess i'm not going home.

i wonder if she knows how loud shes talking or that someone's
writing about her. now it's the beep beep of cell phones or the eep
eep in my head.

his voice calms me down. each time is a mental tattoo. every day
and then some. it's not doodling, it's passion. she blew it, i think.
will i bore her, you think? it might be exciting cause it's new.

coffee stains.
Modeling
Additional work by Tara
Ceramics
other misc work
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Tara is also a gifted writer as well. Take a look.