Maziarz Shows Her Face on Dawson's Creek

ByABC News
February 5, 2001, 1:44 PM

January 31 -- After being the voice of Dawson's Creek for the past two seasons, singer-songwriter Mary Beth Maziarz is finally getting some face time on the WB network's weekly coming-of-age drama. On tonight's episode, Maziarz will appear as the performer at a special all-ages show attended by Dawson and his girlfriend, Gretchen.

She'll perform "Waiting for a Sign," one of the songs from her latest CD, A More Perfect World.

"It was amazing," Maziarz says of her guest spot on the show, to which she's contributed a number of songs including a cover of The Monkees' "Daydream Believer" for the Songs From Dawson's Creek, Volume 2 album.

"It was a huge validation from the producers that they kind of trusted me with that role. I was really well-supported; the cast was really nice and they let me wear what I wanted to, so it was a good experience."

Of course, Maziarz a suburban Chicago native who now resides with her husband in Park City, Utah hopes the appearance will be good for A More Perfect World, which she released in September. Like fellow singer-songwriter Vonda Shepherd's role with the show Ally McBeal, Maziarz knows it can be a struggle to parlay a TV association into a recording career. At the same time, she knows things could be far worse, too.

"I feel like this show has been the biggest blessing in my career so far," she says. "You just can't ask for the kind of support and exposure I've gotten from them. The important thing for me is I'm reaching a younger audience, which is so important now from a marketing standpoint. It's very encouraging to me to think that these 13-, 14-, 15-year-olds are interested in a music that has a different kind of depth than Britney or Christina Aguilera. The fan e-mail I get is really amazing, the writing and thoughts that come from these listeners. People like Alanis [Morissette] have tapped into some of that, and Tori [Amos], I think, gets the most dramatic type. I think I might be the most middle-of-the-road, like the closet drama queen. I do think there's an audience for it."