The National Tour of the Broadway blockbuster Wicked will welcome new principal cast members next month.
Beginning Tuesday, May 20 at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City, Jessie Davidson (Elphaba), Zoe Jensen (Glinda), Eileen T’Kaye (Madame Morrible), Nicolas Garza (Boq), Ethan Kirschbaum (Fiyero), Drew McVety (Doctor Dillamond) and Jada Temple (Nessarose) will join the company.
They join a cast that will include Blake Hammond (The Wizard), Carly Augenstein (Elphaba Standby), Jennifer Mariela Bermeo, Anthony Lee Bryant, Sean Burns, Reagan Davidson, Matt Densky, Kelley Dorney, Aydin Eyikan, Kayla Goldsberry, Clair Rachel Howell, Rose Iannaccone, Mattie Tucker Joyner, David Kaverman, Kelly Lafarga, Marina Lazzaretto, Jake Levy, Adelina Mitchell, Brayden Newby, Allsun O’Malley, Taylor Quick, Derek Schiesel, Wayne Schroder, DJ Smart, Brett Stoelker, Ben Susak, Melissa Victor and Justin Wirick.
Biographies
JESSIE DAVIDSON (Elphaba) is wildly excited to be a part of this company and the Wicked legacy. Broadway: Six Alternate – Jane Seymour, Katherine Howard, Catherine Parr); National Tour: Pretty Woman: The Musical (Vivian Ward); Off-Broadway: Harmony (Ruth). Regional: Maltz Jupiter Theatre, the REV. BFA: Penn State. @jessiedavidson__
ZOE JENSEN (Glinda) fell in love with theater after seeing the Wicked National Tour in 2006 and is thrilled to be playing her dream role. Broadway: The Heart of Rock and Roll (Paige, OBC), Six (Katherine Howard), Dear Evan Hansen. National Tour: Hamilton (Eliza). Off-Broadway: We Are the Tigers (Farrah). Regional: My Best Friend’s Wedding (Amanda Newhouse). TV: “Law & Order SVU.” Zoe is from Rockford, IL and received her BFA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. @Lanazoejensen
EILEEN T’KAYE (Madame Morrible). Recent credits: Mrs. Strakosh in Funny Girl (First National Tour); Yente in Fiddler on the Roof (starring Jason Alexander, La Mirada Theatre); Anne-Marie in A Doll’s House, Part 2 (ICT); Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Sisters in Law (World-Premiere, Phoenix Theatre). And now Wicked – it’s thrillifying! Eileen is also a voice-over artist, an award-winning theatre producer and the Founding Producing Director of Boston Court Pasadena.
NICOLAS GARZA (Boq) couldn’t be happier to be here! Selected Regional: Signature Theatre, TUTS, ZACH, Arvada Center, ACT of CT, Transcendence, Portland Center Stage, Milwaukee Rep, Seattle Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, San Antonio Broadway. TV: The CW’s “Walker.” @nicolasgarza
ETHAN KIRSCHBAUM (Fiyero) is beyond grateful to help take the magic of Wicked on the road! Stage: Kinky Boots on tour, The Engagement Party cover at the Geffen, Biloxi Blues, Heathers, First Date. Screen: “The Gringo Hunters” (Netflix) and featured in Dove Cameron’s “Breakfast” music video. @ethan.kirschbaum
DREW McVETY (Doctor Dillamond). Broadway: Bandstand, The Front Page, The Last Ship, Cyrano De Bergerac, Billy Elliot, Sunday in the Park with George, Spamalot, Frozen, Big River, Titanic, The Heidi Chronicles. National Tours: Cabaret, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Acting Company. TV: “The Good Wife,” “Blue Bloods,” “Law & Order(s),” “Molly Dodd,” many others. Film: The Strange Case of Wilheim Reich, Henry’s Crime. Drew is a lead producer and the star of A Sherlock Carol.
JADA TEMPLE (Nessarose) is thrilled to join Wicked. Off-Broadway: Speakeasy, Oscar at the Crown. Television: “Evil,” “Gossip Girl.” BFA musical theatre from Pace University.
The Broadway sensation Wicked looks at what happened in the Land of Oz…but from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young woman, born with emerald-green skin, who is smart, fiery, misunderstood, and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly blonde who is exceptionally popular, their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships…until the world decides to call one “good,” and the other one “wicked.”
With a thrilling score that includes the hits “Defying Gravity,” “Popular” and “For Good,” Wicked has been hailed by The New York Times as “the defining musical of the decade,” and by Time Magazine as “a magical Broadway musical with brains, heart, and courage.” NBC Nightly News calls the hit musical “the most successful Broadway show ever.”
Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, Wicked has music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and a book by Winnie Holzman. The production is directed by Tony Award winner Joe Mantello with musical staging by Tony Award winner Wayne Cilento. Wicked is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Stage Productions, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone.
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