Actress
Jessie is happy to spend her summer with such a wonderful company in such beautiful surroundings! Chicago credits include Fiddler on the Roof (Tzeitel), The Bowery Boys, All Shook Up (Natalie Haller) and Shenandoah (Jenny Anderson) at the Marriott Theatre; the Goodman Theatre’s A Christmas Carol (Belle)and Animal Crackers (Mary, Grace); Drury Lane Oakbrook’s regional premiere of Curtains (Niki Harris) andMeet Me in St. Louis (Esther Smith), and as Carrie Pipperidge in Carousel (Court Theatre/Long Wharf Theatre – Jeff Award, Connecticut Critics Circle Award.) Credits with Chicago Shakespeare Theater include Veruca Salt in Willy Wonka, Daisy in How Can You Run With a Shell on Your Back?, The Three Musketeers and Lady Mortimer in Henry IV, Parts I & 2, also on tour at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon. Regional credits include Mary Jane in Big River at Syracuse Stage. She is a proud Actor’s Equity member.
2010 Roles: Annie in Over The Tavern; Anne Egerman in A Little Night Music