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Biography
Jessica Vosk is an American singer and actress. She is best known for her work in the theater. She is currently starring in Wicked, playing the lead role of Elphaba on the Second National Tour.
Career
Early life and training
Jessica Vosk was raised in New Jersey, starting in community theater at a young age. Her father played in a band and first taught her how to sing. After high school, she pursued a degree in musical theater at The Hartt School in West Hartford, Connecticut but transferred to Montclair State University, graduating with a degree in Communications and Public and Investor Relations. She worked in investor relations for three years on Wall Street before deciding to pursue her Broadway ambitions.
Stage Work
Vosk's big break came in 2009 when she was cast as a vocalist for the live concert Kristina written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA and performed at Carneigie Hall and at London's Royal Albert Hall.
Vosk made her Broadway debut in 2014 in Jason Robert Brown’s 'The Bridges of Madison County'. She was cast as a swing, and she made her principal debut as Marian. She also was an understudy for the role of Chiara.
From Bridges of Madison County she went to 'Finding Neverland' where she was in the Original Broadway production playing the role of Miss Bassett and an understudy for Mrs du Maurier.
She then played Fruma Sarah in the 2015-2016 Broadway Revival of Fiddler on the Roof. She also was an understudy for Golde/Yente.
Also in 2014, she performed as Anita in the San Francisco Symphony's live recording of the West Side Story score which was nominated for a Grammy.
Wicked
Vosk left Fiddler on The Roof in 2016 to take over the lead role of Elphaba in the Second National Tour of Wicked.She made her debut in South Bend, Indiana on September 7, 2016.