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Jeanna de Waal to Join Touring Cast of Wicked

Jeanna de Waal
Jeanna de Waal

Jeanna de Waal will join the cast of the touring production of Wicked in the role of Glinda, beginning June 27 in East Lansing, MI.

Most recently, De Waal played the role of Chris Hargensen in the 2012 revival of Carrie. Other credits include American Idiot on Broadway and the West End’s We Will Rock You, among others.

De Waal joins a cast that stars Christine Dwyer as Elphaba, Marilyn Caskey as Madame Morrible and Paul Kreppel as The Wizard.

The company also features Catherine Charlebois (Nessarose), Timothy Britten Parker (Dr. Dillamond), Billy Harrigan Tighe (Fiyero), Michael Wartella (Boq), and Stephanie Torns (Standby for Elphaba) with Kerry Blanchard, Jane Brockman, Bridie Carroll, Michael Drolet, Anna Eilinsfeld, Peter C. Ermides, Ryan Patrick Farrell, Samantha Farrow, Natalie Fotopoulos, Dominic Giudici, Lauren Haughton, Zach Hensler, KJ Hippensteel, Ryan Jackson, Jillian Kates, Becca Kloha, Sterling Masters, Marissa Miller, Dashi’ Mitchell, Robert Pendilla, Casey Quinn, Wayne Schroder, and Justin Wirick.

With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, Wicked is based on the 1995 best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire, and tells the untold story of the witches of Oz.

For more information and tickets to the national tour of Wicked, click here.