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about me
Height: 5'3 | Eye Color: Blue | Hair Color: Blonde
Jenna Seasholtz loves to sing, dance and act. Jenna has been dancing since she was 3 years old. She has been performing in musical theater since she was 7 years old. Jenna began as Gretl in The Sound of Music at her high school and has been in love with performing ever since. After Gretl, Jenna was Mary Hildebrand in Street Scene: An American Opera at Muhlenberg College. She then had the opportunity to be Susan Waverly in White Christmas at the Pennsylvania Playhouse. Jenna began her professional career as Baby June in Gypsy at the Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre. Jenna was then a Munchkin in The Wizard of Oz at the renowned Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. Jenna was Annie in Annie the Broadway Musical at the Walnut Street Theatre. Jenna Toured the US and Canada playing Louisa on The Sound of Music National Tour. Jenna was Ursula Merkle in Bye Bye Birdie for Southern Lehigh High School and was nominated by the Freddy Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Female Ensemble Member. Jenna was Lonny Barnett as in Rock of Ages at Southern Lehigh High School were she won a Freddy Award for Outstanding Featured Performance by an Actress. Jenna was in Ruthless! The Musical, at Cedar Crest College playing the role of Tina Denmark. Jenna was most recently in The Addams Family, at Southern Lehigh High School, Playing the role of Wednesday.
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In Jenna's free time, she takes dance and voice lessons. Jenna loves tap, ballet, jazz, modern, contemporary, and hip hop.
WORK EXPERIENCE
National Tour
Professional Musical Theatre
Regional Musical Theatre
Annie | Walnut Street Theatre - Director Glenn Casale | Annie
Wizard of Oz | Walnut Street Theatre - Director Glenn Casale | Munchkin
Gypsy | Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre - Director Charles Richter | Baby June
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The Addams Family | Southern Lehigh High School - Director - Lisa Foley | Wednesday
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Ruthless! | Cedar Crest College - Director JoAnn Wilchek Basist | Tina Denmark
Rock of Ages | Southern Lehigh High School - Director Jarad Benn | Lonnie Barnett
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Bye Bye Birdie | Southern Lehigh High School - Director Matthew Wehr | Ursula Merkle
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White Christmas | Pennsylvania Playhouse - Director Chip Rohrbach | Susan Waverly
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Street Scene | Muhlenberg College - Director Charles Richter | Mary Hildebrand
An American Opera​
Sound of Music | Southern Lehigh High School - Director Matthew Wehr | Gretl Von Trapp
Sound of Music | NETworks - Director Matt Lenz | Louisa Von Trapp
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Additional Experience
Annie in Hard Knock Life | Walnut Street Theatre Preview Party
Relay for Life | Solo: Maybe from Annie​
The Billboard Movie | Extra - Girl by news reporter
Getting Grace | Extra - Girl by fire truck
Relay for Life | Solo: Tomorrow from Annie
Dance show | Tap, Ballet and Jazz
Training & Workshops
Voice | Jacqueline Ballarin | JMB Voice Studio
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Dance | Tap, Ballet, Jazz and Hip Hop: Kathleen Johnson | Danceworks; Tap Ties - Baakari Widle, Rochelle Haynes and Justin Ballasy; Jennifer Haltzman Tracy, Dolly Haltzman RDT
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Acting and Musical Theatre | Broadway Artist Alliance - Summer Intensive, Desales Summer Institute | Denise Simon - Acting Coach
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On Camera Acting | A Class Act NY
Special Skills
Tap, ballet, jazz, hip hop, soccer, swimming, gymnastics, cycling, running, batons, works well with animals, Meisner technique
quotes from reviews and accomplishments
Jenna Seasholtz has great stage presence as the general's granddaughter Susan Waverly. She adorably nails her big number "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy," complete with jazz hands.
- Morning Call, December 8, 2015
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Jenna Seasholtz makes an adorable and self-assured Baby June, doing splits and coyly talking to the audience. In "Let Me Entertain You," the two young girls set up the family dynamics as they perform.
- Morning Call, June 21, 2016
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Naturally, the youngest cast members in the roles of the Von Trapp children also steal the spotlight with the adorable musical numbers such as "So Long, Farewell," "Do-Re-Mi," and "The Lonely Goatherd."
- Broadwayworld.com, December 12, 2018
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Freddy Award Nomination - Outstanding Performance by a Female Ensemble Member - Ursula Merkle in Bye Bye Birdie for Southern Lehigh High School
- Freddy Awards, May 26, 2022
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Freddy Award Nomination - Outstanding Small Ensemble Performance -in Rock of Ages: Teen Edition for Southern Lehigh High School
- Freddy Awards, May 25, 2023
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Freddy Award Winner - Outstanding Featured Performance by an Actress - Lonny Barnett in Rock of Ages: Teen Edition for Southern Lehigh High School
- Freddy Awards, May 25, 2023
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"...Jenna Seasholtz is perfectly cast as Tina Denmark, the 8-year-old protagonist who is uber talented and relentlessly ambitious. Seasholtz has the requisite big belty voice and can tap dance, twirl batons and drop into a split with ease. Seasholtz also nails Tina’s a-little-too-sweet, chirpy persona that hides her ruthless and homicidal aspirations. Her reactions are on-point and priceless."
- Lehigh Valley Stage, September 29, 2023
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