JJ has years of on-stage experience including professional shows with the Minnesota Opera, high school shows, community theater and more.
Recent Theater Performing Experience
- Larson: RENT – Collins
St. Paul Academy, 2018 - Bloom: Peter/Wendy – Tinkerbell
St. Paul Academy, 2018 - Loesser: Guys and Dolls – Arvide
St. Paul Academy, 2017 - Shakespeare: As You Like It – Audrey
St. Paul Academy, 2016 - Schönberg: Les Miserables – Bishop, Army Officer
St. Paul Academy, 2016 - Hollman: Urinetown – Chorus
St. Paul Academy, 2015 - Mozart: The Magic Flute – Second Knaben
Minnesota Opera, 2014
Awards
Spotlight Education Honors
Spotlight honors high school musicals and students by formally recognizing the extraordinary achievements and process of developing the young artists, onstage and offstage, in Minnesota’s high school musical theatre programs. Through the Hennepin Theater Trust.
- Honorable Mention, Supporting Role, for Rent, 2018
- Honorable Mention, Overall Production, Technical Achievement and Student Orchestra for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, 2017
- Honorable Mention, Supporting Role for Arvide in Guys and Dolls, 2017
MN NATS
Finalist, 1st Place Musical Theater Division 1, 2016
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