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'''Jennifer Lin Colella'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Ernio |date=February 20, 2008 |title=PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Jenn Colella |url=https://playbill.com/article/playbillcoms-cue-a-jenn-colella-com-147715 |website=Playbill}}</ref> is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her work in [[musical theatre]].
'''Jenn Colella''' is an American actress and singer. She began her career as a comedian and then branched out into musical theater. In her New York debut in ''[[Urban Cowboy (musical)|Urban Cowboy]]'', she earned a 2003 [[Outer Critics Circle Award]] nomination. More recently, she landed a [[71st Tony Awards#Winners and nominees|Tony Award]] nomination, and won the [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical#2010s|Drama Desk Award]], Outer Critics Circle Award, and three regional theater awards for her portrayal of Annette/[[Beverley Bass]] in ''[[Come from Away]]''. She received a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] in January 2018 for her role for the ''[[Dear Evan Hansen]]'' original cast album. See: [[#Awards and nominations|Awards and nominations]]

She received a [[71st Tony Awards#Winners and nominees|Tony Award]] nomination and won the [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical#2010s|Drama Desk Award]], Outer Critics Circle Award, and three regional theater awards for her portrayal of Annette/[[Beverley Bass]] in ''[[Come from Away]]''. She reprised her roles in [[Come from Away (film)|the 2021 filmed recording of the musical]].
Along with ''Come from Away'' in 2017, she has been cast in the original [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] productions of ''Urban Cowboy'', ''[[High Fidelity (musical)|High Fidelity]]'' (2006), ''[[Chaplin (2006 musical)|Chaplin: The Musical]]'' (2012), and ''[[If/Then]]'' (2014), and [[Off-Broadway]] original productions of ''Slut'' (2005) and ''[[Lucky Guy (musical)|Lucky Guy]]'' (2011). Further Off-Broadway work included the title character in the ''[[Ann Bannon#Adaptations|Beebo Brinker Chronicles]]'' (2008), ''[[Closer Than Ever]]'' (2012), and a staged reading of ''[[Twelve Angry Men (play)|Twelve Angry Men]]'' (2018) with an all-female cast.
Colella was in the original [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] casts of ''Urban Cowboy'', ''[[High Fidelity (musical)|High Fidelity]]'' (2006), ''[[Chaplin (2006 musical)|Chaplin: The Musical]]'' (2012), and ''[[If/Then]]'' (2014), and [[Off-Broadway]] original productions of ''Slut'' (2005) and ''[[Lucky Guy (musical)|Lucky Guy]]'' (2011). Her Off-Broadway work includes the title character in the ''[[Ann Bannon#Adaptations|Beebo Brinker Chronicles]]'' (2008), ''[[Closer Than Ever]]'' (2012), and a staged reading of ''[[Twelve Angry Men (play)|Twelve Angry Men]]'' (2018) with an all-female cast. Colella received a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] in January 2018 for featuring on the ''[[Dear Evan Hansen]]'' original cast album.
In 2008 Colella performed in abridged versions of ''[[Girl Crazy]]'' and ''[[Side Show (musical)|Side Show]]'', two of the parts of ''[[Broadway: Three Generations]]'' at the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|Kennedy Center]]. The production celebrated the reopening of the renovated [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts#Eisenhower Theater|Eisenhower Theater]]. She also appeared in ''[[The Full Monty]]'' (2009) for the [[Paper Mill Playhouse]] in Millburn, New Jersey, which included [[Elaine Stritch]] as Jeanette, and the American premiere of ''[[Take Flight (musical)|Take Flight]]'' (2010), her first pilot role, for the [[McCarter Theatre]] in Princeton, New Jersey.
In 2008, Colella performed in abridged versions of ''[[Girl Crazy]]'' and ''[[Side Show (musical)|Side Show]]'', two of the parts of ''[[Broadway: Three Generations]]'' at the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|Kennedy Center]]. The production celebrated the reopening of the renovated [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts#Eisenhower Theater|Eisenhower Theater]]. She also appeared in ''[[The Full Monty]]'' (2009) at the [[Paper Mill Playhouse]] in Millburn, New Jersey, and the American premiere of ''[[Take Flight (musical)|Take Flight]]'' (2010), her first pilot role, at the [[McCarter Theatre]] in Princeton, New Jersey.
She has performed in over a half-dozen world premieres from Wisconsin to Florida and Massachusetts to California, including three at the [[La Jolla Playhouse]] in San Diego. From 2001 to 2019, there were four ''[[Peter Pan (musical)|Peter Pans]]''. Additionally, she has been cast multiple times at the [[New York Musical Theatre Festival]]. On television, she has made over a dozen appearances, starting in 2003 on the game show ''Can You Tell?'' through ''An Evening with Lerner and Loewe'', the initial Broadway in Concert Series installment on [[PBS]] in 2022. Her film credits include the live capture of ''[[Come from Away (film)|Come from Away]]''{{'}}s Broadway production.
Colella has performed in over a half-dozen world premiere musicals in the United States, including three at the [[La Jolla Playhouse]] in San Diego. She has appeared in four productions of ''[[Peter Pan (musical)|Peter Pan]]''. Additionally, she has been in multiple productions at the [[New York Musical Theatre Festival]].

Colella has also done some television work; she appeared on the game show ''Can You Tell?'' in 2003 and ''An Evening with Lerner and Loewe'', the initial Broadway in Concert Series installment on [[PBS]] in 2022.


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
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== Career ==
== Career ==
=== Theatre ===
=== Theatre ===
As a UCI graduate, Colella participated in a showcase in New York, along with [[New York University|NYU]] and [[Yale University|Yale]], and auditioned for a part.<ref>{{harvnb|Ferrao|2021}}, at 7:11 min.</ref> After going back to California for a few months, she got a call to come back to New York to audition for Sissy in the original production of Urban Cowboy, and was cast in her Broadway debut role. She had not yet gotten her Equity card.<ref>{{harvnb|Ferrao|2021}}, at 9:28 min.</ref> The world premiere was at the Coconut Grove Playhouse, in Miami, Florida.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2002/legit/reviews/urban-cowboy-3-1200544803/ |title=Urban Cowboy |first=Jack |last=Zink |date=2002-11-18 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=2022-02-19}}</ref> Then it moved to the [[Broadhurst Theatre]] for its seven and one half weeks New York run.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LjnN7pSkDbgC |title=Theatre World 2002–2003 |volume=59 |page=49 |publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Books |date=2005-06-01 |first1=John |last1=Willis |first2=Ben |last2=Hodges |isbn=1-55783-634-5}} (hardcover)</ref> When the show closed, she returned to California and co-hosted a game show.{{cn|date=October 2023}}
As a UCI graduate, Colella participated in a showcase in New York, along with [[New York University|NYU]] and [[Yale University|Yale]], and auditioned for a part.<ref>{{harvnb|Ferrao|2021}}, at 7:11 min.</ref> After going back to California for a few months, she got a call to come back to New York to audition for Sissy in the original production of ''[[Urban Cowboy (musical)|Urban Cowboy]]'', and was cast in her Broadway debut role. She had not yet gotten her Equity card.<ref>{{harvnb|Ferrao|2021}}, at 9:28 min.</ref> The world premiere was at the Coconut Grove Playhouse, in Miami, Florida.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2002/legit/reviews/urban-cowboy-3-1200544803/ |title=Urban Cowboy |first=Jack |last=Zink |date=2002-11-18 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=2022-02-19}}</ref> Then it moved to the [[Broadhurst Theatre]] for its seven and a half week New York run.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LjnN7pSkDbgC |title=Theatre World 2002–2003 |volume=59 |page=49 |publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Books |date=2005-06-01 |first1=John |last1=Willis |first2=Ben |last2=Hodges |isbn=1-55783-634-5}} (hardcover)</ref> When the show closed, she returned to California and co-hosted a game show.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}


Her Off-Broadway original cast credits include a six-week run as Delia in ''Slut'' in 2005,<ref>{{cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=2005-10-01 |title=''Slut'' — Starring Altar Boyz' Andy Karl — Opens Off-Broadway Oct. 1 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/slut-starring-altar-boyz-andy-karl-opens-off-broadway-oct-1-com-128374 |access-date=2022-02-09 |work=[[Playbill]]}}</ref> two weeks in 2011 as Chicky Lay in ''[[Lucky Guy (musical)|Lucky Guy]]'' at the Little Shubert Theater,<ref>{{cite web |last=Blank |first=Matthew |date=2011-02-07 |title=Marquee Value: ''Lucky Guy'' at the Little Shubert Theatre |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/marquee-value-lucky-guy-at-the-little-shubert-theatre-com-175918 |access-date=2016-01-01 |work=[[Playbill]]}}</ref> and a seven week long engagement in the 2022 world premiere of ''[[Suffs]]'' at the Public Theater.<ref>{{cite web |date=2022 |title=''Suffs'' |url=https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/suffs |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=New York Theatre Guide}}<br />{{cite web |last=Putnam |first=Leah |date=2022-04-06 |title=Reviews: What Did Critics Think of Shaina Taub's Suffs at The Public Theater? |url=https://playbill.com/article/reviews-what-did-critics-think-of-shaina-taubs-suffs-at-the-public-theater |access-date=2022-04-17 |work=[[Playbill]]}}</ref> Colella's Off-Broadway work also includes the butch title character in the ''[[Ann Bannon#Adaptations|Beebo Brinker Chronicles]]'' for seven weeks in early 2008,<ref>{{cite web |last=Blank |first=Matthew |date=2008-03-08 |title=Photo Call: The Beebo Brinker Chronicles at Off-Broadway's 37 Arts |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/photo-call-the-beebo-brinker-chronicles-at-off-broadways-37-arts-com-148164 |access-date=2022-02-15 |work=[[Playbill]]}}</ref> a four-week review, ''[[Closer Than Ever]]'', during the summer of 2012,<ref>{{cite news |last=Dziemianowicz |first=Joe |date=2012-07-06 |title=Cute review deserves ''Closer'' look |work=[[New York Daily News]] |page=50}}</ref> and a single performance, all-female cast staged reading of ''[[Twelve Angry Men (play)|Twelve Angry Men]]'' in September 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last=Clement |first=Olivia |date=2018-08-29 |title=Jenn Colella, Ariana DeBose, Cady Huffman, More to Take Part in All-Female ''12 Angry Men'' Reading |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/jenn-colella-ariana-debose-cady-huffman-more-to-take-part-in-all-female-12-angry-men-reading |access-date=2022-02-16 |work=[[Playbill]]}}</ref>
Among other original Broadway productions, her longest run, starting in March 2017, was two and one half years in ''[[Come from Away]]''. In the summer of 2015 Colella originated the role of Annette/[[Beverley Bass]] in the [[La Jolla Playhouse]]'s world premiere production,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2015/legit/reviews/come-from-away-review-musical-1201520157/ |title=Regional Theater Review: ''Come from Away'' at La Jolla Playhouse |first=Bob |last=Verini |date=2015-06-15 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=2022-02-16 }}</ref> which transferred later in the year to the [[Seattle Repertory Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/theater/a-heartfelt-welcome-in-come-from-away-musical-at-seattle-rep/ |title=A heartfelt welcome in ''Come from Away'' at Seattle Rep |first=Misha |last=Berson |date=2015-11-20 |work=[[Seattle Times]] |access-date=2022-02-17}}</ref> It then played Washington D.C. at [[Ford's Theatre]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fords.org/performances/past-productions/come-from-away/ |title=''Come from Away'' |date=2016 |publisher=[[Ford's Theatre]] |access-date=2022-02-17 }}</ref> a concert presentation in Gander, Newfoundland,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dctheatrescene.com/2016/11/03/reactions-gander-come-away-cast-perform-911-story/ |title=Reactions from Gander as ''Come from Away'' cast perform their 9/11 story |first=RK |last=Pendergrass |date=2016-11-03 |work=DC Theatre Scene |access-date=2022-02-17}}</ref> and at the [[Royal Alexandra Theatre|Royal Alex]] in Toronto in 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2016/11/28/come-from-away-ticket-sales-set-record.html |title=''Come from Away'' ticket sales set record |first=Debra |last=Yeo |date=2016-11-28 |work=[[Toronto Star]] |access-date=2022-02-17}}</ref> before transferring to Broadway at the [[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://playbill.com/production/come-from-awaygerald-schoenfeld-theatre-2016-2017 |title=''Come from Away'' |date=2017 |work=[[Playbill]] |access-date=2022-02-16}}</ref> The show received positive reviews and she was nominated for a Tony Award, along with winning both a [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical#2010s|Drama Desk Award]] and an [[Outer Critics Circle Award]] for her performance. After three years of performing the role over a {{frac|4|1|2}} year span, she left the production on November 10, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tony-Nominee-Jenn-Colella-Will-Depart-COME-FROM-AWAY-in-November-20191017 |title=Tony Nominee Jenn Colella Will Depart COME FROM AWAY in November |first=Nicole |last=Rosky |date=2019-10-17 |website= broadwayworld.com |access-date=2022-08-13}}</ref> During the summer of 2022, she returned as a replacement for seven weeks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://playbill.com/article/jenn-colella-to-return-to-broadways-come-from-away |title=Jenn Colella to Return to Broadway's Come From Away |first=Logan |last=Culwell-Block |date=2022-06-02 |work=[[Playbill]] |access-date=2022-08-13}}</ref> She also returned for the final weeks of the production, in late September 2022, and performed in the last Broadway showing on October 2, 2022, to a sold out crowd.(https://broadwaydirect.com/jenn-colella-fellow-original-cast-members-to-return-to-come-from-away/)<!--- 🟡 Need to convert this external link to a reference. --->


After being in the original staged reading in Connecticut in 2006,<ref>{{cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Ernio |date=2006-07-15 |title=New Musical ''Kiki Baby'' with Collela, Veanne Cox and Nathan Launches O'Neill Fest, July 15 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/new-musical-kiki-baby-with-collela-veanne-cox-and-nathan-launches-oneill-fest-july-15-com-133689 |access-date=2022-02-05 |work=[[Playbill]]}}</ref> she appeared in ''Kiki Baby'', as an "utterly believable"<ref>{{cite web |last=Sagolla |first=Lisa Jo |date=2012-08-14 |title=''Kiki Baby'' |url=http://www.backstage.com/review/ny-theater/off-off-broadway/kiki-baby/ |access-date=2016-01-01 |work=[[Backstage (magazine)|Backstage]]}}</ref> four year old singer "you will fall in love with,"<ref>{{cite web |last=Chadwick |first=Bruce |title=Child Star Kiki Shoots to Fame in Ravished 1931 Germany and Everybody Cashes In |url=https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/142653 |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=historynewsnetwork.org |quote=She is so good at the impersonation that you really think she's young}}</ref> who becomes a celebrity—and a spoiled brat. This titular characterization won Colella a 2011 NYMF Award for Outstanding Individual Performance.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |date=2011-09-06 |title=NYMF's ''Kiki Baby'' to Star Jenn Colella, Jim Walton, Jill Paice, Louis Hobson and More |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/nymfs-kiki-baby-to-star-jenn-colella-jim-walton-jill-paice-louis-hobson-and-more-com-182361 |access-date=2022-02-16 |work=[[Playbill]]}}</ref> Other [[New York Musical Theatre Festival]] appearances include ''[[The Great American Trailer Park Musical]]'' in 2004<ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Kenneth |date=2004-09-30 |title=''Great American Trailer Park Musical'' Celebrates the Jerry Springer Generation, to Oct. 3 in NY Musical Fest |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/great-american-trailer-park-musical-celebrates-the-jerry-springer-generation-to-oct-3-in-ny-musical-fest-com-122231 |access-date=2022-02-07 |work=[[Playbill]]}}</ref> and 2009's ''All Fall Down.''<ref>{{cite web |last=Tuttle |first=Hilary |date=2012-08-15 |orig-date=2009 |title=''All Fall Down'' |url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/fall-6-61397/ |access-date=2022-02-25 |work=[[Backstage (magazine)|Backstage]]}}<br />{{cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Kevin |date=2018-10-30 |orig-date=2009-09-20 |title=Can you spare $23,000? |url=https://www.rutlandherald.com/news/can-you-spare/article_0ad380ce-2ef8-5035-896d-1cf6cf5a7062.html |access-date=2022-02-25 |website=Rutland Herald}}</ref> In 2006 she starred in the world premiere of [[Twyla Tharp]]'s ''[[The Times They Are a-Changin' (musical)|The Times They Are A-Changin'<nowiki/>]]'' at the [[Old Globe Theatre]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Braunagel |first=Don |date=2006-02-01 |title=Staging of a Generation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2v8DAAAAMBAJ |magazine=San Diego Magazine |publisher=CurtCo/SDM LLC |page=142 |volume=58 |number=4}}</ref> An additional role was as Laura in ''[[High Fidelity (musical)|High Fidelity]]''. Colella played the world premiere in Boston in October 2006,<ref>{{cite news |last=Anderman |first=Joan |date=2006-10-06 |title=Genial ''Fidelity'' can't be both Broadway and indie |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |location=Boston, MA |page=Weekend D5,7}}</ref> and the original Broadway production in December of that year.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Willis |first1=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EuEND0l8ufkC |title=Theatre World 2006–2007 |last2=Hodges |first2=Ben |date=2009-06-01 |publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Books/imprint of Hal Leonard |isbn=978-1-55783-728-8 |volume=63 |page=53}} (hardcover)</ref>
[[File:Jenn Colella Gimme A Break 2012.jpg|left|thumb|New York City, December 2012]]
After the December 2013 world premiere run at the [[National Theatre (Washington, D.C.)|National Theatre in Washington, D.C.]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2013/11/25/ifthen-at-the-national-theatre-by-john-stoltenberg/ |title=''If/Then'' at The National Theatre by John Stoltenberg |first=John |last=Stoltenberg |date=2013-11-25 |website=dcmetrotheaterarts.com |access-date=2022-02-16 |quote=It's a full-on, full-hearted "feel alive" experience.}}<br/>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/new-musical-if-then-starring-tony-winner-idina-menzel-will-arrive-at-broadw-207631 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160210070533/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/new-musical-if-then-starring-tony-winner-idina-menzel-will-arrive-at-broadw-207631 |title=New Musical ''If/Then'', Starring Tony Winner Idina Menzel, Will Arrive at Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre in March 2014 |first=Andrew |last=Gans |date=2013-07-17 |archive-date=2016-02-10 |work=[[Playbill]] |access-date=2022-03-11}}</ref> in March 2014, she started a year-long appearance in ''[[If/Then]]'' at the [[Richard Rodgers Theatre]]. Colella played Anne, a woman in a same-sex relationship with Kate.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://playbill.com/production/if-then-richard-rodgers-theatre-vault-0000014003 |title=If/Then |date=2015 |work=[[Playbill]] |access-date=2022-02-16}}<br/>{{cite web |url=https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2014/03/30/ifthen-richard-rodgers-theatre/ |title=''If/Then'' at The Richard Rodgers Theatre |first=John |last=Stoltenberg |date=2014-03-30 |website=DC Metro Theater Arts |access-date=2022-02-16 |quote=Anne (the enjoyably ardent Jenn Colella)}}</ref> She had worked with the Kate role through development, but it was decided to cast [[LaChanze]] for the part. The role of Anne was then written in for her.<ref>{{harvnb|Stage Door Medium|2021}}, at 9:58 min.</ref>


For her New York debut in ''[[Urban Cowboy (musical)|Urban Cowboy]]'', she earned a 2003 [[Outer Critics Circle Award]] nomination.
In Fall 2010, she also originated the role of [[Hedda Hopper]] in the world premiere of ''[[Chaplin (2006_musical)|Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin]]'' at the La Jolla Playhouse.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lajollalight.com/sdljl-at-the-playhouse-the-little-tramp-is-a-star-once-2010sep23-story.html |title=At the Playhouse, The Little Tramp is a star once again |first=Diana |last=Saenger |date=2010-09-23 |work=[[La Jolla Light]] |access-date=2022-02-07}}</ref> It was renamed ''[[Chaplin (2006_musical)|Chaplin: The Musical]]'' and she performed the role on Broadway from September 2012 to January 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Chaplin'' to Go Silent on Broadway; Closing Date Set for Musical |url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/165890/chaplin-to-go-silent-on-broadway-closing-date-set-for-musical/ |date=2012-12-03 |website=[[Broadway.com]] |access-date=2016-01-01}}</ref><ref name="SDDish"/> An additional role was as Laura in ''[[High Fidelity (musical)|High Fidelity]]''. Colella played the world premiere in Boston in October 2006,<ref>{{cite news |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |location=Boston, MA |title=Genial ''Fidelity'' can't be both Broadway and indie |last=Anderman |first=Joan |date=2006-10-06 |page=Weekend D5,7 }}</ref> and the original Broadway production in December of that year.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=EuEND0l8ufkC |title=Theatre World 2006–2007 |volume=63 |page= 53 |publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Books/imprint of Hal Leonard |date=2009-06-01 |first1=John |last1=Willis |first2=Ben |last2=Hodges |isbn=978-1-55783-728-8}} (hardcover)</ref>


In Fall 2010, she also originated the role of [[Hedda Hopper]] in the world premiere of ''[[Chaplin (2006 musical)|Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin]]'' at the La Jolla Playhouse.<ref>{{cite web |last=Saenger |first=Diana |date=2010-09-23 |title=At the Playhouse, The Little Tramp is a star once again |url=https://www.lajollalight.com/sdljl-at-the-playhouse-the-little-tramp-is-a-star-once-2010sep23-story.html |access-date=2022-02-07 |work=[[La Jolla Light]]}}</ref> It was renamed ''[[Chaplin (2006 musical)|Chaplin: The Musical]]'' and she performed the role on Broadway from September 2012 to January 2013.<ref>{{cite web |date=2012-12-03 |title=''Chaplin'' to Go Silent on Broadway; Closing Date Set for Musical |url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/165890/chaplin-to-go-silent-on-broadway-closing-date-set-for-musical/ |access-date=2016-01-01 |website=[[Broadway.com]]}}</ref><ref name="SDDish" />
Her Off-Broadway original cast credits were a six-week run as Delia in ''Slut'' in 2005,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/slut-starring-altar-boyz-andy-karl-opens-off-broadway-oct-1-com-128374 |title=''Slut'' — Starring Altar Boyz' Andy Karl — Opens Off-Broadway Oct. 1 |first=Andrew |last=Gans |date=2005-10-01 |work=[[Playbill]] |access-date=2022-02-09}}</ref> two weeks in 2011 as Chicky Lay in ''[[Lucky Guy (musical)|Lucky Guy]]'' at the Little Shubert Theater,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/marquee-value-lucky-guy-at-the-little-shubert-theatre-com-175918 |title=Marquee Value: ''Lucky Guy'' at the Little Shubert Theatre |first=Matthew |last=Blank |date=2011-02-07 |work=[[Playbill]] |access-date=2016-01-01 }}</ref> and a seven week long engagement in the 2022 world premiere of ''[[Suffs (musical)|Suffs]]'' at the Public Theater.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/suffs |title=''Suffs'' |date=2022 |website=New York Theatre Guide|access-date=2022-03-22}}<br/>{{cite web |url=https://playbill.com/article/reviews-what-did-critics-think-of-shaina-taubs-suffs-at-the-public-theater |title=Reviews: What Did Critics Think of Shaina Taub's Suffs at The Public Theater? |first=Leah |last=Putnam |date=2022-04-06 |work=[[Playbill]] |access-date=2022-04-17}}</ref> Colella's Off-Broadway work also included the butch title character in the ''[[Ann Bannon#Adaptations|Beebo Brinker Chronicles]]'' for seven weeks in early 2008,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/photo-call-the-beebo-brinker-chronicles-at-off-broadways-37-arts-com-148164 |title=Photo Call: The Beebo Brinker Chronicles at Off-Broadway's 37 Arts |first=Matthew |last=Blank |date=2008-03-08 |work=[[Playbill]] |access-date=2022-02-15}}</ref> a four-week review, ''[[Closer Than Ever]]'', during the summer of 2012,<ref>{{cite news |work=[[New York Daily News]] |title=Cute review deserves ''Closer'' look |last=Dziemianowicz |first=Joe |date=2012-07-06 |page=50}}</ref> and a single performance, all-female cast staged reading of ''[[Twelve Angry Men (play)|Twelve Angry Men]]'' in September 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/jenn-colella-ariana-debose-cady-huffman-more-to-take-part-in-all-female-12-angry-men-reading |title=Jenn Colella, Ariana DeBose, Cady Huffman, More to Take Part in All-Female ''12 Angry Men'' Reading |first=Olivia |last=Clement |date=2018-08-29 |work=[[Playbill]] |access-date=2022-02-16}}</ref>


After the December 2013 world premiere run at the [[National Theatre (Washington, D.C.)|National Theatre in Washington, D.C.]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Stoltenberg |first=John |date=2013-11-25 |title=''If/Then'' at The National Theatre by John Stoltenberg |url=https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2013/11/25/ifthen-at-the-national-theatre-by-john-stoltenberg/ |access-date=2022-02-16 |website=dcmetrotheaterarts.com |quote=It's a full-on, full-hearted "feel alive" experience.}}<br />{{cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=2013-07-17 |title=New Musical ''If/Then'', Starring Tony Winner Idina Menzel, Will Arrive at Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre in March 2014 |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/new-musical-if-then-starring-tony-winner-idina-menzel-will-arrive-at-broadw-207631 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160210070533/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/new-musical-if-then-starring-tony-winner-idina-menzel-will-arrive-at-broadw-207631 |archive-date=2016-02-10 |access-date=2022-03-11 |work=[[Playbill]]}}</ref> in March 2014, she started a year-long appearance in ''[[If/Then]]'' at the [[Richard Rodgers Theatre]]. Colella played Anne, a woman in a same-sex relationship with Kate.<ref>{{cite web |date=2015 |title=If/Then |url=https://playbill.com/production/if-then-richard-rodgers-theatre-vault-0000014003 |access-date=2022-02-16 |work=[[Playbill]]}}<br />{{cite web |last=Stoltenberg |first=John |date=2014-03-30 |title=''If/Then'' at The Richard Rodgers Theatre |url=https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2014/03/30/ifthen-richard-rodgers-theatre/ |access-date=2022-02-16 |website=DC Metro Theater Arts |quote=Anne (the enjoyably ardent Jenn Colella)}}</ref> She had worked with the Kate role through development, but it was decided to cast [[LaChanze]] for the part. The role of Anne was then written in for her.<ref>{{harvnb|Stage Door Medium|2021}}, at 9:58 min.</ref>
After being in the original staged reading in Connecticut in 2006,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/new-musical-kiki-baby-with-collela-veanne-cox-and-nathan-launches-oneill-fest-july-15-com-133689 |title=New Musical ''Kiki Baby'' with Collela, Veanne Cox and Nathan Launches O'Neill Fest, July 15 |first=Ernio |last=Hernandez |date=2006-07-15 |work=[[Playbill]] |access-date=2022-02-05}}</ref> she appeared in ''Kiki Baby'', as an "utterly believable"<ref>{{cite web |title=''Kiki Baby'' |url=http://www.backstage.com/review/ny-theater/off-off-broadway/kiki-baby/ |last=Sagolla |first=Lisa Jo |date=2012-08-14 |work=[[Backstage (magazine)|Backstage]] |access-date=2016-01-01}}</ref> four year old singer "you will fall in love with,"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/142653 |title=Child Star Kiki Shoots to Fame in Ravished 1931 Germany and Everybody Cashes In |first=Bruce |last=Chadwick |website=historynewsnetwork.org |access-date=2022-03-15 |quote=She is so good at the impersonation that you really think she's young }}</ref> who becomes a celebrity—and a spoiled brat. This titular characterization won Colella a 2011 NYMF Award for Outstanding Individual Performance.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/nymfs-kiki-baby-to-star-jenn-colella-jim-walton-jill-paice-louis-hobson-and-more-com-182361 |title=NYMF's ''Kiki Baby'' to Star Jenn Colella, Jim Walton, Jill Paice, Louis Hobson and More |first=Adam |last=Hetrick |date=2011-09-06 |work=[[Playbill]] |access-date=2022-02-16}}</ref> Other [[New York Musical Theatre Festival]] appearances include ''[[The Great American Trailer Park Musical]]'' in 2004<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/great-american-trailer-park-musical-celebrates-the-jerry-springer-generation-to-oct-3-in-ny-musical-fest-com-122231 |title=''Great American Trailer Park Musical'' Celebrates the Jerry Springer Generation, to Oct. 3 in NY Musical Fest |first=Kenneth |last=Jones |date=2004-09-30 |work=[[Playbill]] |access-date=2022-02-07}}</ref> and 2009's ''All Fall Down.''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/fall-6-61397/ |title=''All Fall Down'' |first=Hilary |last=Tuttle |orig-date=2009 |date=2012-08-15 |work=[[Backstage (magazine)|Backstage]] |access-date=2022-02-25}}<br/>{{cite web |url=https://www.rutlandherald.com/news/can-you-spare/article_0ad380ce-2ef8-5035-896d-1cf6cf5a7062.html |title=Can you spare $23,000? |first=Kevin |last=O'Connor |orig-date=2009-09-20 |date=2018-10-30 |website=Rutland Herald |access-date=2022-02-25}}</ref> In 2006 she starred in the world premiere of [[Twyla Tharp]]'s ''[[The Times They Are a-Changin' (musical)|The Times They Are A-Changin']]'' at the [[Old Globe Theatre]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2v8DAAAAMBAJ |title=Staging of a Generation |magazine=San Diego Magazine |volume=58 |number=4 |page=142 |first=Don |last=Braunagel |publisher=CurtCo/SDM LLC |date=2006-02-01}}</ref>


Among original Broadway productions, her longest run, starting in March 2017, was two and a half years in ''[[Come from Away]]''. In the summer of 2015 Colella originated the role of Annette/[[Beverley Bass]] in the [[La Jolla Playhouse]]'s world premiere production,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2015/legit/reviews/come-from-away-review-musical-1201520157/ |title=Regional Theater Review: ''Come from Away'' at La Jolla Playhouse |first=Bob |last=Verini |date=2015-06-15 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=2022-02-16 }}</ref> which transferred later in the year to the [[Seattle Repertory Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/theater/a-heartfelt-welcome-in-come-from-away-musical-at-seattle-rep/ |title=A heartfelt welcome in ''Come from Away'' at Seattle Rep |first=Misha |last=Berson |date=2015-11-20 |work=[[Seattle Times]] |access-date=2022-02-17}}</ref> It then played Washington D.C. at [[Ford's Theatre]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fords.org/performances/past-productions/come-from-away/ |title=''Come from Away'' |date=2016 |publisher=[[Ford's Theatre]] |access-date=2022-02-17 }}</ref> a concert presentation in Gander, Newfoundland,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dctheatrescene.com/2016/11/03/reactions-gander-come-away-cast-perform-911-story/ |title=Reactions from Gander as ''Come from Away'' cast perform their 9/11 story |first=RK |last=Pendergrass |date=2016-11-03 |work=DC Theatre Scene |access-date=2022-02-17}}</ref> and at the [[Royal Alexandra Theatre|Royal Alex]] in Toronto in 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2016/11/28/come-from-away-ticket-sales-set-record.html |title=''Come from Away'' ticket sales set record |first=Debra |last=Yeo |date=2016-11-28 |work=[[Toronto Star]] |access-date=2022-02-17}}</ref> before transferring to Broadway at the [[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://playbill.com/production/come-from-awaygerald-schoenfeld-theatre-2016-2017 |title=''Come from Away'' |date=2017 |work=[[Playbill]] |access-date=2022-02-16}}</ref> The show received positive reviews and she was nominated for a Tony Award, along with winning both a [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical#2010s|Drama Desk Award]] and an [[Outer Critics Circle Award]] for her performance. After three years of performing the role over a {{frac|4|1|2}} year span, she left the production on November 10, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tony-Nominee-Jenn-Colella-Will-Depart-COME-FROM-AWAY-in-November-20191017 |title=Tony Nominee Jenn Colella Will Depart COME FROM AWAY in November |first=Nicole |last=Rosky |date=2019-10-17 |website= broadwayworld.com |access-date=2022-08-13}}</ref> During the summer of 2022, she returned as a replacement for seven weeks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://playbill.com/article/jenn-colella-to-return-to-broadways-come-from-away |title=Jenn Colella to Return to Broadway's Come From Away |first=Logan |last=Culwell-Block |date=2022-06-02 |work=[[Playbill]] |access-date=2022-08-13}}</ref> She also returned for the final weeks of the production, in late September 2022, and performed in the last Broadway showing on October 2, 2022, to a sold out crowd.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 15, 2022 |title=JENN COLELLA & FELLOW ORIGINAL CAST MEMBERS TO RETURN TO COME FROM AWAY |url=https://broadwaydirect.com/jenn-colella-fellow-original-cast-members-to-return-to-come-from-away/ |website=Broadway Direct}}</ref>

[[File:Jenn Colella Gimme A Break 2012.jpg|left|thumb|New York City, December 2012]]
===Regional theatre===
===Regional theatre===
Colella has had multiple regional theater appearances. In addition to those listed above that moved on to New York, they have included her favorite role, [[Peter Pan]],<ref>{{harvnb|Stage Door Medium|2021}}, at 38:54 min.</ref> which she has done four times. Along with the 2001 California summer stock appearance, she has been cast in 2008 at the [[Fairfield, Iowa#Arts and culture|Sondheim Center]] in Fairfield, IA,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iowasource.com/2008/10/16/theater2008_10/ |title=Sondheim: Breaking Down the Fourth Wall / Way Off Broadway Presents Broadway Stars November 6-16, 2008 |first=Tracy |last=Chipman |date=2008-10-16 |website=iowasource.com |access-date=2022-02-06}}</ref> the [[Music Circus]] in Sacramento, CA in 2015,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.broadwaysacramento.com/production/peter-pan-2015/ |title=Peter Pan |date=2015 |website=broadwaysacramento.com |access-date=2022-02-16}}</ref> and a 2019 [[Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera]] in Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pittsburghclo.org/uploads/media/Press_Releases/Peter_Pan_Opens_July_12_6.28.19.pdf |title=Broadway's Jenn Colella and Charles Shaughnessy Star in Pittsburgh CLO's PETER PAN |website=pittsburghclo.org |access-date=2022-02-03}}</ref>
Colella has had multiple regional theater appearances. In addition to those listed above that moved on to New York, they have included her favorite role, [[Peter Pan]],<ref>{{harvnb|Stage Door Medium|2021}}, at 38:54 min.</ref> which she has done four times. Along with the 2001 California summer stock appearance, she has been cast in 2008 at the [[Fairfield, Iowa#Arts and culture|Sondheim Center]] in Fairfield, IA,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iowasource.com/2008/10/16/theater2008_10/ |title=Sondheim: Breaking Down the Fourth Wall / Way Off Broadway Presents Broadway Stars November 6-16, 2008 |first=Tracy |last=Chipman |date=2008-10-16 |website=iowasource.com |access-date=2022-02-06}}</ref> the [[Music Circus]] in Sacramento, CA in 2015,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.broadwaysacramento.com/production/peter-pan-2015/ |title=Peter Pan |date=2015 |website=broadwaysacramento.com |access-date=2022-02-16}}</ref> and a 2019 [[Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera]] in Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pittsburghclo.org/uploads/media/Press_Releases/Peter_Pan_Opens_July_12_6.28.19.pdf |title=Broadway's Jenn Colella and Charles Shaughnessy Star in Pittsburgh CLO's PETER PAN |website=pittsburghclo.org |access-date=2022-02-03}}</ref>


Also in Pittsburgh, she played [[Annie Oakley]] in ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'' in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/regional/pitt/p189.html |title=Annie Get Your Gun |website=talkinbroadway.com |first=Ann |last=Miner |date=2008 |access-date=2022-02-04}}</ref> In 2009 she appeared, along with [[Elaine Stritch]], in [[Paper Mill Playhouse]]'s ''[[The Full Monty]]'' in Millburn, NJ.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/photo-call-paper-mill-playhouse-goes-the-full-monty-com-161864 |title=PHOTO CALL: Paper Mill Playhouse Goes The Full Monty |first=Matthew |last=Blank |date=2009-06-12 |website=playbill.com |access-date=2022-02-07}}</ref> 2010 found her in Princeton, NJ at the [[McCarter Theatre]] in the American premiere of ''[[Take Flight (musical)|Take Flight]]'' as aviator [[Amelia Earhart]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nj.com/independentpress/2010/05/take_flight_lifts_off_at_mccar_1.html |title='Take Flight' lifts off at McCarter Theatre, Princeton |first=Liz |last=Keill |date=2010-05-25 |website=nj.com |access-date=2022-02-16}}</ref> Another world premiere occurred in December 2003 for Madison Repertory in Wisconsin as Jenny in ''Heartland: The Musical'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.madstage.com/shows03/heartland.html |title=Heartland: A Musical |date=2003 |website=madstage.com |access-date=2022-02-07 |archive-date=2022-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816162017/https://madstage.com/shows03/heartland.html |url-status=dead }}<br/>{{cite news |last=Rueckert |first=Veronica |date=2003-12-10 |title='Heartland' plows familiar ground |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/madison-wisconsin-state-journal-dec-10-2003-p-10/ |work=Wisconsin State Journal |location=Madison, WI |access-date=2022-02-10 }}</ref> followed by a January 2004 appearance in the show for the Broadway Contemporary Series in Dallas, TX.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/three-sisters-inspires-musical-heartland-seeds-are-sown-in-dallas-jan-16-25-com-117387 |title=Three Sisters Inspires Musical, Heartland; Seeds Are Sown in Dallas Jan. 16-25 |first=Kenneth |last=Jones |date=2004-01-16 |website=playbill.com |access-date=2022-02-07}}</ref>
Also in Pittsburgh, she played [[Annie Oakley]] in ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'' in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/regional/pitt/p189.html |title=Annie Get Your Gun |website=talkinbroadway.com |first=Ann |last=Miner |date=2008 |access-date=2022-02-04}}</ref> In 2009 she appeared, along with [[Elaine Stritch]], in [[Paper Mill Playhouse]]'s ''[[The Full Monty]]'' in Millburn, NJ.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/photo-call-paper-mill-playhouse-goes-the-full-monty-com-161864 |title=PHOTO CALL: Paper Mill Playhouse Goes The Full Monty |first=Matthew |last=Blank |date=2009-06-12 |website=playbill.com |access-date=2022-02-07}}</ref> 2010 found her in Princeton, NJ at the [[McCarter Theatre]] in the American premiere of ''[[Take Flight (musical)|Take Flight]]'' as aviator [[Amelia Earhart]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nj.com/independentpress/2010/05/take_flight_lifts_off_at_mccar_1.html |title='Take Flight' lifts off at McCarter Theatre, Princeton |first=Liz |last=Keill |date=2010-05-25 |website=nj.com |access-date=2022-02-16}}</ref> Another world premiere occurred in December 2003 for Madison Repertory in Wisconsin as Jenny in ''Heartland: The Musical'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.madstage.com/shows03/heartland.html |title=Heartland: A Musical |date=2003 |website=madstage.com |access-date=2022-02-07 |archive-date=2022-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816162017/https://madstage.com/shows03/heartland.html |url-status=dead }}<br/>{{cite news |last=Rueckert |first=Veronica |date=2003-12-10 |title='Heartland' plows familiar ground |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/madison-wisconsin-state-journal-dec-10-2003-p-10/ |work=Wisconsin State Journal |location=Madison, WI |access-date=2022-02-10 }}</ref> followed by a January 2004 appearance in the show for the Broadway Contemporary Series in Dallas, TX.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/three-sisters-inspires-musical-heartland-seeds-are-sown-in-dallas-jan-16-25-com-117387 |title=Three Sisters Inspires Musical, Heartland; Seeds Are Sown in Dallas Jan. 16-25 |first=Kenneth |last=Jones |date=2004-01-16 |website=playbill.com |access-date=2022-02-07}}</ref>


=== Comedy, film, and television ===
=== Comedy, film, and television ===
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Colella has performed for online web shows. These include 2012's ''Pzazz 101'' in the "Jenn Colella" episode and ''Hedda's Headlines: Backstage at 'Chaplin' with Jenn Colella'' where she reported from backstage over eight episodes of the [[Broadway.com#Assets|Broadway.com]] Series. In 2014 she played Sarah Jeffreys in ''[[Submissions Only]]'' for two episodes titled "Chapter 2" and "Reason to Stay." 2017 saw her in another Broadway.com series over the eight episodes of ''Welcome to the Rock: Backstage at COME FROM AWAY with Jenn Colella.'' In 2021 she played Jo in all eight episodes of ''The Flame: A [[Podcast]] Musical''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://broadwaypodcastnetwork.com/podcast/the-flame-a-podcast-musical/ |title=THE FLAME – A Podcast Musical |website=broadwaypodcastnetwork.com |date=2021 |access-date=2022-02-05}}</ref>
Colella has performed for online web shows. These include 2012's ''Pzazz 101'' in the "Jenn Colella" episode and ''Hedda's Headlines: Backstage at 'Chaplin' with Jenn Colella'' where she reported from backstage over eight episodes of the [[Broadway.com#Assets|Broadway.com]] Series. In 2014 she played Sarah Jeffreys in ''[[Submissions Only]]'' for two episodes titled "Chapter 2" and "Reason to Stay." 2017 saw her in another Broadway.com series over the eight episodes of ''Welcome to the Rock: Backstage at COME FROM AWAY with Jenn Colella.'' In 2021 she played Jo in all eight episodes of ''The Flame: A [[Podcast]] Musical''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://broadwaypodcastnetwork.com/podcast/the-flame-a-podcast-musical/ |title=THE FLAME – A Podcast Musical |website=broadwaypodcastnetwork.com |date=2021 |access-date=2022-02-05}}</ref>


In between other appearances, she teaches master classes,<ref name="gordon">{{cite web |url=https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/interview-jenn-colella-leaving-come-from-away_90126.html |title=Why Jenn Colella Decided to Leave Come From Away |first=David |last=Gordon |date=2019-11-08 |website=theatermania.com |access-date=2022-03-06}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Stage Door Medium|2021}}, at 3:07 min.</ref> has a cabaret act,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://54below.com/events/jenn-colella-you-are-here/ |title=Jenn Colella: You Are Here |date=2022-01-22 |website=54below.com |access-date=2022-03-10}}</ref> and does benefit performances.<ref name="lincoln">{{cite web |url=https://www.lct.org/shows/camelot-benefit-concert/whos-who/ |title=Lerner & Loewe's Camelot Benefit Concert Who's Who |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214092652/https://www.lct.org/shows/camelot-benefit-concert/whos-who/ |archive-date=2022-02-14 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.viscardicenter.org/broadways-jenn-colella-sings-at-luncheon/ |title=Broadway's Jenn Colella Sings at Luncheon |author=The Viscardi Center |date=2019-04-16 |access-date=2022-03-03}}</ref> She sang the ''[[The Star-Spangled Banner|National Anthem]]'' at a New York Yankees game in October 2021.<ref>{{cite tweet |author=New York Yankees |user=Yankees |number=1444741097528479751 |date=2021-10-03 |title=Jenn Colella |access-date=2022-03-14}}</ref> Colella has also co-written a song with [[Tom Kitt (musician)|Tom Kitt]] that was included in his album ''Reflect: Tom Kitt & The Collective.''<ref name="reflect">{{cite web |url=https://masterworksbroadwaycom-45press.paas-p.smehost.net/news/tom-kitt-releases-debut-album-reflect-available-now/|title=Tom Kitt Releases Debut Album Reflect |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2021-08-13 |website=masterworksbroadway.com |access-date=2022-02-03 }}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Stage Door Medium|2021}}, at 3:19 min.</ref>
In between other appearances, she teaches master classes,<ref name="gordon">{{cite web |url=https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/interview-jenn-colella-leaving-come-from-away_90126.html |title=Why Jenn Colella Decided to Leave Come From Away |first=David |last=Gordon |date=2019-11-08 |website=theatermania.com |access-date=2022-03-06}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Stage Door Medium|2021}}, at 3:07 min.</ref> has a cabaret act,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://54below.com/events/jenn-colella-you-are-here/ |title=Jenn Colella: You Are Here |date=2022-01-22 |website=54below.com |access-date=2022-03-10}}</ref> and does benefit performances.<ref name="lincoln">{{cite web |url=https://www.lct.org/shows/camelot-benefit-concert/whos-who/ |title=Lerner & Loewe's Camelot Benefit Concert Who's Who |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214092652/https://www.lct.org/shows/camelot-benefit-concert/whos-who/ |archive-date=2022-02-14 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.viscardicenter.org/broadways-jenn-colella-sings-at-luncheon/ |title=Broadway's Jenn Colella Sings at Luncheon |author=The Viscardi Center |date=2019-04-16 |access-date=2022-03-03}}</ref> She sang the ''[[The Star-Spangled Banner|National Anthem]]'' at a New York Yankees game in October 2021.<ref>{{cite tweet |author=New York Yankees |user=Yankees |number=1444741097528479751 |date=2021-10-03 |title=Jenn Colella |access-date=2022-03-14}}</ref> Colella has also co-written a song with [[Tom Kitt (musician)|Tom Kitt]] that was included in his album ''Reflect: Tom Kitt & The Collective.''<ref name="reflect">{{cite web |url=https://masterworksbroadwaycom-45press.paas-p.smehost.net/news/tom-kitt-releases-debut-album-reflect-available-now/ |title=Tom Kitt Releases Debut Album Reflect |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2021-08-13 |website=masterworksbroadway.com |access-date=2022-02-03 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Stage Door Medium|2021}}, at 3:19 min.</ref>


===Process===
===Process===
When Colella works on a project, she treats it as a hit and believes in it completely. But whether it is a hit is not the point, for her as an actor, it is to do her best work for as long as the show runs. She believes actors get hired not only because of talent, but because of their energy. She feels the energy that an actor brings into the room must be practiced throughout the day, working toward the foundation of present moment awaremess. To her, acting is the easy part, staying in the present moment in her work is harder and requires focus.<ref>{{harvnb|Davenport|2020}}, at 15 min.<br/>{{harvnb|Stage Door Medium|2021}}, at 25:58 min.</ref> She recognizes that acting is the same whether on Broadway or in a local theater.<ref>{{harvnb|Bass: Savannah Performance Alliance|2020}}, at 24:04 min.</ref>
When Colella works on a project, she says she treats it as a hit and believes in it completely. But whether it is a hit is not the point, for her as an actor, it is to do her best work for as long as the show runs. She believes actors get hired not only because of talent, but because of their energy. She feels the energy that an actor brings into the room must be practiced throughout the day, working toward the foundation of present moment awareness. To her, "acting is the easy part, staying in the present moment in her work is harder and requires focus."<ref>{{harvnb|Davenport|2020}}, at 15 min.<br/>{{harvnb|Stage Door Medium|2021}}, at 25:58 min.</ref> She believes that acting is the same whether on Broadway or in a local theater.<ref>{{harvnb|Bass: Savannah Performance Alliance|2020}}, at 24:04 min.</ref>


She says there are only two things over which an actor has control—preparation and attitude. Her work ethic is to arrive at rehearsal with lines memorized and music learned. She works to understand what is going on and to develop ideas about her character. She thinks a production staff wants to trust that the actor will do the work and not appear for rehearsal unprepared. They also want to know the actor will be a team player, someone they will want to work with during a development cycle that may take several years.<ref>{{harvnb|Bass: Savannah Performance Alliance|2020}}, at 26:13 min.<br/>{{harvnb|Broadwaycom|2017}}, at 8:08 min.</ref>
She says there are only two things over which an actor has control—preparation and attitude. Her work ethic is to arrive at rehearsal with lines memorized and music learned. She works to understand what is going on and to develop ideas about her character. She thinks a production staff wants to trust that the actor will do the work and not appear for rehearsal unprepared. They also want to know the actor will be a team player, someone they will want to work with during a development cycle that may take several years.<ref>{{harvnb|Bass: Savannah Performance Alliance|2020}}, at 26:13 min.<br/>{{harvnb|Broadwaycom|2017}}, at 8:08 min.</ref>


Colella says she enjoys rehearsing more than performing. It is for the safety afforded by the rehearsal room wherein the actors can play and flirt, try and fail, succeed and learn, and all without the judgement of an audience. She has indicated she feels sad after opening night, when the creative team is not there anymore, as it is like mom and dad are gone. They are no longer there to guide and approve the work being done. She loves the energy and approval received from an audience, but the safety, community, and feeling of family within rehearsal is not the same.<ref>{{harvnb|Davenport|2020}}, at 18:50 min.<br/>{{harvnb|Seales|2021}}, at 14:21 min.</ref>
Colella says she enjoys rehearsing more than performing. She has indicated she feels sad after opening night, when the creative team is not there anymore, as it is like mom and dad are gone. They are no longer there to guide and approve the work being done. She loves the energy and approval received from an audience, but the safety, community, and feeling of family within rehearsal is not the same.<ref>{{harvnb|Davenport|2020}}, at 18:50 min.<br/>{{harvnb|Seales|2021}}, at 14:21 min.</ref>


She treats signing-in at the theater as a contract between herself and the others in the company to be her best self while there, and knows practicing kindness requires attention.<ref>{{harvnb|Bass: Savannah Performance Alliance|2020}}, at 26:13 min.</ref> She does not mark{{efn|group=nb| Marking is a singing technique employed to help save the voice from overwork.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rising-stars-productions.com/vocal-health-part-ii-marking/ |title= Vocal Health, Part II: Marking |first= |last= |date=2018-11-02 |website=Rising Stars Productions |access-date=2022-03-31}}</ref>}} in rehearsal, and has spent her career singing like it's the last time she'll sing.<ref>{{harvnb|Bass: Savannah Performance Alliance|2020}}, at 11:04 min.</ref> A reviewer has commented, "Colella is always singing at 100."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.broadwaybox.com/daily-scoop/10-ladies-who-sing-their-faces-off-on-broadway-right-now/ |title=10 Ladies Who Sing Their Faces Off on Broadway Right Now |first=Josh |last=Ferri |date=2017-06-22 |website=broadwaybox.com |access-date=2022-04-02}}</ref>
She treats signing-in at the theater as a contract between herself and the others in the company to be her best self while there, and knows practicing kindness requires attention.<ref>{{harvnb|Bass: Savannah Performance Alliance|2020}}, at 26:13 min.</ref> She does not mark{{efn|group=nb| Marking is a singing technique employed to help save the voice from overwork.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rising-stars-productions.com/vocal-health-part-ii-marking/ |title= Vocal Health, Part II: Marking |first= |last= |date=2018-11-02 |website=Rising Stars Productions |access-date=2022-03-31}}</ref>}} in rehearsal, and has spent her career singing like it's the last time she'll sing.<ref>{{harvnb|Bass: Savannah Performance Alliance|2020}}, at 11:04 min.</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Colella refers to kindness as her religion and believes in its practice.<ref name="gordon"/><ref>{{harvnb|Wontorek|2017}}, at 6:50 min.</ref> She tries to be respectful and pleasant to each person she meets.<ref name="out interview">{{cite web |url= https://www.out.com/michael-musto/2017/5/08/come-away-actress-jenn-colella-out-polyamorous-tony-nominated |title='Come From Away' Actress Jenn Colella is Out, Polyamorous & Tony-Nominated |first=Michael |last= Musto |date=2017-05-08 |website=out.com |access-date=2018-05-03}}</ref> A podcast host has said, "(she) might literally be the nicest person I've ever met,"<ref>{{harvnb|Ferrao|2021}}, host comment.</ref> a former artistic director, "I've never seen her be cruel,"<ref>{{cite news |work=The State |location=Columbia, SC |title=Thrown for a Loop |last=Day |first=Jeffrey |date=2004-05-02 |page=B2}}</ref> and a composer/lyricist, "the most fun-loving, open-hearted, life-affirming person working in the theatre."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jeffblumenkrantz.com/2006/04/04/another-guy-sung-by-jenn-colella/ |title=Another Guy – Sung by Jenn Colella |first=Jeff |last=Blumenkrantz |date=2006-04-04 |website=jeffblumenkrantz.com |access-date=2022-02-19}}</ref>
Colella refers to kindness as her religion and believes in its practice.<ref name="gordon"/><ref>{{harvnb|Wontorek|2017}}, at 6:50 min.</ref> She tries to be respectful and pleasant to each person she meets.<ref name="out interview">{{cite web |url= https://www.out.com/michael-musto/2017/5/08/come-away-actress-jenn-colella-out-polyamorous-tony-nominated |title='Come From Away' Actress Jenn Colella is Out, Polyamorous & Tony-Nominated |first=Michael |last= Musto |date=2017-05-08 |website=out.com |access-date=2018-05-03}}</ref> A podcast host has said, "(she) might literally be the nicest person I've ever met,"<ref>{{harvnb|Ferrao|2021}}, host comment.</ref> a former artistic director, "I've never seen her be cruel,"<ref>{{cite news |work=The State |location=Columbia, SC |title=Thrown for a Loop |last=Day |first=Jeffrey |date=2004-05-02 |page=B2}}</ref> and a composer/lyricist, "the most fun-loving, open-hearted, life-affirming person working in the theatre."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jeffblumenkrantz.com/2006/04/04/another-guy-sung-by-jenn-colella/ |title=Another Guy – Sung by Jenn Colella |first=Jeff |last=Blumenkrantz |date=2006-04-04 |website=jeffblumenkrantz.com |access-date=2022-02-19}}</ref>


She identifies as mostly gay.<ref>{{harvnb|Seales|2021}}, at 23:58 min.<br/>{{harvnb|BroadwayCon 2018}}, at 8:15 min.</ref> Colella became engaged to Mo Mullen in June 2022<ref>{{cite web |url=https://playbill.com/article/broadway-veteran-jenn-colella-engaged-to-partner-mo-mullen |title=Broadway Veteran Jenn Colella Engaged to Partner Mo Mullen |first=Leah |last=Putnam |date=2022-06-14 |website=playbill.com |access-date=2022-06-16}}</ref> and they married October 4, 2022<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.zola.com/registry/moandjenn |title=Mo & Jenn, October 04, 2022 |website=zola.com |access-date=2022-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://playbill.com/article/jenn-colella-gets-nervous-before-every-cabaret-concert |title=Jenn Colella Gets Nervous Before Every Cabaret Concert |first=Talaura |last=Harms |date=2022-12-08 |website=playbill.com |access-date=2022-12-08 |quote=I’ve got one song that I dedicate to my wife, Mo.}}</ref>
She identifies as mostly gay.<ref>{{harvnb|Seales|2021}}, at 23:58 min.<br/>{{harvnb|BroadwayCon 2018}}, at 8:15 min.</ref> Colella became engaged to Mo Mullen in June 2022<ref>{{cite web |url=https://playbill.com/article/broadway-veteran-jenn-colella-engaged-to-partner-mo-mullen |title=Broadway Veteran Jenn Colella Engaged to Partner Mo Mullen |first=Leah |last=Putnam |date=2022-06-14 |website=playbill.com |access-date=2022-06-16}}</ref> and they married October 4, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.zola.com/registry/moandjenn |title=Mo & Jenn, October 04, 2022 |website=zola.com |access-date=2022-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://playbill.com/article/jenn-colella-gets-nervous-before-every-cabaret-concert |title=Jenn Colella Gets Nervous Before Every Cabaret Concert |first=Talaura |last=Harms |date=2022-12-08 |website=playbill.com |access-date=2022-12-08 |quote=I’ve got one song that I dedicate to my wife, Mo.}}</ref> On October 30, 2023, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child together. Their daughter, Morrison Caroline Colella, was born on February 14, 2024. <ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/203799/suffs-star-jenn-colella-and-mo-mullen-welcome-baby-girl/ |title=Suffs Star Jenn Colella and Mo Mullen Welcome Baby Girl }} </ref>


Coming to New York, she was told by people she respected to stay in the closet, as it might cause casting problems.<ref>{{harvnb|BroadwayCon 2018}}, at 6:38 min.</ref><ref name="out interview"/><ref name="SDDish"/> After playing a lesbian in ''Beebo Brinker,'' though, she was getting more attention and media questions, and finally felt it was time to come out. Colella has said, "being a queer woman in the Broadway community is something I'm very proud of."<ref>{{harvnb|BroadwayCon 2018}}, at 9:20 min.</ref>
Coming to New York, she was told by people she respected to stay in the closet, as it might cause casting problems.<ref>{{harvnb|BroadwayCon 2018}}, at 6:38 min.</ref><ref name="out interview"/><ref name="SDDish"/> After playing a lesbian in ''Beebo Brinker,'' though, she was getting more attention and media questions, and finally felt it was time to come out. Colella has said, "being a queer woman in the Broadway community is something I'm very proud of."<ref>{{harvnb|BroadwayCon 2018}}, at 9:20 min.</ref>


[[Manoel Felciano]], a co-star of Colella's in the movie ''Uncertainty,'' wrote the song "Jenn Colella" about her. The second line reads, ''"But I suspect, Jenn Colella, if my name were Isabella, then my clumsy overtures might stand a chance."''<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Felciano, Manoel (songwriter) |date=2013-02-25 |title=Manoel Felciano - "Jenn Colella" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgAVni1hSH8 |access-date=2022-03-09}}</ref>
[[Manoel Felciano]], a co-star of Colella's in the movie ''Uncertainty,'' wrote the song "Jenn Colella" about her. The second line reads, "''But I suspect, Jenn Colella, if my name were Isabella, then my clumsy overtures might stand a chance.''"<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Felciano, Manoel (songwriter) |date=2013-02-25 |title=Manoel Felciano - "Jenn Colella" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgAVni1hSH8 |access-date=2022-03-09}}</ref>


After having seen ''Phantom of the Opera'' on Broadway, she got a mask tattooed on her right arm to show her dedication to the craft. But then her first Broadway show, ''Urban Cowboy,'' was in the theater next to the ''Phantom'' theater. So she got a star to represent that show and cover the mask.{{efn|group=nb| The ''Phantom'' mask tattoo can be seen, although not clearly, in the photograph accompanying a 1999 article<ref name="GibCats"/> in ''[[The State (newspaper)|The State]]'' newspaper showing the Sol Divers rock band, of which she was a member.}} A star represented guidance and light to her.<ref name="NPR"/> Two other visible tattoos, on the backs of her upper arms, are "Kindness" and "Gratitude," which she got while in ''Come From Away''.<ref>{{Cite instagram |user=jenncolella |postid=BfzdC-rlWn5 |title=Kindness and Gratitude |date=2018-03-01}}</ref>
After having seen ''Phantom of the Opera'' on Broadway, she got a mask tattooed on her right arm to show her dedication to the craft. Her first Broadway show, ''Urban Cowboy,'' was in the theater next to the ''Phantom'' theater.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-03-28 |title=Urban Cowboy - TheaterMania.com |url=https://www.theatermania.com/news/urban-cowboy_3298/ |access-date=2024-07-07 |language=en-US}}</ref> Colella then got a star tattooed to represent ''Urban Cowboy'' and to cover the mask.{{efn|group=nb| The ''Phantom'' mask tattoo can be seen, although not clearly, in the photograph accompanying a 1999 article<ref name="GibCats"/> in ''[[The State (newspaper)|The State]]'' newspaper showing the Sol Divers rock band, of which she was a member.}} A star represented guidance and light to her.<ref name="NPR"/> Two other visible tattoos, on the backs of her upper arms, are "Kindness" and "Gratitude," which she got while in ''Come From Away''.<ref>{{Cite instagram |user=jenncolella |postid=BfzdC-rlWn5 |title=Kindness and Gratitude |date=2018-03-01}}</ref>


While working on ''Come From Away,'' Colella became friends with [[Beverley Bass]], the airline captain she portrayed in the show. They first met in San Diego at James' Place, a restaurant across from the La Jolla Playhouse, after the last preview performance. They had an immediate kinship.<ref>{{harvnb|Stage Door Medium|2021}}, at 20:03 min.</ref> At closing night for the Seattle tryout run, Bass presented her with the flight jacket, wings, and service pin that she wore on September 11, to be worn on Broadway.<ref>{{cite news |work=News-Press |location=Fort Myers, FL |title=Soaring Life of Beverley Bass |last=Williams |first=Cynthia A. |date=2016-03-20 |page=E15}}</ref>
While working on ''Come From Away,'' Colella became friends with [[Beverley Bass]], the airline captain she portrayed in the show. They first met in San Diego at James' Place, a restaurant across from the La Jolla Playhouse, after the last preview performance. They had an immediate kinship.<ref>{{harvnb|Stage Door Medium|2021}}, at 20:03 min.</ref> At closing night for the Seattle tryout run, Bass presented her with the flight jacket, wings, and service pin that she wore on September 11, to be worn on Broadway.<ref>{{cite news |work=News-Press |location=Fort Myers, FL |title=Soaring Life of Beverley Bass |last=Williams |first=Cynthia A. |date=2016-03-20 |page=E15}}</ref>


== Credits ==
== Credits ==
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* ''[[Broadway: Three Generations]]'', as Act 1 and Act 3, respectively<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/steggert-kritzer-snyder-and-more-join-kennedy-centers-three-generations-jones-to-host-com-153366 |title=Steggert, Kritzer, Snyder and More Join Kennedy Center's Three Generations; Jones to Host |first=Andrew |last=Gans |date=2008-09-16 |website=playbill.com |access-date=2022-02-13}}</ref>
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* Immersive, site specific reading<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/inside-the-fun-home-benefit-reading-starring-jenn-colella-caitlin-kinnunen-will-swenson-kate-baldwin-and-more |title=Inside the Fun Home Benefit Reading Starring Jenn Colella, Caitlin Kinnunen, Will Swenson, Kate Baldwin, and More |first=Marc J. |last=Franklin |website=playbill.com |access-date=2022-02-10}}</ref>
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* World Premiere
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* Performances: [[The Public Theater|The Public Theater • Newman]], Apr. 6–May 29<!-- April 6 press opening, performances suspended to April 12 for Covid -->
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| Singing Nurse #5
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| Self{{efn|group=nb| For Sondheim concert, sings''You're Gonna Love Tomorrow/Love Will See Us Through'' (at 28:35 min on DVD) with [[Matt Cavenaugh|Cavenaugh]], [[Laura Osnes|Osnes]], and [[Bobby Steggert|Steggert]]}}
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| ''Come From Away''. San Diego, CA
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| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://outercritics.org/2022/05/17/occ-2021-2022-award-winners/ |title=OCC 2021-2022 Award Winners |date=2022-05-17 |website=outercritics.org |access-date=2022-05-19 |language=en}}</ref>
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==See also==
* [[LGBT culture in New York City]]
* [[List of LGBT people from New York City]]
* [[NYC Pride March]]


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Jenn Colella
New York City, January 2022
Education
Occupation(s)Singer, actor
Years active1999–present

Jennifer Lin Colella[1] is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her work in musical theatre.

She received a Tony Award nomination and won the Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, and three regional theater awards for her portrayal of Annette/Beverley Bass in Come from Away. She reprised her roles in the 2021 filmed recording of the musical.

Colella was in the original Broadway casts of Urban Cowboy, High Fidelity (2006), Chaplin: The Musical (2012), and If/Then (2014), and Off-Broadway original productions of Slut (2005) and Lucky Guy (2011). Her Off-Broadway work includes the title character in the Beebo Brinker Chronicles (2008), Closer Than Ever (2012), and a staged reading of Twelve Angry Men (2018) with an all-female cast. Colella received a Grammy Award in January 2018 for featuring on the Dear Evan Hansen original cast album.

In 2008, Colella performed in abridged versions of Girl Crazy and Side Show, two of the parts of Broadway: Three Generations at the Kennedy Center. The production celebrated the reopening of the renovated Eisenhower Theater. She also appeared in The Full Monty (2009) at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey, and the American premiere of Take Flight (2010), her first pilot role, at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey.

Colella has performed in over a half-dozen world premiere musicals in the United States, including three at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego. She has appeared in four productions of Peter Pan. Additionally, she has been in multiple productions at the New York Musical Theatre Festival.

Colella has also done some television work; she appeared on the game show Can You Tell? in 2003 and An Evening with Lerner and Loewe, the initial Broadway in Concert Series installment on PBS in 2022.

Early life

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Colella was born to Lindy Crawford and Mick Colella, and grew up in Summerville, South Carolina[2] Starting at eight, she sang in church and school concert and show choirs, which were where she learned to harmonize. In church, she also played handbells.[3] She refers to herself as a choir nerd.[4] Her mother has said of the eight year old, singing as an auctioneer in a school play, "She took the microphone in her hand, looked right at the audience, and this voice came out." People wondered where all the sound came from.[5]

A local woman gave theatre lessons in her garage, and to earn money to take the classes, Colella did odd jobs about the woman's house, including painting the exterior. Her first role was Gertie in Oklahoma!.[6] In seventh grade, she had a hunter education class,[7] which she says helped make it comfortable to handle guns when she performed in Annie Get Your Gun. When, as part of a school group, she saw Phantom of the Opera in New York, she decided that she was going to be on stage.[8]

While an undergraduate at Columbia College, she played basketball, tennis and flag football. During her senior year, she quarterbacked.[7] She graduated in 1996 with a dual degree in speech and drama. Her family had moved to Hilton Head Island and had a golf store there. While working at the shop one summer during college, she taught herself to juggle.[9] She stayed in the area for three years and worked at an insurance company call center.[10] In April 1997, she attended a Comet Carnival in Aiken, SC to observe Comet Hale–Bopp through a telescope.[11] From 1997 to 1999 she was a member of The Sol Divers (initially The Gib Cats) rock 'n' roll band.[12][13]

Colella served as a company member of the Trustus Theatre beginning in her senior year.[14] At Trustus, starting in the fall of 1995 and running through the spring of 1999, she played Kitty in Taking Steps,[15] The Angel in Angels in America (both parts),[16] the title role in Sylvia (twice),[17] Launcelot Gobbo in The Merchant of Venice,[18] Amy in Company,[19] Marta in Kiss of the Spider Woman,[20] Teenage Greek Chorus in How I Learned to Drive,[21] and Vivian in Free Will and Wanton Lust.[22]

Colella went on to attend the University of California, Irvine, where she earned a Master of Fine Arts in Acting in 2002.[23] While at UCI, she played Miss Jane in Floyd Collins, Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland, Princess Ninetta in The Love of Three Oranges, and Victoria Grant in Victor/Victoria [24] at the Barclay Theatre.[25] In 2000 and 2001, she did summer stock at the Santa Rosa Summer Repertory Theatre, playing Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz,[26] Peter in Peter Pan, and Val in A Chorus Line.[27][28]

Career

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Theatre

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As a UCI graduate, Colella participated in a showcase in New York, along with NYU and Yale, and auditioned for a part.[29] After going back to California for a few months, she got a call to come back to New York to audition for Sissy in the original production of Urban Cowboy, and was cast in her Broadway debut role. She had not yet gotten her Equity card.[30] The world premiere was at the Coconut Grove Playhouse, in Miami, Florida.[31] Then it moved to the Broadhurst Theatre for its seven and a half week New York run.[32] When the show closed, she returned to California and co-hosted a game show.[citation needed]

Her Off-Broadway original cast credits include a six-week run as Delia in Slut in 2005,[33] two weeks in 2011 as Chicky Lay in Lucky Guy at the Little Shubert Theater,[34] and a seven week long engagement in the 2022 world premiere of Suffs at the Public Theater.[35] Colella's Off-Broadway work also includes the butch title character in the Beebo Brinker Chronicles for seven weeks in early 2008,[36] a four-week review, Closer Than Ever, during the summer of 2012,[37] and a single performance, all-female cast staged reading of Twelve Angry Men in September 2018.[38]

After being in the original staged reading in Connecticut in 2006,[39] she appeared in Kiki Baby, as an "utterly believable"[40] four year old singer "you will fall in love with,"[41] who becomes a celebrity—and a spoiled brat. This titular characterization won Colella a 2011 NYMF Award for Outstanding Individual Performance.[42] Other New York Musical Theatre Festival appearances include The Great American Trailer Park Musical in 2004[43] and 2009's All Fall Down.[44] In 2006 she starred in the world premiere of Twyla Tharp's The Times They Are A-Changin' at the Old Globe Theatre.[45] An additional role was as Laura in High Fidelity. Colella played the world premiere in Boston in October 2006,[46] and the original Broadway production in December of that year.[47]

For her New York debut in Urban Cowboy, she earned a 2003 Outer Critics Circle Award nomination.

In Fall 2010, she also originated the role of Hedda Hopper in the world premiere of Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin at the La Jolla Playhouse.[48] It was renamed Chaplin: The Musical and she performed the role on Broadway from September 2012 to January 2013.[49][9]

After the December 2013 world premiere run at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C.,[50] in March 2014, she started a year-long appearance in If/Then at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Colella played Anne, a woman in a same-sex relationship with Kate.[51] She had worked with the Kate role through development, but it was decided to cast LaChanze for the part. The role of Anne was then written in for her.[52]

Among original Broadway productions, her longest run, starting in March 2017, was two and a half years in Come from Away. In the summer of 2015 Colella originated the role of Annette/Beverley Bass in the La Jolla Playhouse's world premiere production,[53] which transferred later in the year to the Seattle Repertory Theatre.[54] It then played Washington D.C. at Ford's Theatre,[55] a concert presentation in Gander, Newfoundland,[56] and at the Royal Alex in Toronto in 2016[57] before transferring to Broadway at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.[58] The show received positive reviews and she was nominated for a Tony Award, along with winning both a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance. After three years of performing the role over a 4+12 year span, she left the production on November 10, 2019.[59] During the summer of 2022, she returned as a replacement for seven weeks.[60] She also returned for the final weeks of the production, in late September 2022, and performed in the last Broadway showing on October 2, 2022, to a sold out crowd.[61]

New York City, December 2012

Regional theatre

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Colella has had multiple regional theater appearances. In addition to those listed above that moved on to New York, they have included her favorite role, Peter Pan,[62] which she has done four times. Along with the 2001 California summer stock appearance, she has been cast in 2008 at the Sondheim Center in Fairfield, IA,[63] the Music Circus in Sacramento, CA in 2015,[64] and a 2019 Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera in Pennsylvania.[65]

Also in Pittsburgh, she played Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun in 2008.[66] In 2009 she appeared, along with Elaine Stritch, in Paper Mill Playhouse's The Full Monty in Millburn, NJ.[67] 2010 found her in Princeton, NJ at the McCarter Theatre in the American premiere of Take Flight as aviator Amelia Earhart.[68] Another world premiere occurred in December 2003 for Madison Repertory in Wisconsin as Jenny in Heartland: The Musical,[69] followed by a January 2004 appearance in the show for the Broadway Contemporary Series in Dallas, TX.[70]

Comedy, film, and television

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In the hopes of breaking into television, Colella began her career as a comedian as a way to get noticed. That, as well as the rock band, helped build her on stage confidence. She started doing observational humor stand-up in Southern California while pursuing her MFA. During that time, she performed in places such as the Laugh Factory and The Comedy Store in Hollywood. She has said that success and failure are equally valuable instructors.[71][28]

She had her television debut in 2003 co-hosting the game show Can You Tell? with Tony Rock on Oxygen.[72] Her next appearance was on the ABC series Cashmere Mafia, where she was in a same-sex relationship and discussed their starting a family. That show aired January 2008, six weeks before she opened in Beebo Brinker. Since then she has guest starred in several other television shows. In 2019, the year she left Come From Away, there were three for CBS, The Code, Madam Secretary, and Evil. Colella was also part of the PBS Tribute to Stephen Sondheim with the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center in 2010,[73] and the initial Broadway in Concert: An Evening with Lerner and Loewe, again for PBS, in March 2022.[74]

Her film credits are found in Uncertainty, Lay It Down for Good, the live filmed version of Come From Away,[75] and Chocolate Milk.[76]

Additional work

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Colella has performed for online web shows. These include 2012's Pzazz 101 in the "Jenn Colella" episode and Hedda's Headlines: Backstage at 'Chaplin' with Jenn Colella where she reported from backstage over eight episodes of the Broadway.com Series. In 2014 she played Sarah Jeffreys in Submissions Only for two episodes titled "Chapter 2" and "Reason to Stay." 2017 saw her in another Broadway.com series over the eight episodes of Welcome to the Rock: Backstage at COME FROM AWAY with Jenn Colella. In 2021 she played Jo in all eight episodes of The Flame: A Podcast Musical.[77]

In between other appearances, she teaches master classes,[78][79] has a cabaret act,[80] and does benefit performances.[81][82] She sang the National Anthem at a New York Yankees game in October 2021.[83] Colella has also co-written a song with Tom Kitt that was included in his album Reflect: Tom Kitt & The Collective.[84][85]

Process

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When Colella works on a project, she says she treats it as a hit and believes in it completely. But whether it is a hit is not the point, for her as an actor, it is to do her best work for as long as the show runs. She believes actors get hired not only because of talent, but because of their energy. She feels the energy that an actor brings into the room must be practiced throughout the day, working toward the foundation of present moment awareness. To her, "acting is the easy part, staying in the present moment in her work is harder and requires focus."[86] She believes that acting is the same whether on Broadway or in a local theater.[87]

She says there are only two things over which an actor has control—preparation and attitude. Her work ethic is to arrive at rehearsal with lines memorized and music learned. She works to understand what is going on and to develop ideas about her character. She thinks a production staff wants to trust that the actor will do the work and not appear for rehearsal unprepared. They also want to know the actor will be a team player, someone they will want to work with during a development cycle that may take several years.[88]

Colella says she enjoys rehearsing more than performing. She has indicated she feels sad after opening night, when the creative team is not there anymore, as it is like mom and dad are gone. They are no longer there to guide and approve the work being done. She loves the energy and approval received from an audience, but the safety, community, and feeling of family within rehearsal is not the same.[89]

She treats signing-in at the theater as a contract between herself and the others in the company to be her best self while there, and knows practicing kindness requires attention.[90] She does not mark[a] in rehearsal, and has spent her career singing like it's the last time she'll sing.[92]

Personal life

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Colella refers to kindness as her religion and believes in its practice.[78][93] She tries to be respectful and pleasant to each person she meets.[94] A podcast host has said, "(she) might literally be the nicest person I've ever met,"[95] a former artistic director, "I've never seen her be cruel,"[96] and a composer/lyricist, "the most fun-loving, open-hearted, life-affirming person working in the theatre."[97]

She identifies as mostly gay.[98] Colella became engaged to Mo Mullen in June 2022[99] and they married October 4, 2022.[100][101] On October 30, 2023, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child together. Their daughter, Morrison Caroline Colella, was born on February 14, 2024. [102]

Coming to New York, she was told by people she respected to stay in the closet, as it might cause casting problems.[103][94][9] After playing a lesbian in Beebo Brinker, though, she was getting more attention and media questions, and finally felt it was time to come out. Colella has said, "being a queer woman in the Broadway community is something I'm very proud of."[104]

Manoel Felciano, a co-star of Colella's in the movie Uncertainty, wrote the song "Jenn Colella" about her. The second line reads, "But I suspect, Jenn Colella, if my name were Isabella, then my clumsy overtures might stand a chance."[105]

After having seen Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, she got a mask tattooed on her right arm to show her dedication to the craft. Her first Broadway show, Urban Cowboy, was in the theater next to the Phantom theater.[106] Colella then got a star tattooed to represent Urban Cowboy and to cover the mask.[b] A star represented guidance and light to her.[8] Two other visible tattoos, on the backs of her upper arms, are "Kindness" and "Gratitude," which she got while in Come From Away.[107]

While working on Come From Away, Colella became friends with Beverley Bass, the airline captain she portrayed in the show. They first met in San Diego at James' Place, a restaurant across from the La Jolla Playhouse, after the last preview performance. They had an immediate kinship.[108] At closing night for the Seattle tryout run, Bass presented her with the flight jacket, wings, and service pin that she wore on September 11, to be worn on Broadway.[109]

Credits

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Stage

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Television

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Film

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Webcast

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Partial discography

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These include cast albums and collections with a Colella solo track.

Awards and nominations

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Marking is a singing technique employed to help save the voice from overwork.[91]
  2. ^ The Phantom mask tattoo can be seen, although not clearly, in the photograph accompanying a 1999 article[12] in The State newspaper showing the Sol Divers rock band, of which she was a member.
  3. ^ For Sondheim concert, singsYou're Gonna Love Tomorrow/Love Will See Us Through (at 28:35 min on DVD) with Cavenaugh, Osnes, and Steggert
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References

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