Espinosa to Join San Francisco Company of Wicked in March

Eden Espinosa, who has performed the role of Elphaba on Broadway, in San Francisco and in Los Angeles, will return to San Francisco to star in the open-ended engagement of Wicked at the Orpheum Theatre.

Espinosa will begin performances as the misunderstood, green-faced witch March 2. She will join a cast that currently includes Kendra Kassebaum as Glinda, Jody Gelb as Madame Morrible, Tom McGowan as the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Nicolas Dromard as Fiyero, Paul Slade Smith as Doctor Dillamond, Deedee Magno Hall as Nessarose and Etai BenShlomo as Boq.

Eden Espinosa made her Broadway debut covering the roles of Elphaba and Nessarose in Stephen Schwartz's Wicked. She eventually assumed the role of Elphaba on Broadway and also opened the sit-down production of Wicked in Los Angeles. Espinosa also played the role of Brooklyn — a part she created at the Denver Civic Theatre — in the musical of the same name at the Schoenfeld Theatre. She played Maureen in the final cast of Broadway's Rent and was also seen in the Reprise staging of Flora, the Red Menace.