Jane Leonard
Jane graduated in 2013 from NASDA with a Bachelor of Performing Arts (Music Theatre).
She has been working professionally since graduating from NASDA as an actor, singer teacher and choreographer, and teaches drama at the local Performing Arts School: Impact School of Stage and Dance.
With Showbiz, Jane has performed as Elphaba in the NZ theatre company premiere of Wicked, a featured soloist in An Evening of Rodgers and Hammerstein Classics (2017), as a Diva in Priscilla Queen of the Desert (2017), the Mistress in Evita (2016) and Meg Giry in The Phantom of the Opera (2015).
Her other theatre credits include Jesus Christ Superstar, Chicago, Matatihi, Legally Blonde, The Little Mermaid, Puss in Boots, Mary Poppins, The Mikado and Amadeus (The Court Theatre); Catch Me If You Can (Blackboard Theatre Collective); Hell or Highwater (Two Productions), H.M.S Pinafore and South Pacific (Ben McDonald Productions); Rock of Ages (Magnitude Productions); RAP-unzel and BotFarm2014: Rise of the Appliances (New Zealand Playhouse); Hair, Guys and Dolls, Black Rock, Disney's Beauty and the Beast and CATS (NASDA); and Les Misérables (Variety Theatre).
Jane is a proud member of Equity New Zealand.
Showbiz Productions:
- 2015: Meg Giry - The Phantom of the Opera
- 2016: The Mistress - Evita
- 2017: Diva 2 - Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
- 2017: Soloist and Chorus - An Evening of Rodgers and Hammerstein Classics
- 2018: Elphaba - Wicked (Performance Schedule)
- 2019: Scaramouche - We Will Rock You