A Kansas City native, Jessalyn has had the great good fortune to work as a singer and actor at some of the finest professional theatre the area has to offer, including critically-acclaimed turns at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre, the New Theatre Restaurant, the American Heartland Theatre, the Unicorn Theatre, Quality Hill Playhouse, the Coterie Theatre and Musical Theater Heritage. She has also had the distinct honor of working alongside such music luminaries as Harry Connick, Jr. and Broadway composers Stephen Schwartz, Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, Bill Russell and Henry Kreiger.
Film
1) Musical Genius of Moscow, Kansas, Mamie, Through A Glass Productions
2) Bad Blood: The Border War that Triggered the Civil War, Wide Awake Films
3) The Battle at Shiloh - The Devil's Own Two Days, Wide Awake Films
1) Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Drury University, May 2000