Jessica Wheeler

I was born Cedar City, Utah in 1986 of goodly parents, Kenn and Denise. My first performance experience was in the musical, Carousel. I played a two-year-old girl who shook her finger, reprimanding the lead character, Billy Bigelow. And from that very first moment, I loved being on the stage. I did many little parts after that, but the next opportunity I had to take a major role on stage was when my family and I moved in 1996 to Ontario, Oregon and my father began teaching at Treasure Valley Community College. I played "Piglet" in Winnie the Pooh, which we toured to the elementary schools in the area. Once again the "acting bug" bit me. Over the next few years, I played various parts in Peter Pan, Annie, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, Into the Woods, Funny Thing Happen on the Way to the Forum, Music Man, Hello Dolly, Newsies,and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Then during my senior year of high school, (I had moved to La Grande during this time), I played   "Queen Agravain" in Once Upon a Mattress. I absolutely loved the experience. Currently, I am a Freshman Theatre major who is minoring in History. After graduation from EOU, I hope to further my education by perhaps getting a teaching degree. I hope also to be able to perform professionally with my family in our own theatre company.