# Marcie Dodd > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Marcie_Dodd > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Marcie_Dodd.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcie_Dodd > Source revision: 1308455525 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American stage actress (born 1978)}} {{Infobox person | name = Marcie Dodd | image = Marcie Dodd as Elphaba and Nessarose.jpg | image_upright = 1.13 | caption = Dodd in 2010 in character as [Elphaba](/source/Elphaba) | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|March 10, 1978}} | birth_place = [Yuba City, California](/source/Yuba_City%2C_California), United States | alma_mater = [Bethany College](/source/Bethany_University)
[Azusa Pacific University](/source/Azusa_Pacific_University) | occupation = Actress, singer | years_active = 2001–present | spouse = Colin Follenweider (2006–present) | children = 2 }} '''Marcie Dodd''' (born March 10, 1978) is an American [musical theatre](/source/musical_theatre) actress, who is best known for playing [Elphaba](/source/Elphaba) and [Nessarose](/source/Nessarose) in various U.S. companies of the smash-hit musical ''[Wicked](/source/Wicked_(musical))''. == Early life and career == Dodd was born in [Yuba City, California](/source/Yuba_City%2C_California), on March 10, 1978, the third of four children. Her father is an agricultural consultant and her mother is a piano teacher. She attended [Bethany College](/source/Bethany_University) in [Santa Cruz County, California](/source/Santa_Cruz_County%2C_California), with a major in music from 1997 to 1999. In 1999, she transferred to [Azusa Pacific University](/source/Azusa_Pacific_University), graduating in 2001.{{cite web|title=Marcie Dodd |publisher=Broadway.com |date=November 12, 2008 |url=http://www.broadway.com/Marcie-Dodd/broadway_news/5015286 |accessdate=December 22, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219150703/http://www.broadway.com/Marcie-Dodd/broadway_news/5015286 |archivedate=December 19, 2008 }} After graduation, she was cast as a singing princess in [Disneyland](/source/Disneyland). During a three-year run, she performed as Belle and Snow White. At Disneyland, she met her husband, Colin Follenweider, a Hollywood stunt-double.{{cite web | title = Colin Follenweider | publisher = IMDb.com | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1744237/ | accessdate = December 22, 2008}} Together, they have two children. === Regional roles === Dodd's first non-Disney role was as Sandy in a regional production of ''[Grease](/source/Grease_(musical))''. She then took understudy roles in the Las Vegas productions of ''[We Will Rock You](/source/We_Will_Rock_You_(musical))'' and ''[Hairspray](/source/Hairspray_(musical))'', before becoming a cast member of the musical ''[Wicked](/source/Wicked_(musical))''. ==''Wicked''== Dodd made her ''Wicked'' debut on December 5, 2006, as a member of the ensemble of the show's Emerald City Tour. She also understudied the roles of [Elphaba](/source/Elphaba) and [Nessarose](/source/Nessarose). Her first performance as Nessarose was at the matinee on March 25, 2007, in [Miami, Florida](/source/Miami%2C_Florida); her first performance as Elphaba was at the matinee on April 7, 2007, in [Houston, Texas](/source/Houston%2C_Texas). Dodd departed the first national touring company on December 2, 2007, in [Hartford, Connecticut](/source/Hartford%2C_Connecticut). After a year on tour, she replaced [Jenna Leigh Green](/source/Jenna_Leigh_Green) as the principal Nessarose in the [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) sit-down production. Her first performance took place on December 13, 2007. Due to the injury of fellow cast member Courtney Corey, she temporarily became an understudy for Elphaba, from late March to early May 2008. Her first performance as Elphaba in Los Angeles took place on April 22, 2008. On May 13, 2008, she replaced [Teal Wicks](/source/Teal_Wicks) as the standby for Elphaba, due to Wicks' promotion to full-time lead. In addition, she returned to understudying Nessarose, with Briana Yacavone replacing her in the lead role. She departed the Los Angeles company on October 26, 2008. Dodd was succeeded by [Vicki Noon](/source/Vicki_Noon) as the standby to Elphaba. Dodd then joined the Broadway production at the [Gershwin Theatre](/source/Gershwin_Theatre), replacing [Kerry Ellis](/source/Kerry_Ellis) in the lead role of Elphaba on November 11, 2008.{{cite web | title = Marcie Dodd & Alli Mauzey to Headline New Cast of Wicked | publisher = Broadway.com | date = November 3, 2008 | url = http://www.broadway.com/shows/wicked/buzz/97826/marcie-dodd-alli-mauzey-to-headline-new-cast-of-wicked/ | accessdate = December 22, 2008}}Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/122981.html "Dodd, Mauzey, Kern, Brightman and O'Malley to Join Broadway's Wicked"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119040629/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/122981.html |date=2008-11-19 }}. Playbill.com. November 3, 2008. Upon her move to Broadway, Dodd became the first, and only actress to date, to have performed in the lead roles of both Nessarose and Elphaba. She ended her limited Broadway engagement on January 11, 2009, and was replaced by [Nicole Parker](/source/Nicole_Parker).{{cite web | title = 'Madtv' Star Parker Will Be Broadway's Elphaba in 2009 | publisher = Playbill.com | date = November 5, 2008 | url = http://www.playbill.com/news/article/123053.html | accessdate = December 22, 2008 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081221114025/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/123053.html | archivedate = December 21, 2008 }} Dodd then originated the role of Elphaba on the Munchkinland Tour of the show, which began performances March 7, 2009, and officially opened March 12.Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/126099.html "Dodd, Yorke, Caskey and McGowan to Star in Wicked's Second North American Tour"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212065244/http://playbill.com/news/article/126099.html |date=2009-02-12 }}. February 9, 2009. Dodd exited the touring company on April 4, 2010, and was once again succeeded by Vicki Noon. She then succeeded [Eden Espinosa](/source/Eden_Espinosa) as Elphaba in the [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco) sit-down production on June 29, 2010. She starred alongside [Alli Mauzey](/source/Alli_Mauzey) as Glinda, and remained with the production until its closing night on September 5, 2010.{{cite web | url = http://www.playbill.com/news/article/140511.html | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120907190213/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/140511.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = September 7, 2012 | title = Marcie Dodd and Alli Mauzey to Join Cast of San Francisco's Wicked | publisher = Playbill.com | date = June 17, 2010 | accessdate = June 19, 2010 }} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{IBDB name|481733}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090923121723/http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/whoswho/biography/18096 Marcie Dodd at Playbill.com] * [http://www.broadway.com/Marcie-Dodd/broadway_news/5015286 Broadway.com page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219150703/http://www.broadway.com/Marcie-Dodd/broadway_news/5015286 |date=2008-12-19 }} {{Wicked}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dodd, Marcie}} Category:1978 births Category:American women singers Category:American musical theatre actresses Category:American stage actresses Category:Azusa Pacific University alumni Category:Bethany University alumni Category:Living people Category:Actresses from California Category:Singers from California Category:People from Yuba City, California Category:21st-century American actresses --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Marcie Dodd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcie_Dodd) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcie_Dodd?action=history)). 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