Allison Semmes

Chicago native, Allison was born into a musical household and became well versed in classical, jazz, blues, world folk music, and funk at a very young age. She received her B.M. in Voice as a coloratura soprano at University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, and her M.M. at New York University in Musical Theatre. Broadway: The Book of Mormon (Nabulungi u/s,Swing) Motown the Musical (Diana Ross) National Tours: Motown the Musical (Diana Ross), The Color Purple (Squeak) Theater: Shout Sister Shout (Seattle Rep), Little Shop of Horrors (Kennedy Center), Soul: The Stax Musical (Baltimore Center Stage), Oo Bla Dee (Two River Theater; directed by Ruben Santiago),The Wiz, Bubbling Brown Sugar, Dreamgirls. Concerts: Song's in the Key of Life (Stevie Wonder in Toronto) Kurt Elling's "The Big Blind" (Jazz at the Lincoln Center), My One at Only (Roundabout Theater) Television: The Blacklist Commercial: Macy's Fall Fashion Campaign