Education
She studied theatre at Yale University and performed in the acapella choir, Shades.
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Anika Larsen
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Career
Larsen has made an album of recordings titled Sing You To Sleep. Anika made her Broadway debut in 2000 in the ensemble of Rent. In 2005 she again appeared on Broadway in the ensemble of All Shook Up and in 2007 performed in the original Broadway ensemble of Xanadu.
She has also performed in Avenue Q playing the role of Lucy the Slut/Kate Monster on National Tour, Broadway, and Office-Broadway.
In 2009 a musical based on her own life, titled Shafrika: The White Girl, dealing with her experiences of living with a blended adoptive family, was staged at the Vineyard Theatre.
Achievements
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She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 2014 for portraying Cynthia Weil in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. In 2002 she originated the role of Roberta in the cult Office-Broadway musical Zanna, Don"t!, for which she received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Larsen is the founder of the Jaradoa Theatre Company, which combines performance with community service.
