Evan Kasprzak

Background

Evan Joseph Kasprzak was born in Monroe, Michigan, the youngest of three sons.

Education

Evan graduated from Wylie East. Groves High School and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical theatre from Illinois Wesleyan University.

Career

He created the role of "Elmer" in the Broadway musical Newsies. Before appearing on, Kasprzak starred in a short dance film entitled "After Hours", written by Nathan Hartman and directed by Jason Eberly. He was cast in the Paper Mill Playhouse live musical production of Disney"s Newsies.

He played the role of Elmer in the Broadway production from March 29, 2012 - August 24, 2014.

He"s now joining the touring cast of Newsies, reprising his role as Elmer and also playing the part of Spot Conlon, taking over for the tour"s original Spot/Elmer, Jeff Heimbrock. He first auditioned in Season 4, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

He made it as far as the top 40 during the Las Vegas callbacks, but was then cut. In the season finale, the 3,500 strong crowd at the Kodak theater began chanting Evan"s name after one of the hosts, Nigel, responded to the comments of another host, Mary Murphy, regarding Evan"s purported lack of Jive technique with "I think you came out with guns blazing.".

Interests

• Sport & Clubs

  5ft 6in tall.