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Jo Ellen Pellman was born in Ohio [2] and grew up in Cincinnati. [3] She was raised by a single mother. [4] Growing up, she was in her school's choir, studied tap and ballet, and went to theater camp. [5] Pellman graduated in 2018 from the University of Michigan with a BFA in musical theatre and a minor in creative writing. [6]
Dec 11, 2020 · The first time Jo Ellen Pellman ever heard about “The Prom” was in a musical theater history class at the University of Michigan. They were studying the journey of a Broadway show, from ...
Dec 11, 2020 · Jo Ellen Pellman: My mom and I actually saw The Prom on Broadway in the spring of 2019, long before I even knew there was going to be a film—and definitely before I knew about my own audition ...
- Caitlin Brody
Dec 18, 2020 · Written by Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin, The Prom is about a group of down-on-their-luck Broadway stars that rally behind a teen who just wants to attend prom with her girlfriend in a small ...
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Dec 11, 2020 · Pellman was born into the sports world rather than the performing arts. Her mom was a collegiate athletic director and a basketball coach at a women’s college in Pennsylvania; when Pellman was three, the family moved to Cincinnati, where she was raised. “I just did not have a competitive drive.
Dec 11, 2020 · Pellman, a queer theater-obsessed actor from the Midwest, felt at home when she first saw "The Prom" on Broadway. Less than two years later she's starring in the Ryan Murphy, Netflix adaptation.
Dec 15, 2020 · Released on Netflix last week, television auteur Ryan Murphy’s adaptation of The Prom retains a decent amount of the original’s charm, though the casting of James Corden has caused (understandably) disdain and controversy. But Jo Ellen Pellman, the film’s 25-year-old star, is easily the standout. Pellman’s Emma is an optimistic teenager ...
